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AM Best to Participate in Series of Re/Insurance Lounge Panel Discussions

OLDWICK, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AM Best will be participating in several virtual panel sessions as part of the Re/Insurance Lounge, a forum for insurance- and reinsurance-related discussions, the first of which will be held Aug. 20, 2020.

Stefan Holzberger, chief rating officer at AM Best, will join a panel session, titled, “Hard Market and How Some Companies Have Raised Money to Leverage It.” The panel will discuss rate hikes in many lines of insurance business as a result of catastrophe losses in previous years and the COVID-19 pandemic, and how many (re)insurers are raising money in anticipation of cashing in on a hard market. How these companies may use this capital against a backdrop of shareholder expectations and the lessons of previous hard markets will be explored. As AM Best’s Chief Rating Officer, Holzberger is responsible for the rating agency’s global ratings coverage. The two-hour session also will feature Stephen Catlin, chief executive officer, Convex, and John Warwick, managing director and partner, ILS Capital Management, and take place Aug. 20 at 9:00 a.m. (EDT) (2 p.m. BST).

The Re/Insurance Lounge is a permanent online hub from the Intelligent Insurer that provides insurance executives a platform to share best practices and explore top issues via live video interviews, panel discussions, workshops and virtual conferences. AM Best will be joining a number of panel discussions in the coming month, including on Aug. 27, when Emmanuel Modu, managing director and global head of insurance-linked securities (ILS), will join a panel, titled, “Dislocation in the Retro Market and the Role of ILS.” To stay abreast of AM Best’s participation in the Re/Insurance Lounge, and for more information, please visit https://www.reinsurancelounge.com/home.

AM Best is a global credit rating agency, news publisher and data analytics provider specializing in the insurance industry. Headquartered in the United States, the company does business in over 100 countries with regional offices in New York, London, Amsterdam, Dubai, Hong Kong, Singapore and Mexico City. For more information, visit www.ambest.com.

Copyright © 2020 by A.M. Best Company, Inc. and/or its affiliates. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

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Christopher Sharkey
Manager, Public Relations
+1 908 439 2200, ext. 5159
christopher.sharkey@ambest.com

Jim Peavy
Director, Public Relations
+1 908 439 2200, ext. 5644
james.peavy@ambest.com

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Contacts

Christopher Sharkey
Manager, Public Relations
+1 908 439 2200, ext. 5159
christopher.sharkey@ambest.com

Jim Peavy
Director, Public Relations
+1 908 439 2200, ext. 5644
james.peavy@ambest.com

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