Reinsurance
Reshoring to Generate $30B in Commercial P/C Premiums by 2026: Swiss Re
Swiss Re predicts that deglobalization will generate $33 billion in new commercial property/casualty insurance premiums by 2026, according to its latest sigma report: "Maintaining resilience: the ...
Carriers Know What’s Coming: Higher Reinsurance Prices in 2023
Primary insurers surveyed by a Moody's Investors Service expect to pay more for both property and casualty reinsurance in 2023, but those willing to pay up for higher amounts of cover will likely ...
When MGAs manage a high volume of insurance submissions, underwriting speed often depends on what happens before an underwriter ever...
Property Catastrophe Reinsurance Entering a True Hard Market
Uncertain times are challenging for reinsurers. Claims may jump, and investment losses may dent profitability and possibly capital. However, uncertain times can also be good for reinsurers. Demand ...
Lockton Re Launches Capital Markets Arm
Lockton Re announced Sunday that the broker has formed Lockton Re Capital Markets (LRCM), designed to serve clients by accessing broader pools of capital and providing complementary solutions to ...
Underwriting No Longer Sole Path to Profit, Say Berkley Execs
While the days of cash flow underwriting are a distant memory for veteran insurance executives, the need for industry's more recent "preoccupation" with underwriting profit is starting to subside, ...
Howden Re and TigerRisk to Create Largest Global MGA
Howden Re and TigerRisk Partners have announced the creation of a new group, Howden Tiger SabRE, comprising the existing global MGA and Program capabilities of Howden Re and TigerRisk. The new MGA ...
‘Dangerous’ 103 Degree Heat To Hit Chicago 11 Times A Year By 2100: Study
What's considered officially "dangerous heat" in coming decades will likely hit much of the world at least three times more often as climate change worsens, according to a new study. In much of ...
50-50 Split: Reinsurers Feel Strongly Both Ways About Catastrophe Risk
The natural catastrophe business of global reinsurers has been reshaped by five years of higher-than-expected losses, which is leading reinsurers to adopt divergent strategies—either diving in to ...