Reinsurance
Global reinsurers face huge challenges and opportunities as the world comes to terms with the impact of Covid-19. The emergence of a hard market has created opportunities for growth in several reinsurance classes, where rising demand is outstripping available capacity. Insurance Day’s reinsurance content examines how these and other trends are reshaping the global reinsurance marketplace.
Reinsurers 'underestimating nat cat risk by up to 50%'
Unmodelled and extreme events 'not fully reflected in models', S&P warns
'Managing the exposures of climate change goes well beyond pricing for reinsurers'
Although historical hazard and claims data are still useful, it is increasingly becoming less indicative of future catastrophe trends and losses for re/insurers
IGI to take advantage of long-tail lines hardening
Group expects double-digit growth over next 12 months
MS Amlin AG names Wiest CEO
Reinsurer appoints Swiss Re senior executive to replace Chris Beazley who left this month
BMS Re adds Farrell to origination team
Former Toa Re executive joins reinsurance broker in US
ID Comment: Re/insurers should be cautiously optimistic about cyber
Reinsurers are eyeing aggressive cyber growth, but rate rises alone will not be enough to achieve sustainable growth
Reinsurance rates to rise 2% to 3% at 1/1: KBW
Market improvement likely to last longer than in previous upward cycles, analysts say
Covid-19 claims bill puts XoL treaty wordings to the test
The ball is in reinsurers’ court as to whether they aggregate pandemic-related business interruption claims after the Supreme Court rejected Covid-19 as a single event, but there is cautious optimism a solution will be found
Hannover Re expects mid- to high single-digit growth in 2022
Carrier will be looking to achieve 'broad and well-diversified growth' across its lines of business, particularly from existing clients, carrier's P&C reinsurance chief says
Pool Re names Knight chair
Former British Bankers' Association chair to bring political and commercial expertise to terrorism reinsurer
'Catastrophe losses have intensified alternative capital’s focus on underwriting discipline’
Moody’s Helena Kingsley-Tomkins on the outlook for the reinsurance industry in the next couple of years
Recent cat losses 'to pressure reinsurers and drive rate'
Mounting reinsurance losses will put upward pressure on property XoL rates, Jefferries analysts say
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