2022-10-25T15:15:00+01:00
Trapped collateral and a global retro freeze will further exacerbate supply demand imbalances at 1/1
2022-10-25T14:13:00+01:00
Reporting from Baden Baden 2022
2022-10-25T12:45:00+01:00
Ongoing supply chain disruption and inflation are impacting German motor books
2022-10-25T11:45:00+01:00
Loss creep on Hurricane Ian claims are likely as inflation and social inflation drive up costs, thinks Yörn Tatge
2022-10-25T08:00:00+01:00
The reinsurance industry is grappling with the ‘most difficult renewal since 2006’, says Howden Analytics’ boss
2022-10-24T13:00:00+01:00
Inflation, losses and demand for additional nat cat capacity in the German market alone will see rates rise substantially
2022-10-24T11:52:00+01:00
Meanwhile, Insure our Future puts the spotlight on the controversial East African Crude Oil Pipeline project
2022-10-24T09:39:00+01:00
The industry must rise to the challenges of our age, said industry leaders at the Baden Baden Reinsurance Symposium
2022-10-23T08:37:00+01:00
Hurricane Ian will exacerbate Europe’s reinsurance supply and demand imbalance, further driving up rates
2022-10-23T08:21:00+01:00By Helen Yates
As reinsurance capacity retreats and inflation soars, insurers must be prepared to retain more risk - Swiss Re
2021-10-21T17:58:00+01:00
Only a few reinsurers have so far publicly committed to phase out coal from their treaty business
2021-10-18T18:48:00+01:00
The most serious losses in Europe this year were in connection with the floods that struck Central Europe in mid-July.
2019-10-23T12:01:00+01:00
The industry’s role reinsuring energy business relating to coal attracted Greenpeace activists to Baden-Baden this year
2019-10-21T15:26:00+01:00
German reinsurer E+S Rück said its home market should see improved rates and conditions next year
2019-10-21T14:59:00+01:00
Reinsurance broker Guy Carpenter kicks off 2019’s Baden-Baden Reinsurance Meeting by asking whether the sector is ready for the forces of the fourth industrial revolution – so-called Industry 4.0
2018-12-20T13:58:00+00:00
Insurtech has moved from a peripheral re/insurance topic to the centre stage, GR consulting editor David Benyon writes
2018-10-23T10:41:00+01:00
Doris Höpke revealed 90% of Munich Re’s cyber book is made up by SME clients, who she says are disproportionately affected by cyber attacks compared to larger corporates
2018-10-23T10:39:00+01:00
Hannover Re’s Alexandre Guerassimenko says Russian losses will drive rate increses in the affected programmes
2018-10-23T10:22:00+01:00
Fewer, bigger clients in established markets leads smaller broker to other growing regions, Lockton Re told GR in Baden-Baden
2018-10-23T10:00:00+01:00
Alexander Schneider told GR insurers and reinsurers have taken their eye off European flood risk
2018-10-23T09:38:00+01:00
Willis Re’s Dirk Spenner says cat exposed property reinsurance treaties are expected to fall on 1 January
2018-10-23T07:10:00+01:00
Talk of tiering is overblown and the opposite could be the case, Aon Reinsurance Solutions’ Deutschland CEO Jan-Oliver Thofern told GR. David Benyon reports
2018-10-23T03:15:00+01:00
Read the second day of GR’s coverage of the Reinsurance Meeting 2018 in Baden-Baden, Germany
2018-10-22T13:02:00+01:00
The trend for mergers and global composites is not the panacea it seems, Hamilton CEO Pina Albo told Guy Carpenter’s Baden-Baden Reinsurance Symposium
2018-10-22T00:01:00+01:00
Read the first day of GR’s coverage of the Reinsurance Meeting 2018 in Baden-Baden, Germany
2018-10-21T09:33:00+01:00
Following discussions in Monte Carlo, Willis Re expects rate flexibility from European reinsurers for the Continent’s catastrophe risks, while demand for earnings covers at lower attachment points provides reinsurers with some pricing opportunities
2018-10-21T09:09:00+01:00
Margins remain low, but Swiss Re’s Russell Higginbotham thinks the mood is positive and expects a stable renewal at 1/1
2018-10-21T09:02:00+01:00
By Adrian Morgan, executive vice-president and head of AdvantageGo at NIIT Technologies
2017-12-05T11:32:00+00:00By Samera Owusu Tutu
Despite recent political unease, Swiss Re CEO reinsurance for EMEA explains that Europe remains a source of opportunity – when you put the customer first
