Lubricating the wheels of the economy

In a feature published in the latest edition of Global Reinsurance, a leading London-based industry magazine, Kai-Uwe Schanz, Principal Partner of Dr. Schanz, Alms & Company, discusses some key trends which challenge the global reinsurance industry’s traditional way of doing business. He highlights developments such as the continuing global economic integration, an increasing volatility of rates, terms and conditions as well as the unabated pace of consolidation in the primary insurance sphere. Kai-Uwe Schanz further addresses some industry responses such as the quest for a more capital-efficient business model, a new balance between relationship-oriented and opportunistic buying and selling strategies as well as a more vocal role of the reinsurance sector in relevant public and regulatory debates.

The full article can be accessed here.