Reinsurers Reach Peak Performance as Market Stabilizes; M&A on Hold
The reinsurance market has reached an equilibrium, with increased capital supply from accumulated earnings meeting higher demand for reinsurance protection from cedents. ...
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Double-Digit U.S. Casualty Reinsurance Price Hikes Forecast
While the property-catastrophe reinsurance market is in the midst of a moderate softening phase, which will continue in 2025, double-digit price hikes for U.S. casualty reinsurance business are ...
CrowdStrike Failure Highlights Potential Aggregation Risks for Reinsurers
The unique, evolving and often volatile nature of cyber risks has always lurked beneath the surface as the cyber insurance premium climbed in recent years.
Prospect of Hurricane Seasonal Forecast-Miss Rising: Moody’s
Robert Muir-Wood, chief research officer of Moody's, has attended the Rendez-Vous de Septembre many times over the course of a more than 25-year career in catastrophe modeling. But he's hard-pressed ...
Brokerage Giants Aon, Marsh Unite In Call for Industry Aid to Ukraine
Highlighting the existence of blanket exclusions in reinsurance contracts for risks originating in the region impacted by the ongoing Russia Ukraine conflict, Aon and Marsh McLennan are jointly ...
Fitch Ratings Shifts Global Re Outlook to Neutral; Pricing Past Peak
Fitch Ratings announced that it shifted its outlook on the global reinsurance sector to neutral yesterday but the downward shift came with an expectation of continued profitability—and a forecasted ...
Lloyd’s Reports Best First-Half Underwriting Profit Since 2007
The Lloyd's insurance and reinsurance market reported overall profit before tax of £4.9 billion (US$6.4 billion), a 25.6 percent increase from the £3.9 billion (US$5.1 billion) reported during H1 ...
Climate Losses Batter Insurers While Reinsurers Step Back
As the planet warms and more natural disasters occur, insurers are facing an increasingly difficult time. In 2023, for the fourth year in a row, global insured catastrophe losses exceeded $100 ...
World’s Largest Reinsurers: AM Best’s Latest Ranking…sort of
Every year around this time, AM Best publishes a single list of the "World's 50 Largest Reinsurers," ranked based on unaffiliated gross premiums recorded in the prior year. The latest installment, ...
Results Too Good? Swiss Re Boosts Reserves ~$1B Amid Surprises
Lower than expected catastrophe losses in the second quarter helped fuel nearly $1 billion in net profit for Swiss Re during the period, and a 16 percent jump in profit to $2.1 billion for the first ...