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MGA Spring Insure targets major expansion following Bridgehaven deal
18th September 2024
Specialist financial and commercial lines managing general agent (MGA), Spring Insure, has secured significant new and enhanced A-rated capacity across all its existing product lines following an agreement with hybrid fronting insurer, Bridgehaven Specialty UK, effective immediately. The agreement covers Spring Insure’s entire product portfolio, vastly broadening its underwriting appetite. The capacity ... Read the full article
Material softening of the P&C Re market not expected heading into 2025: Goldman Sachs
18th September 2024
According to Goldman Sachs, the market backdrop for property & casualty (P&C) reinsurance remains favourable, following rates hardening following the impact of Hurricane Ian, and 2023 seeing the strongest subsector return on equity's (ROEs) of the past seven years. Analysts noted that P&C Re risk-adjusted rates have been stable to moderately ... Read the full article
De Bremme to lead Marsh McLennan, Belgium & Luxembourg as CEO and President
18th September 2024
Marsh McLennan Agency, a subsidiary of Marsh, has appointed Kristof De Bremme as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and President of Marsh McLennan, Belgium and Luxembourg, based in Brussels He succeeds Rebecca Tielemans and will report to Christos Adamantiadis, CEO of Marsh McLennan, Europe. Adamantiadis said: "Kristof is an outstanding leader who has ... Read the full article
IUA reports 10% increase in London company market premium income
18th September 2024
Recent data from the International Underwriting Association (IUA) shows that overall premium income for the London company market increased by approximately 10% in 2023, reaching £48.4 billion. This figure includes nearly £43 billion underwritten in London and an additional £5.4 billion from "controlled business" — premiums written elsewhere but overseen and ... Read the full article
Reinsurers show steadfast discipline and modest adjustments: RBC Capital Markets
17th September 2024
RBC Capital Markets, the investment banking arm of Royal Bank of Canada, provides a comprehensive analysis of the Monte Carlo RVS 2024, highlighting that reinsurers are steadfastly maintaining their position in renewal negotiations. Following a period of underperformance leading up to 2023, reinsurers are working to rebuild their earnings. Despite a challenging ... Read the full article
Evolving risk landscape presents new challenges for re/insurers in Asia: Peak Re’s Hahn
17th September 2024
One of the biggest challenges currently facing the Asian re/insurance market is the substantial protection gaps, particularly for natural catastrophes, according to Franz-Josef Hahn, Chief Executive Officer of Peak Re. Reinsurance News spoke to Hahn around this year's Rendez-Vous de Septembre (RVS) in Monte Carlo about a range of topics, such ... Read the full article
Reinsurers remain “positively disposed” towards most specialty lines: KBW
16th September 2024
Following meetings with executives at the recently held 2024 Rendez-Vous de Septembre (RVS) in Monte Carlo, analysts at KBW have reported that reinsurers remain positively disposed toward most specialty lines, which primarily reflects the rate adequacy achieved in the aftermath of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Analysts also noted that reinsurers remain ... Read the full article
Demex bolsters its Advisory Board with appointments of industry veterans
12th September 2024
Demex, the risk analytics and intelligence firm offering reinsurance solutions for severe convective storms, has created a new Advisory Board comprising seasoned insurance executives, John DeMartini, Alastair Speare-Cole and Matthias Weber. The announcement follows Demex’s $10.25m capital raise as the Advisory Board aims to guide the company's growth. With special ... Read the full article
WTW CLIPS reveals US rates are down in Q2’24, increasing to only 5.9%
10th September 2024
According to a new WTW Commercial Lines Insurance Pricing Survey (CLIPS), US commercial insurance rates grew at a rate of 5.9% throughout the second quarter of 2024, down from 6.1% in Q2 2023. The rates for the same segment were reported at 6.3 % in Q1 2024, the survey suggests the ... Read the full article
Hiscox introduces new Personnel Security Plus product
10th September 2024
Hiscox, a provider of specialist insurance solutions, has introduced a new offering called Personnel Security Plus. This product is designed to enhance the coverage provided by Hiscox's existing Kidnap and Ransom insurance policy, offering businesses added protection for their employees who face a growing range of risks. The policy covers 22 distinct ... Read the full article
Private equity plays a significant role in current M&A landscape: Howden’s Madea
10th September 2024
In a recent interview with Reinsurance News, Jarad Madea, CEO, