Proceedings of the Researchers’ Corner for the 17th Annual Meeting of the Sponsoring Group Reinsurance 2024

The 17th Annual Meeting of the Sponsoring Group Reinsurance [Förderkreis Rückversicherung] was held 28 June 2024 in Niederkassel, near Cologne. Some 90 representatives of the (re)insurance companies involved in the Sponsoring Group took part in the meeting, along with guests. Offered for the tenth time as part of the Annual Meeting, the Researchers’ Corner gave the six academic researchers at the Cologne Research Centre for Reinsurance an opportunity to deliver a presentation on the research project in which each is involved in 2024. Over the course of three sessions, the most important results of the scientific studies by the Cologne Research Centre for Reinsurance were presented and discussed. The heterogeneity of the topics presented reflects the dovetailing of Cologne Research Centre with reinsurance practice. An external presentation was also given. Session 1 a) Frank Cremer (PhD, FCII): Practice and Research on Risk Transfer of Cyber Risks b) Lihong Wang (M.Sc., FCII): Opportunities and Challenges in the Chinese Electric Vehicle Market: Insights for (Re)insurers Session 2 a) Jörg Dirks (M.Sc., FCII): Economic Downturn due to Geopolitical Tensions – Top risk for reinsurers b) Erik Winkler (M.Sc.): War, Terror & Political Violence Event Definitions – Quo Vadis Reinsurance Market? Session 3 a) Robert Joniec (PhD, FCII): Intra-group reinsurance – Beyond risk transfer b) Fabian Lassen (M.Sc., FCII): Earthquake hazard and its insurance in Austria External presentation a) Prof. Dr. Ulrich Frischknecht: Is Germany heading for an opioid crisis? With the publication series, ‘Proceedings of the Researchers’ Corner’, the Cologne Research Centre for Reinsurance meets the desire for publication of the research results of our researchers along with the related discussions. The titles are reproduced in keeping with the above agenda of the Researchers’ Corner for the 17th Annual Meeting of the Förderkreis Rückversicherung [Sponsoring Group Reinsurance].