RVS 2026 cover story: Building the new Willis Re
GR editor David Benyon spoke to the advance guard of the return of Willis Re, Jim Summers, CEO of global specialties, and John Fletcher, CEO of Willis Re Bermuda, as they lay the groundwork for this next generation reinsurance broker.
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QBE Re keeps growth ambitions ‘in control’ as market softens – Hankin
As the reinsurer eyes $6bn of premium by 2030, new managing director Nick Hankin outlines plans for disciplined, client-led expansion – diversifying into new products and regions – not chasing growth regardless of pricing conditions.
Data centres: the new concentration risk reshaping re/insurance
The AI-driven boom is creating a huge set of insured assets, David Benyon writes, concentrating nat cat, terrorism and business interruption exposures on an unprecedented scale.
Fac is for strategic growth – Aon’s Fraccalvieri and Reid
Facultative reinsurance is increasingly being used as a tool to support insurers’ growth, manage capital and complement treaty programmes as part of a more connected overall reinsurance strategy, according to Aon’s Reinsurance Solutions senior facultative leadership.
Aon: Record capital set to drive more flexible reinsurance market in 2027
Record levels of reinsurance capital are set to give buyers greater room to reshape programmes at the coming 1 January renewals, with Aon expecting further pricing relief alongside increased use of alternative capital and facultative solutions
Gallagher Re urges buyers to use soft market to reshape programmes
Record capital and expanding alternative capacity are giving cedants a window to rethink reinsurance structures and improve earnings resilience ahead of the 1 January renewals, the reinsurance broker emphasised in its pre RVS press briefing
Pelagos leans into capital allocator model as market softens
Pelagos is using its partnership-led structure to shift capital between underwriting opportunities as market conditions change, group managing director Jonny Strickle said
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