Baden 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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Baden Baden: German motor insurers face 2022 underwriting loss
Ongoing supply chain disruption and inflation are impacting German motor books
Baden Baden: Litigation could significantly inflate Ian loss - Verisk
Loss creep on Hurricane Ian claims are likely as inflation and social inflation drive up costs, thinks Yörn Tatge
Baden Baden: The cycle has reasserted itself - Flandro
The reinsurance industry is grappling with the ‘most difficult renewal since 2006’, says Howden Analytics’ boss
Baden Baden: Cedants demand extra €1 billion in limit - Hannover Re
Inflation, losses and demand for additional nat cat capacity in the German market alone will see rates rise substantially
Extinction Rebellion activists target Baden Baden meeting
Meanwhile, Insure our Future puts the spotlight on the controversial East African Crude Oil Pipeline project
Baden Baden: Demand for reinsurance has never been stronger
The industry must rise to the challenges of our age, said industry leaders at the Baden Baden Reinsurance Symposium
Baden Baden: Trapped capital will further dent European capacity - Munich Re
Hurricane Ian will exacerbate Europe’s reinsurance supply and demand imbalance, further driving up rates
Baden Baden: Cedants must dramatically increase retentions
As reinsurance capacity retreats and inflation soars, insurers must be prepared to retain more risk - Swiss Re
Campaigners target reinsurers in Baden Baden
Only a few reinsurers have so far publicly committed to phase out coal from their treaty business
Munich Re expects rising reinsurance prices in Europe
The most serious losses in Europe this year were in connection with the floods that struck Central Europe in mid-July.
Greenpeace climate protest in Baden-Baden over reinsuring dirty energy
The industry’s role reinsuring energy business relating to coal attracted Greenpeace activists to Baden-Baden this year
Baden-Baden: Hannover Re expects German rates rise in 2020
German reinsurer E+S Rück said its home market should see improved rates and conditions next year
Baden-Baden: Is re/insurance ready for Industry 4.0? - GC Symposium
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
Editor's letter: Insurtech takes centre stage
Insurtech has moved from a peripheral re/insurance topic to the centre stage, GR consulting editor David Benyon writes
Munich Re to focus cyber strategy on SMEs
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
Russian losses drive pricing rises, demand set to rise
Hannover Re’s Alexandre Guerassimenko says Russian losses will drive rate increses in the affected programmes
Smaller brokers pushing boundaries amid consolidation – Lockton Re’s Waterkeyn
Fewer, bigger clients in established markets leads smaller broker to other growing regions, Lockton Re told GR in Baden-Baden
RMS director urges companies to consider Europe flood risk
Alexander Schneider told GR insurers and reinsurers have taken their eye off European flood risk
European cat prices to fall “single digits” at 1/1 – Willis Re
Willis Re’s Dirk Spenner says cat exposed property reinsurance treaties are expected to fall on 1 January
Tiering is a myth, says Aon's Thofern
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
GR Baden-Baden 2018: day 2 live
Read the second day of GR’s coverage of the Reinsurance Meeting 2018 in Baden-Baden, Germany
GC Symposium: You don’t have to be big to be beautiful
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
GR Baden-Baden 2018: day 1 live
Read the first day of GR’s coverage of the Reinsurance Meeting 2018 in Baden-Baden, Germany
Reinsurers flexible on European cat pricing – Willis Re’s Tsimaratos
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
Stable pricing expected, outlook positive – Swiss Re’s Higginbotham
Margins remain low, but Swiss Re’s Russell Higginbotham thinks the mood is positive and expects a stable renewal at 1/1
Can insurtech revolutionise the re/insurance sector?
By Adrian Morgan, executive vice-president and head of AdvantageGo at NIIT Technologies
Q&A: Jean-Jacques Henchoz, A bespoke approach
Despite recent political unease, Swiss Re CEO reinsurance for EMEA explains that Europe remains a source of opportunity – when you put the customer first
Global Reinsurance Baden Baden 2017 - Daily 2
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
Q3 hurricanes could be ‘market defining’ says JLT Re
JLT Re outlines the impact of the Q3 hurricanes in a report launched during Baden Baden Reinsurance conference 2017
Guy Carp Symposium 2017: Incumbent operations hold key to successful innovation
Heavyweight panel says knowledge of incumbent operations a necessity for modern practices
Global Reinsurance Baden Baden 2017 - Daily 1
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
Softening the blow
Xceedance EMEA head Justin Davies talks about the realities of a perpetually tough market
GR Baden Baden Daily - Day 2
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
GR Baden Baden Daily - Day 1
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
Guy Carp Symposium: Trust issues could prove hurdle for PPP
Reinsurance industry must address public sector scepticism to keep public private initiatives on track
Renewals: tight margins help widen the tier-gap
With low rates and an abundance of capacity, reinsurers knew they would inevitably feel the squeeze - but how did the industry respond?
