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A move toward complexity in reinsurance means increased investment in core systems

The trends impacting insurance and reinsurance companies are typically aligned, but sometimes the trends push and pull in an opposing (but complementary) way.

By Jeff Goldberg, Novarica | Updated on July 13, 2015

The trends impacting insurance and reinsurance companies are typically aligned, but sometimes the trends push and pull in an opposing (but complementary) way. Current forces in the insurance industry are pushing many insurers to simplify their products and channels, while at the same time those forces are having the opposite impact in reinsurance, pulling away from simplicity and towards more complex reinsurance contracts. We’ll get into this in more detail, but first we need to look at the three major areas of disruption in the global insurance and reinsurance industry: capital and regulation, competition, and technology.

Capital and regulation

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