2017-10-24T00:01:00+01:00
In this daily read all about the Guy Carpenter Symposium 2017, the UK budget, and pathogens, as well as insights into the modern workforce from Hamilton Re’s Sam Thomsen
2017-10-23T15:46:00+01:00By Newsdesk
JLT Re outlines the impact of the Q3 hurricanes in a report launched during Baden Baden Reinsurance conference 2017
2017-10-23T00:51:00+01:00By Samera Owusu Tutu
Heavyweight panel says knowledge of incumbent operations a necessity for modern practices
2017-10-23T00:48:00+01:00
In this daily read all about 4IR, autonomous vechicles and California wildfires, as well as insights on the market from Swiss Re’s Jean-Jacques Henchoz
2016-11-22T15:32:00+00:00By Justin Davies
Xceedance EMEA head Justin Davies talks about the realities of a perpetually tough market
2016-10-27T12:31:00+01:00
Available in hard copy at Baden Baden Reinsurance Meeting, or online, read our daily to stay up to speed with the industry’s hottest topics
2016-10-27T12:22:00+01:00
Available in hard copy at Baden Baden Reinsurance Meeting, or online, read our daily to stay up to speed with the industry’s hottest topics
2016-10-24T01:30:00+01:00By Newsdesk
Reinsurance industry must address public sector scepticism to keep public private initiatives on track
2016-01-11T15:20:00+00:00By Samera Owusu Tutu
With low rates and an abundance of capacity, reinsurers knew they would inevitably feel the squeeze - but how did the industry respond?
2014-12-17T07:06:00+00:00By Newsdesk
Despite concerns about gaps in cover for more frequent extreme weather, reinsurers are optimistic in the run-up to the Solvency II regime
2013-12-12T12:40:00+00:00By Paul Traynor
BNY Mellon’s head of insurance Paul Traynor on the main events of the year
2013-11-08T11:27:00+00:00
Includes: Analysis of key Latin American (re)insurance markets; interview with Hiscox CFO Stuart Bridges; and Baden-Baden digested
2013-04-16T15:22:00+01:00
GR provides local insight and global strategy for the world’s largest companies across the global markets. Providing analysis for more than 30 years, GR is the go-to source for senior (re)insurance executives.
2012-11-08T11:50:00+00:00By Newsdesk
Lancashire anticipates rate deterioration while Munich Re predicts hardening
2012-10-23T10:16:00+01:00By Newsdesk
Hannover Re unit predicts stronger reinsurance demand ahead of 1 January
2012-10-22T14:21:00+01:00By Newsdesk
Munich Re, Swiss Re and Scor issue $250m worth of bonds for USA and European windstorm
2012-10-22T10:46:00+01:00By Newsdesk
Munich, Swiss and Scor looking to sell $250m of issuance
2012-10-22T09:59:00+01:00By Newsdesk
Munich Re warns against inflation risk in the healthcare sector
2012-10-22T09:48:00+01:00By Newsdesk
Dr Reto Brosi will take charge of underwriting standards and risk management
2012-10-22T09:39:00+01:00By Newsdesk
Validus chief executive warns industry needs to better understand risk as reflected in pricing
2011-11-28T14:05:26.837+00:00By Ben Dyson
Swedish mutual insurer Länsförsäkringar’s reinsurance general manager explains why ‘slow and steady’ will win the race in the current market
2011-11-28T14:05:00+00:00By Monty
Our man keeps his cool in the face of industry cheek and, gasp, beer rationing
2011-11-28T14:03:00+00:00By Ben Dyson
By virtue of his job title alone, Lloyd’s performance management director Tom Bolt is a formidable character. But there’s no reason for the industry to fear him … too much
2011-11-28T11:40:00+00:00By Ben Dyson
Against the odds, some reinsurers are set to make a profit in this, their worst ever year, and yet the market remains balanced on a knife edge
2011-10-25T11:17:00+01:00
New reinsurer fills gap in WR Berkley’s global reinsurance coverage
2011-10-25T11:04:00+01:00
Endurance’s chief underwriting officer for Europe and Asia believes pro-rata business will stay intact
2011-10-24T17:07:00+01:00
Reinsurers no longer calling the shots
2018-10-24T08:43:00+01:00
Sponsored: Aon’s Reinsurance Solutions business has completed its study of reinsurers’ financial performance in the first half of 2018. Head of Market Analysis Mike Van Slooten tells David Benyon that alternative capital approached the $100bn mark at the half-year stage, while traditional reinsurers are battling to cover their cost of ...
