What is the biggest challenge facing the reinsurance sector in 2011?
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J. Paul Newsome
Managing partner at Sandler O'Neill & Partners in Chicago:
“Dealing with competitive pricing.”
Robert DeRose
Vp at Oldwick, N.J.-based A.M. Best Co. Inc.:
“Pricing, capital management and finding the best opportunities against which to deploy capital.”
Jim Amen
Managing partner at Philo Smith & Co. in Stamford, Conn.:
“Being able to identify losses coming out of Japan coupled with increased pricing on the rest of its business.”
Mark Dwelle
Insurance analyst at RBC Capital Markets, a unit of RBC Dominion Securities Inc. in Richmond, Va.: “Managing opportunities in a market where (reinsurers) may start to get rate increases.”
Amit Kumar
Vp at Macquarie Securities Group in New York: “Figuring out losses stemming from the Japanese quake and reallocating 2011 budgets in response to it.”
