reinsurance pricing News
Reinsurers Maintain Upward Pricing Momentum—But Will It Last?
Positive pricing momentum—it's the favorite phrase of many reinsurers, who are hoping that the momentum they've seen in 2019 will continue during the coming January renewals and beyond. The ...
Global Reinsurance Prices Are Falling, Even With Big Cat Losses: JLT Re
JLT Re's global property-catastrophe reinsurance index fell 1.2 percent in Jan. 1 policy renewals, the broker said on Wednesday, dashing the industry's hopes of higher reinsurance premiums after a ...
Commercial Lines, Reinsurance Should See Modestly Improved 2019 Pricing: KBW Prediction
Expect modestly improved reinsurance and commercial lines pricing in 2019, particularly in the specialty lines area, Keefe, Bruyette & Woods is predicting in a new report. At the same time, the ...
Reinsurance Capacity Still Outpacing Demand Growth
Capacity continues to outpace the growth of reinsurance demand despite insurers' continued efforts to optimize their view of reinsurance as capital and expand into growing lines of business and ...
Bespoke Coverage Could Help Reinsurers Dig Way Out of Profit Plunge
In a world of increasing automation and standardization, Europe's big reinsurers are betting that a more personal touch can reverse years of falling prices. Companies including Munich Re AG and Swiss ...
Reinsurance Rates Still Falling—But Less at June 1: JLT Re
Property-catastrophe reinsurance rate declines are continuing to taper off from the double-digit average drops that were recorded two years ago, JLT Re reported in a report yesterday. JLT Re's ...
Reinsurance Execs Weigh In on Pricing
Q: The Pricing Environment.Recent rating agency reports contained the following observations about the reinsurance pricing environment: S&P: "Price competition for global property/casualty ...
Re Pricing Trough Nearer, Says JLT Re
Midyear reinsurance renewals are now leading indicators of Jan. 1 conditions, JLT Re said in a report released earlier this week, suggesting that a reinsurance pricing floor is not far away. "In a ...