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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
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NewsGrowing with scale and purpose – QBE Re’s Chris Killourhy
QBE Re has doubled premiums, climbed the global rankings and sharpened its role within a larger group – all while navigating wildfire losses and a shifting market, managing director Chris Killourhy tells GR. Next up: targeted expansion and deeper partnerships…
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NewsMGAs ‘huge success story’ ‘at the forefront of innovation’ for reinsurance – AM Best
Reinsurers should to be looking for the next growth area to engage in and steer, following the trajectory of the profitable cyber insurance market, AM Best’s RVS briefing suggested
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News‘Deteriorating’ outlook sees ‘pricing power shift from reinsurers’ – Fitch
Softening market conditions are impacting supply and demand status quo, while natural catastrophe losses are escalating due to secondary perils ‘which are not so secondary anymore’, says credit ratings agency
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NewsDoes Sompo’s ‘shock’ Aspen purchase signal a new wave of reinsurance M&A?
Following a stagnant period of acquisition activity in reinsurance, ‘inorganic growth’ could now be ‘possible and desirable’ thanks to excess market capital and a drive for diversification
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News20 years since KRW: Ariel Re’s Ryan Mather
Two decades after hurricanes Katrina, Rita, and Wilma reshaped the reinsurance landscape, Ariel Re’s CEO Ryan Mather reflects on the reinsurer’s origins, the pivotal moments that shaped its journey, and why a culture of analytics and due diligence gives it its competitive edge.
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NewsWelcome to the RVS 2025 GR Annual Edition!
We meet again for another glittering Monte Carlo – where the same annual renewal questions fuel late-night discussions alongside fresh excitement for transformative changes to come