Market report: European insurance in 2014
Despite concerns about gaps in cover for more frequent extreme weather, reinsurers are optimistic in the run-up to the Solvency II regime
(Re)insurance in 2013: The investment perspective
BNY Mellon’s head of insurance Paul Traynor on the main events of the year
GR Executive Briefing November 2013
Includes: Analysis of key Latin American (re)insurance markets; interview with Hiscox CFO Stuart Bridges; and Baden-Baden digested
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Sandy elicits mixed renewal predictions
Lancashire anticipates rate deterioration while Munich Re predicts hardening
Baden Baden: German renewal prices tipped to rise
Hannover Re unit predicts stronger reinsurance demand ahead of 1 January
Baden-Baden: Cat bond issuance on target for $6bn in 2012
Munich Re, Swiss Re and Scor issue $250m worth of bonds for USA and European windstorm
Baden-Baden: Q4 cat bond issuance picks up
Munich, Swiss and Scor looking to sell $250m of issuance
Baden-Baden: Interest rates should drive price hikes
Munich Re warns against inflation risk in the healthcare sector
Baden-Baden: Swiss Re’s Brosi joins ACR
Dr Reto Brosi will take charge of underwriting standards and risk management
Baden-Baden: (Re)insurers face 'unacceptable' volatility from risk outsourcing
Validus chief executive warns industry needs to better understand risk as reflected in pricing
Cedant Q&A: Tor Mellbye, Länsförsäkringar
Swedish mutual insurer Länsförsäkringar’s reinsurance general manager explains why ‘slow and steady’ will win the race in the current market
Monty: Welcome to the dry season
Our man keeps his cool in the face of industry cheek and, gasp, beer rationing
Tom Bolt, Lloyd's
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
Baden-Baden: Finding a balance
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
Baden Baden: Berkley Re UK on track to start writing at 1/1
New reinsurer fills gap in WR Berkley’s global reinsurance coverage
Baden Baden: Death of proportional reinsurance is exaggerated
Endurance’s chief underwriting officer for Europe and Asia believes pro-rata business will stay intact
Baden Baden: Talk of market hardening ‘premature’ despite tough 2011
Reinsurers no longer calling the shots
Reinsurer ROE near cost of capital
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 ...
How cyber modelling can help underwriters make accurate decisions
Sponsored: Swiss Re’s Eric Durand discusses how underwriting trends and cyber modelling/data analytics from reinsurers can help underwriters make more accurate decisions
GR Innovation & Insurtech Bermuda: Global leader in AI to open upcoming insurtech event
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
Europe a tough market to break into – Guy Carpenter’s Hewitt
Guy Carpenter’s Richard Hewitt says European reinsurance remains competitive, warning of difficulties for newcomers entering the market
Ransomware could displace data theft as leading cyber risk
Ransomware attacks are becoming more targeted, with greater ransoms being sought
Europe’s next top models for AIR
The catastrophe risk modelling firm has been updating its European models and expanding their breadth across countries and lines of business
Swiss Re is changing its view on cyber risk – CUO Schmid
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
Gossmann readying new Maltese venture
Munich Re has a 90% quota share on Gossmann’s new Malta-domiciled protected cell operation
When collateralised is no longer collateralised
ILS investors want to redeploy capital as quickly as a contract allows, despite slowly-developing cat losses. David Benyon reports
Coming full circle: Why insurers are turning to real estate investing
Sponsored: Aon’s Gerard-Jan van Berckel unpicks some of the reasons behind re/insurers’ growing appetites for real estate investments
The top cyber risks for insurers
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
GIC Re: Committed to the market
Q&A with GIC Re’s General Manager, Devesh Srivastava. In association with GIC Re
TigerRisk: Insurers of the Future - What They Have in Common
TigerRisk’s head of EMEA lists attributes of outperforming companies. By Marc Beckers, in association with TigerRisk
CEO debate: Huge cyber loss required to shake up pricing
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
Rising interest rates to boost insurers’ profitability – Moody’s
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
Cincinnati Financial to buy Munich Re-owned Beaufort
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
Lloyd’s clarifies claims situation after Brexit
A Part VII transfer will see Lloyd’s transfer its existing European Economic Area business to its Brussels company
Growing pains for top tier German reinsurers, says Jefferies
Munich Re is best placed among reinsurers to manage the re/insurance cycle, said the investment firm