All reinsurance articles
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NewsAXA XL launches dedicated prevention business unit
AXA XL has created a standalone prevention-focused business unit led by Libby Benet as the re/insurer looks to expand its advisory and risk consulting capabilities
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NewsIUMI: marine insurers maintain Middle East cover despite rising tensions
Global body says capacity remains available across cargo, hull and energy risks
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NewsCUO interview: OAK launches Horizon to target climate and emerging technology risks
New OAK Horizon unit gives the Lloyd’s start-up a cross-class platform for climate and technology risks, with CUO Tom Dickson arguing that parametric, portfolio-based and more bespoke structures will be needed where conventional cover struggles to keep pace
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NewsLMA: Hormuz shipping slowdown driven by safety fears, not insurance availability
Lloyd’s market body says marine war cover remains available despite conflict disruption, in a note in response to media reportage of marine war insurers’ role as the Middle East crisis continues
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NewsTiernan sets out five-year strategy as Lloyd’s delivers strong 2025 result
Lloyd’s CEO points to underwriting discipline, investment strength and capital resilience as market enters more competitive phase
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NewsSCOR posts selective growth at 1 January renewals as competition intensifies
Traditional reinsurance grows 4.7% while alternative solutions surge 80.5% amid disciplined underwriting
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NewsDWIC 2025: GCC re/insurance growth to accelerate in decade of change and opportunity
A panel discussion on “Turning Economic Visions into Reality”, heralded the huge opportunities, and challenges, too, for the re/insurance industry, as ambitious economic projects, such as Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030, continue to take shape.
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NewsComplacency is now biggest risk for insurers – Swiss Re’s Haegeli
Chief economist of Swiss Re Jérôme Haegeli spoke in London as the reinsurer launched its global economic and insurance outlook for 2025/26.
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NewsReinsurer ROEs rise on underwriting, investment results – AM Best
AM Best’s DuPont analysis indicated reserve leverage for the composite dropped, led by non-life reinsurers, other than the ‘big four’, whose reserve leverage was relatively stable.
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NewsMilton makes Florida landfall south of Tampa
Hurricane Milton’s US landfall came at Siesta Key as a category three storm, leaving more than two million homes and businesses without power.
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NewsGR Special Edition: Monte Carlo RVS 2024
This year’s annual print edition of Global Reinsurance for the Monte Carlo reinsurance Rendez-Vous de Septembre is packed with executive interviews, news and analysis and features on the latest trends facing international (re)insurance markets. The magazine, which will be on the stands at Monte Carlo, is FREE to download here.
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NewsDiscipline holds after ‘all time high’ – Hiscox Re & ILS
Matthew Wilken, chief underwriting officer (CUO) of Hiscox Re & ILS thinks pricing discipline and fresh demand mean the reinsurance market is in “a good place” this summer. He is responsible for the reinsurance carriers’ book of more than $1bn gross premium.
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NewsWhere are all the new reinsurers?
A hardening market usually heralds the arrival of new reinsurers, but this has not happened in 2023 and 2024. Two analysts from AM Best recently sat down with Global Reinsurance to try to explain why.
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NewsDWIC 2024 post event report: From Uncertainty to Opportunity
An event report on this year’s record-breaking Dubai World Insurance Congress, in association with the Dubai International Financial Centre Authority.
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NewsMapfre Re gains Chinese approval for Beijing branch
The reinsurance arm of the Madrid-based insurer has gained approval from China’s National Financial Regulatory Administration.
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NewsBrit appoints ex PartnerRe CEO Bonneau to Brit Re’s board
Appointment of former PartnerRe CEO Jacques Bonneau as a non-exec director to support “strategic expansion of Brit’s Bermuda presence”.
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NewsGuy Carpenter launches Capital & Advisory group
Alexander Schnieders, a former banker at Goldman Sachs, has been appointed global head of capital and advisory for the reinsurance broker.
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NewsGeneva Association appoints new chair
President and CEO of AIA takes over the chairman role of the (re)insurance industry body.
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NewsLockton Re cyber cat report focuses on reinsurance consequences
A reinsurance broking report shines a spotlight on the consequences of a potential cyber catastrophe across the re/insurance value chain.
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NewsAscot appoints Craigs to lead third party capital initiatives in Bermuda
Ascot’s new appointment Charles Craigs most recently served as Bermuda CEO of Canopius and group head of that carrier’s reinsurance underwriting.
