Reinsurance News
A series of interviews with prominent reinsurance industry executives, discussing the state of the global reinsurance market, opportunities for growth in reinsurance, disruptive factors and the influence of technology on risk transfer and reinsurance.
4th January 2022
James Vickers, Chairman International, Reinsurance, at Gallagher Re, has maintained that reinsurers’ appetite to write what they perceive to be attractive business has proved to be “absolutely undiminished” following the January 1st renewals this year. Gallagher Re’s 1st View report noted that the 1/1 reinsurance renewals concluded with a “wide ... Read the full article
23rd December 2021
Moses Ojeisekhoba, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for Reinsurance at Swiss Re, has warned that climate change will have a longer-lasting impact to global supply chains than has been seen from COVID-19. Supply chains around the world have been negatively impacted by the global COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, driving inflationary fears and resulting ... Read the full article
7th December 2021
The impact of Hurricane Ida in the third-quarter has already been significant for the insurance and reinsurance industry, but complexities in the reconstruction and recovery means there's uncertainty surrounding the ultimate hit to the industry as the loss continues to develop. With this in mind, the latest live ... Read the full article
1st December 2021
With Arthur J. Gallagher’s (AJG) acquisition of Willis Re’s treaty reinsurance operations now complete, resulting in a much larger Gallagher Re, senior executives told Reinsurance News that it feels like day one at a billion dollar startup. In the past seven years, Gallagher Re has established itself as the fifth largest ... Read the full article
19th November 2021
Unlocking the enormous opportunities in the African market will require reinsurers to adapt their approach based on local realities, not the other way around, according to African specialist underwriting agency, Neema Insurance Managing Agency, which has recently celebrated its first year of operations with very strong results. During an interview with ... Read the full article
17th November 2021
The global risk transfer industry will prove vital in how society is going to manage and orchestrate an orderly transition to a low carbon economy, according to Rowan Douglas, Head of the Climate and Resilience Hub at Willis Towers Watson (WTW), and Chairman of Willis Research Network. Reinsurance News spoke recently ... Read the full article
16th November 2021
Despite some improvements, the reinsurance sector continues to struggle to produce a meaningful return on capital, and as pressure builds on the impacts of climate change and secondary peril losses, there’s a real need for further rate momentum, according to Bobby Heerasing, Head of International Strategic Business Development, SiriusPoint. With the ... Read the full article
12th November 2021
Despite significant pressure following another year of elevated catastrophe losses, reinsurers and clients will likely manage to find “common ground” on structure and pricing at the 2022 renewals, according to TigerRisk’s Wade Gulbransen. Gulbransen, who serves as Head of North America at the re/insurance risk, capital and strategic advisor, recently spoke ... Read the full article
25th October 2021
In a recent video interview with our sister publication Artemis, Tom Johansmeyer, Head of PCS, discussed the subject of cyber risk, current cyber risk trends and how the insurance-linked securities (ILS) market can play a role in provision of reinsurance and retrocession capacity. During the interview Johansmeyer discussed ... Read the full article
20th October 2021
Despite the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Asian reinsurance market continues to evolve and the fundamentals are promising and present an opportunity for growth, according to Franz Josef Hahn, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Hong Kong domiciled reinsurer, Peak Re. “From an insurance and reinsurance perspective, Asia has been less ... Read the full article
18th October 2021
With climate concerns growing across the re/insurance market, Swiss Re’s Frank Reichelt warns that secondary peril losses will inevitably grow, meaning a year like 2021 in Europe is “no outlier on a global scale.” With the January 2022 renewals coming up, reinsurance buyers are reflecting on what has been another active ... Read the full article
15th October 2021
Machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) are now in an “arms race” within the insurance market, and what was a competitive advantage a year ago is ‘table stakes’ today, according to Concirrus CEO, Andrew Yeoman. In a recent interview with Reinsurance News, Yeoman discussed the impact that AI and tech has ... Read the full article
8th October 2021
Despite improvements, it’s still not a true hard market and the reinsurance arena is likely lagging the primary space and needs to push for more rate adequacy, according to Christian Dunleavy of Aspen Insurance Holdings Limited. Dunleavy, who serves as Chief Underwriting Officer (CUO) of Aspen Re, and Chief Executive Officer ... Read the full article
4th October 2021
Sameer Dewan, Global Business and Digital Transformation Leader for Insurance at Genpact, has stressed the importance of data strategy for re/insurers looking to effectively handle catastrophe claims operations. Speaking in a recent interview with Reinsurance News, Sameer discussed the role of data and technology and asserted that managing disaster events is ... Read the full article
16th September 2021
In a recent video interview for the Artemis Live series from our sister site, Christian Mumenthaler, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Swiss Re, stressed that while the re/insurance industry certainly has a role to play, it is not the solution to climate change. The 2021 IPCC Climate Risk ... Read the full article
