All Retrocession articles
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NewsDWIC 2023: Caught out by the hard market
A DWIC roundtable on underwriting discussed the impact of hardening reinsurance rates and new technology
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NewsSwiss Re’s three renewals takeaways
Capacity conundrums, late negotiations, rate increases and tighter wordings all came into play at 1 January
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NewsHannover Re, Stone Ridge in ground-breaking cyber risk transfer
The asset manager intends to “meaningfully grow” its cyber exposure after $100m quota share cession
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News1/1 ‘down to the wire’ with possible reputational consequences
Areas of most constraint were peak-zone US property cat and coverage for war and SRCC, finds Gallagher Re’s 1st View
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News1 January confirms dislocated reinsurance and retro markets
Some US buyers failed to fill their programmes as Howden describes one of the ‘hardest reinsurance markets in living memory’
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NewsAM Best retains stable outlook on global reinsurance sector
Chief among the negative drivers is heightened natural catastrophe activity that continues to test investors’ risk tolerance levels
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NewsBaden Baden: Expect further retrenchments post Ian - Ariel Re
Trapped collateral and a global retro freeze will further exacerbate supply demand imbalances at 1/1
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NewsBaden Baden: The cycle has reasserted itself - Flandro
The reinsurance industry is grappling with the ‘most difficult renewal since 2006’, says Howden Analytics’ boss
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NewsHowden Re names Tan director, ASEAN Treaty/Retrocession
She will be based in Singapore and will report to Stephen Warwick, head of Treaty for Asia Pacific
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NewsOcean Re expands into Europe with Oceva Risk acquisition
Ocean Re is also looking to acquire or launch an insurance/reinsurance business in Europe and the UK
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NewsHowden Re expands presence in Germany
Guy Carpenter’s Carsten Thienel will head up the new operations as part of a concerted push in the DACH region
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NewsMid-year renewals: Inflation takes its toll
Pricing was near “distress levels” at mid-year as reinsurers face their toughest market since 2008, says Gallagher Re
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NewsLockton Re hires Kathy McCann for property retro
She joins from Guy Carpenter where she was managing director and senior leader within the firm’s global retro business
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NewsMiller grows Bermuda ILS team
Duda joins from Markel, where he led the retro management team and worked on the launch of Lodgepine Capital
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NewsPeak Re places $150m Black Kite Re cat bond
It is the largest and first 144A catastrophe bond issued from Hong Kong
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NewsBreslin to head up Lockton Re Capital Markets
Zach Breslin was most recently managing director, Aon Securities in New York
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NewsOrderly renewal at 1 April - Gallagher Re
Capacity largely sufficient in most classes as inflation becomes a key topic
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NewsHamilton Launches Ada Capital Management
Ada Re will benefit from access to the breadth of Hamilton’s underwriting expertise, including its proprietary portfolio management and pricing system, Hamilton Analytics Risk Platform (HARP).