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RenRe Launching Casualty, Specialty Venture for ILS Investors
With institutional investors providing the bulk of the capital, RenaissanceRe Holdings has announced the creation of a new joint venture dedicated to casualty and specialty risks. Launched with $475 ...
The Bottom Line: The Early Read on 2021 P/C Earnings
For publicly traded commercial insurers and reinsurers that reported 2021 earnings in January 2022, net income soared nearly 40 percent, with double-digit premium growth and higher levels of ...
RenRe: Absorbing Over $1B in Weather Cats
Early last year, the leader of RenaissanceRe predicted that his company would put $1 billion more net written premium on the books in 2021 than it did in 2020. RenRe's President and CEO Kevin ...
The Bottom Line: Earnings Reports for RLI, RenRe and AXIS Capital
For publicly traded commercial insurers and reinsurers that reported 2021 earnings in January 2022, net income soared nearly 40 percent, with double-digit premium growth and higher levels of ...
Industry Underestimating COVID Biz Interruption Losses: RenRe CEO
During an upbeat earnings call focused on how RenaissanceRe is using $1 billion of capital it raised last year in 2021, the CEO highlighted one negative development for the industry ...
Reinsurance Market Softness Extends ‘As Far As the Eye Can See,’ CEO Says
The question that crops up whenever reinsurers experience soft market conditions is again being posed to industry executives, with leaders giving varying answers to analysts asking, "What kind of ...
We Can Write Terror Risk, Industry Execs Say
At least two property/casualty insurance and reinsurance industry executives highlighted the industry's capacity to write terrorism coverage during recent earnings calls, with the most forceful ...