All RVS articles
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NewsSpecial Report: Road to 1/1
It was straight to business this year as reinsurers, brokers and cedants entered one of the most challenging renewal seasons in years
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News(Re)insurance sector can no longer ‘waste time’ when it comes to tackling systemic risks – PWC
Finding industry-wide ways to deal with systemic risks is ‘not an urgent task’ the (re)insurance sector has so far undertaken – but this needs to change, says PWC partner
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NewsReinsurers risk misunderstanding secondary perils due to cat models
PWC predicts a ‘pretty expensive year’ as secondary perils drive up losses ahead of H2’s Florida hurricane season
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NewsReinsurance sector needs to invest in cloud-enabled analytics
Although PWC partner believes reinsurance is ‘a little bit behind’ the primary market in terms of digital transformation, Acord vice-president thinks the sector is ‘on the edge of insurtech’
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NewsInsurance industry must support roll out of green technology - PWC
The sector has previously shown ‘inexcusable laziness’ by simply being reactive to client problems, but now the industry must lead on green tech cover to support UK’s transition to net zero
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NewsAvoid sensationalist renewal headlines - Tom Wakefield
Clients are leaving Monte Carlo feeling more confident about what they can get done, says Gallagher Re UK boss
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NewsLondon market still catching up on admin backlog caused by pre-pandemic ‘creaking systems’
London market firms are ‘leaning into the need to move to a digital marketplace’, causing a technology ‘revolution’
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NewsBasi: Ukraine is the ‘Hurricane Andrew’ of the specialty markets
Industry must brace for profound changes ahead as economies shift away from globalisation after three decades
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NewsAriel 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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NewsLondon market has ‘real opportunity’ to be ‘an innovator’ for climate change transition risks
Brokers, insurers, regulators and markets all have a role to play in supporting the transition to net zero carbon emissions, says professional services firm partner
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NewsHiscox Re and ILS reports profitable H1 in 2022 despite US and Australia weather events
H2 is off to a positive start as well because it is ‘the first time in 25 years we haven’t had named storms make landfall since August’, says chief underwriting officer
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NewsDon’t miss the transformation boat - Xceedance
Times may be uncertain, but reinsurers must continue to invest in both quick wins and longer term transformation projects
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NewsCyber capacity flags despite reinsurance sector ‘starting to get its hands around’ this risk
Reinsurance chief underwriting officer states that systemic risks are ‘beyond the insurance and reinsurance industries’ alone
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NewsSwiss Re takes drastic action to cut RVS carbon footprint
There is a very obvious impact from climate change on secondary perils after a summer of extremes
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NewsHiscox Re is ‘looking forward’ to continued hard market – Matthew Wilken
Reinsurer’s chief underwriting officer emphasises that inflation ‘doesn’t scare us’
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NewsLockton Re is ‘fixated on culture’ – Tim Gardner
Alongside a strong culture focus, the reinsurance broker is also ‘born digital’, homing in on cloud-based tech rather than ’30-year-old legacy systems’, says global chief executive
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NewsLockton Re’s new capital markets division plans ‘to be as agnostic as possible’ for clients
Broker chairman says ‘we’re a better firm if we have capital markets capabilities’
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NewsReinsurance pricing correction ‘unavoidable’ - Hannover Re
Large loss trend, pandemic and rising inflation require further improvements in prices and conditions, insists reinsurer
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NewsRenewals in specialty market ‘incredibly complex and challenging’ due to Russia-Ukraine conflict
Despite 1 January renewals being ‘orderly’, following the onset of the war, many specialty coverages ‘were excluded post-April’
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NewsUpcoming renewals will be ‘much more challenging’ due to inflation – Munich Re
The demand for capacity ‘will be an issue’ at the next renewal too, says reinsurance chief executive
