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NewsSwiss Re notes nuclear growth, SRCC exposures and geopolitical volatility
At RVS 2025 in Monte Carlo, Swiss Re executives highlighted nuclear energy investment, rising civil unrest exposures and geopolitical volatility as prominent features of the evolving risk landscape.
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NewsAon’s Pennay: ILS maturity opens new growth pathways
Richard Pennay, CEO of Aon Securities, says cat bonds have become a central feature of the reinsurance landscape, with casualty and cyber poised to fuel the next phase of insurance-linked securities (ILS) development.
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NewsPro MGA Global Solutions launches Orb Specialty to link capacity with MGAs
New MGU designed to streamline distribution and strengthen incubation ecosystem
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NewsModels present opportunity to plug protection gaps – Verisk
Data from risk models could be used to show reinsurers where to ‘spread their capacity’ – or shine a light on ‘over exposed’ areas that firms should instead pull out of
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NewsOneAdvent plans US expansion in 2026 ‘to attract ambitious, bigger MGAs’ – Quayle
Chief executive confirms additional plans around underwriting capabilities and capacity that he hopes to get off the ground next year too
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NewsUncertainty caused by unclear data adding up to 10% on cedents’ premiums
Lack of ‘solid data’ to underpin artificial intelligence tools in the reinsurance industry is ‘akin to building a house on very shaky foundations’, Supercede adds
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NewsA market on the move: benchmarking survey
The MEASA region’s re/insurance market shows signs of resilience and untapped potential, according to GR’s RVS Benchmarking Survey for 2025
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NewsLockton Re urges cyber re/insurance to invest for growth by 2030
Reinsurance broker warned at RVS 2025 that growth expectations for cyber re/insurance will only be met if the industry invests in data, modelling and flexible product design, as its new report forecasts the market could more than double by 2030.
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NewsLloyd’s is ‘a highly compelling platform for third party capital’
The marketplace’s London Bridge 2 model ‘complements’ reinsurance’s alternative capital tools, such as catastrophe bonds, say market leaders
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NewsCyber reinsurance faces structural test at inflection point – Ariel Re’s Carr
Dan Carr, head of cyber at Ariel Re, tells GR at RVS 2025 that the cyber market must adapt its structures and products to achieve sustainable global growth, with systemic exposures reshaping the risk landscape.
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News‘Nowhere near’ drawing line under ‘legal system abuse’ – AM Best
US-based litigation funding is impacting social inflation – a key concern for casualty reinsurers, says credit rating agency
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NewsHannover Re to launch non-proportional catastrophe sidecar
Executive board member explains that new underwriting agency fulfils “missing” element of the reinsurer’s current ILS portfolio
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NewsTrade credit is evolving – Allianz Trade Americas’ Murrow
Rising exposures are outpacing premium growth, while trade credit is still seen as a discretionary spend, rather than an enabler for growth, president and CEO of Allianz Trade Americas Sarah Murrow tells GR
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NewsNavigating volatility: Charting a resilient path in uncertain times
Successful players are those willing to invest in automation, streamline processes, and break down organizational silos, writes MS Re’s CUO of global specialty lines Joerg Bruniecki
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NewsRethinking hurricane response using SAR satellite data
How satellite radar is revolutionising hurricane insurance response, by ICEYE’s Rupert Bidwell
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NewsIGI: Firm focus on cycle management and value creation
Waleed Jabsheh, President and CEO, IGI, for Global Re, writes that in the absence of additional market losses during the current wind season, or an aggregation of large industry losses, the re/insurance industry risks a continuing downward trajectory in behaviours as players push to retain market share.
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NewsBehind the memes – Instagram’s ‘The Hard Market’
The industry insider behind ‘The Hard Market’ – the internet’s ‘official unofficial source for insurance industry truths, memes, and mayhem’ – speaks to GR editor David Benyon about going beyond the laughs to enact real change for the profession
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NewsSan Basilio: MAPFRE Re aims for balanced growth with client focus
The reinsurance arm of the Spanish insurer has made no sudden shifts in its book, but under Basilio’s leadership has steadily worked to improve its treaty book.
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NewsS&P Global emphasises reinsurance resilience despite casualty, geopolitical concerns
S&P observed that the top 19 reinsurers carry 11% capital redundancy, or nearly $40bn. The ratings firm emphasised the reinsurance sector’s strengths, while highlighting uncertainties in casualty, geopolitics and macroeconomic outlook.
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NewsReshaping the future of cyber reinsurance – Guy Carpenter
Guy Carpenter’s Anthony Cordonnier and Erica Davis spoke to GR about how market evolution, structural innovation and headline-grabbing events – from CrowdStrike outages to retail ransomware – are reshaping the future of cyber reinsurance
