All Hard market articles
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NewsLosses paid to Florida carriers quadruple in just three years
Losses paid by US-domiciled reinsurers topped $1 billion in 2021, prompting market correction - AM Best
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Ariel Re: It’s time to stop selling Ferraris at Ford pricing
Reinsurer’s Joel Willens expects to see a further reduction in appetite for property cat going into the renewal season
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PERILS adds European flood to its repertoire
Demand is growing for industry loss triggers as cedants seek alternatives amid the ongoing hard market - CEO Hitz
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Don’t expect a ‘business-as-usual’ renewal, warns Aon
The broker urges reinsurers to adjust their risk appetites and tells buyers to get creative as market dislocation continues
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Global reinsurers about to turn a corner - S&P
But the sector remains negative, reflecting the rating agency’s expectations of credit trends over the next 12 months
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Reduced COVID impact benefits US-Bermudian reinsurers
Favourable reserve development is expected to continue, but there is still inflation to contend with, warns AM Best
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Cyber rate rises of 300% ‘not uncommon’ - Miller
Despite ‘no material change in exposure’, insurers are upping premiums by 100% on average and reducing capacity
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Hannover Re reports combined ratio of 99% in H1
The reinsurer is maintaining its profit guidance after generating group net income of €649 million in the first six months
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FLOIR's warning as Demotech moves to downgrade 17 carriers
Florida Office of Insurance Regulation slams the move; says rating agency is exerting ’coercive influence’
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Insurers must deploy capital ‘confidently’ to tackle cyber crunch
Demand for cyber insurance has increased - but so has the price
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Global insurance premiums to surpass $7 trillion in 2022 - sigma
However, the combination of a sharply slowing global economy and a multi-decade-high inflation will weigh on total premium growth
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Pressure builds ahead of mid-year renewals
Most monoline Gulf carriers were not able to complete their catastrophe reinsurance treaties, including Citizens
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Systemic fears are stifling cyber market growth
Modelling accumulation risk scenarios will unlock cyber re/insurance potential - Swiss Re
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Heritage details cat reinsurance program
Reinsurance to Assist Policyholders (RAP) program unnecessary despite ’deteriorating capacity for Florida risk’
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Ukraine tempers ransomware frequency - Howden
Today’s average cost of cyber cover is more than double what it was last year, however
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Reinsurance sector retains stable outlook - AM Best
Hardening trend is expected to continue in 2022 after major cat losses in 2021
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Hard market is ‘biggest opportunity we have’ – McGill and Partners
The broker’s head of structured solutions admits that he lives ‘on tension and strain in the market’ in order to drive product innovation
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Hard market drives captive usage
Airmic urges insurers and brokers to place a stronger emphasis on claims capabilities at renewals
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Hard market: “Start renewals early”
Risk managers should start their renewal process early and manage their expectations as the hard market plays out, advises FM Global
