reinsurance News
London Adapts to a Post-Brexit Financial World
High in the skyscrapers that have taken root in its warren of medieval streets, City of London grandees are plotting a post-Brexit regulatory revamp to rival New York. The City, as London's ...
Munich Re Reigns Supreme as Top Global Reinsurer: AM Best
Munich Re replaced Swiss Re as the largest reinsurer in AM Best's annual ranking of the Top 50 Global Reinsurance groups in 2020, marking a return to a position that it last held in 2017. Swiss Re ...
Reinsurance Rate Hikes Will Continue (and Moderate) in 2022: Fitch Ratings
Global reinsurers' underwriting performance will continue to improve in 2022 as premium rate increases take hold, with further rate hikes expected as a result of higher catastrophe losses, continued ...
South Africa’s State Insurer Will Raise Premiums to Address Riot-Related Reinsurance Costs
South Africa's only insurer covering political violence will increase its premiums to cover a rise in reinsurance costs following some of the worst unrest in decades, the head of the state-owned ...
Former Markel Exec Rivos Joins AXIS as Credit & Surety Senior Underwriter
A former Markel executive is joining AXIS Re in a leadership role. Alexander Rivos is AXIS Re's new senior underwriter for Credit & Surety. He will report directly to Camilo Rodriguez, Head of ...
Rate Hikes, Lower COVID-19 Claims Leads to Higher H1 Profits for Europe Reinsurers: Moody’s
The four largest European based reinsurers – Munich Re, Swiss Re, Hannover Re and SCOR – reported sharply higher profits in the first half of 2021, compared with the same period in 2020 — as a ...
Kin Insurance Upgrades Reinsurance Program to Beef Up Disaster Protection Capacity
Kin Insurance said it has upgraded its reinsurance program to enhance its disaster protection and beef up its ability to serve catastrophe prone regions, particularly in light of worsening climate ...
Munich Re Said It Will Meet 2021 Profit Goals Even as COVID-19 Costs Grow
German reinsurance group Munich Re said on Tuesday it would meet its 2021 profit goal as it raised its forecast for gross premiums and predicted higher pandemic-related losses than previously ...