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Fitch Ratings: 1/1 renewals will have T&Cs focus and be 'less price led'

2026-09-08T15:44:00+01:00

At the RVS conference, the credit rating agency confirmed its ‘deteriorating’ sector outlook for 2027 – however, it flagged that this negativity was ‘nuanced’ and maintained confidence ‘that most reinsurers will be able to navigate this challenging phase of the cycle’

Cyber reinsurance market softens as AI and infrastructure risks start to emerge
2026-09-08T11:11:00+01:00
Swiss Re: ‘Zero’ appetite for new liability business, citing legal system abuse
2026-09-08T10:55:00+01:00
Reinsurance conversation must move ‘beyond price’ – Everest
2026-09-07T15:04:00+01:00
SiriusPoint ready to redeploy capital amid market softening – Egan
2026-09-07T11:55:00+01:00
MS Amlin backs NDF as climate resilience model targets scale
2026-09-07T11:54:00+01:00
HDI secures Lloyd’s approval in principle for Syndicate 2029
2026-09-07T11:02:00+01:00

Howden Re launches Novark to bring capital markets infrastructure to insurance risk

2026-09-07T10:50:00+01:00

The reinsurance broker’s new Bermuda-based platform will provide near real-time information on insurance investments as Howden Re looks to broaden institutional access to alternative capital

Hannover Re targets LatAm and European growth

2026-09-07T10:41:00+01:00By Katie Scott

Reinsurer hopes to plug ‘substantive protection gap’ identified in certain geographies, as well as take advantage of evolving risk environment to grow in certain product areas

Lloyd’s set to diversify with ‘very good’ syndicate pipeline – AM Best

2026-09-07T10:36:00+01:00By Katie Scott

Following a financial strength rating upgrade in 2024, support for syndicates has grown in the Lloyd’s market, with new geographies and products coming into scope

Cyber infrastructure clauses are inconsistent and could swing loss ratios by 15 points, Lockton Re warns

2026-09-07T08:54:00+01:00

Critical infrastructure exclusions on cyber insurance could produce materially different loss outcomes depending on how they are drafted and interpreted, with Lockton Re modelling a 20% relative reduction in industry loss ratios at the 1-in-50 return period

AI can cut reinsurance’s operational drag – Mea Platform

2026-09-07T08:30:00+01:00

Reinsurers are increasingly looking to AI to improve workflows and data quality as softening market conditions raise the importance of operational efficiency, says chief executive

Look beyond recency bias as property cat softens – MS Re’s Bruniecki

2026-09-07T08:00:00+01:00By David Benyon

MS Re’s new group CUO Jörg Bruniecki says abundant capacity is increasing competitive pressure, but technical discipline, long-term relationships and the ’permanence of capital’ remain central to strategy

APCL: Lloyd’s still attractive but syndicate selection paramount

2026-09-07T07:30:00+01:00By David Benyon

Robert Flach and Kate Tongue of APCL argue Lloyd’s rewards patient investors – if they back the syndicates strong enough to weather the coming soft market

Eric Malterre: ASR expansion will retain underwriting discipline

2026-09-07T07:00:00+01:00By David Benyon

Africa Specialty Risks’ expansion into new developing markets will not come at the cost of underwriting standards and consistency, Eric Malterre assures GR

Westfield Specialty rebalances as property competition intensifies

2026-09-06T16:34:00+01:00

Westfield Specialty is prepared to shrink in more competitive classes as it targets higher-margin opportunities across a diversified specialty portfolio, CEO Jack Kuhn said at RVS 2026

IGI: PV premiums must rise to restore market sustainability

2026-09-06T14:54:00+01:00

Political violence and terrorism insurers need to generate more premium globally as tighter reinsurance terms leave the direct market retaining more losses, according to IGI group chief underwriting officer Chris Jarvis, speaking with GR editor David Benyon for an episode of The Political Risk Podcast

Sidecars steering towards casualty and specialty risks - Aon

2026-09-06T11:11:00+01:00By Katie Scott

In the last two years, there has been ‘a true expansion of sidecars into either whole account sidecar structures or casualty-based structures’, driving ‘a great deal of attention’ from investors, says Aon

AM Best ringfences broker facilities as ‘net credit negative’ risk

2026-09-06T11:06:00+01:00By Katie Scott

Rating agency’s managing director of analytics explained that ‘reduced underwriting control’ is a ‘primary concern’ for reinsurers navigating the soft market cycle

RVS 2026 cover story: Building the new Willis Re

2026-09-05T09:33:00+01:00By David Benyon

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.

QBE Re keeps growth ambitions ‘in control’ as market softens – Hankin

2026-09-05T09:32:00+01:00

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

2026-09-04T23:25:00+01:00By David Benyon

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

2026-09-04T22:18:00+01:00

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.

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