Towards a more robust investment performance
The reinsurance marketplace has been evolving rapidly in recent years, driven by the inflows of additional capital from insurance-linked securities fund managers and hedge fund reinsurers, alongside a relatively benign period of catastrophe losses. In combination, these factors have led to a continued softening of the reinsurance market, with renewal rates across the majority of classes in decline. Reinsurance margins in some programs today stand at levels not seen for a generation (1). Furthermore, investment yields are at historical lows, caused by the ongoing low yield environment that has persisted since the Global Financial Crisis in 2007-08.