2018-10-24T08:34:00+01:00
Sponsored: Swiss Re’s Eric Durand discusses how underwriting trends and cyber modelling/data analytics from reinsurers can help underwriters make more accurate decisions
2018-10-23T10:28:00+01:00
With less than a month to go until Global Reinsurance’s Innovation & Insurtech event in Bermuda, we caught up with our keynote, Rob High, chief technology officer at IBM Watson, to discuss the future of AI and what it could mean for the industry
2018-10-23T08:00:00+01:00
Guy Carpenter’s Richard Hewitt says European reinsurance remains competitive, warning of difficulties for newcomers entering the market
2018-10-23T07:00:00+01:00
Ransomware attacks are becoming more targeted, with greater ransoms being sought
2018-10-23T06:30:00+01:00
The catastrophe risk modelling firm has been updating its European models and expanding their breadth across countries and lines of business
2018-10-23T06:00:00+01:00
One year after the reinsurer’s CEO said it was still bearish on reinsuring cyber risk, Swiss Re has evolved its view of it, according to the reinsurer’s group chief underwriting officer, Edi Schmid
2018-10-23T05:54:00+01:00
Munich Re has a 90% quota share on Gossmann’s new Malta-domiciled protected cell operation
2018-10-22T00:30:00+01:00
ILS investors want to redeploy capital as quickly as a contract allows, despite slowly-developing cat losses. David Benyon reports
2018-10-21T15:19:00+01:00
Sponsored: Aon’s Gerard-Jan van Berckel unpicks some of the reasons behind re/insurers’ growing appetites for real estate investments
2018-10-21T14:59:00+01:00
Sponsored: Swiss Re’s Maya Bundt discusses the biggest cyber risks for insurers and whether the solutions from reinsurers are adequate for today’s fast-evolving cyber landscape
2018-10-19T10:57:00+01:00
Q&A with GIC Re’s General Manager, Devesh Srivastava. In association with GIC Re
2018-10-19T10:30:00+01:00
TigerRisk’s head of EMEA lists attributes of outperforming companies. By Marc Beckers, in association with TigerRisk
2018-10-19T10:15:00+01:00
A panel of industry leaders debated at this year’s Monte Carlo Rendez-Vous what it might take to finally shift pricing in the reinsurance sector
2018-10-19T10:08:00+01:00
Confidence in a gradual, if uneven, rise in global interest rates may be starting to take hold, according to a report from Moody’s Investors Service
2018-10-12T18:30:00+01:00
The US insurer has agreed a €116m deal to buy Munich Re-owned MSP Underwriting, operating through Beaufort, which underwrites for Lloyd’s Syndicate 318
2018-10-08T11:00:00+01:00
A Part VII transfer will see Lloyd’s transfer its existing European Economic Area business to its Brussels company
2018-09-27T16:01:00+01:00
Munich Re is best placed among reinsurers to manage the re/insurance cycle, said the investment firm
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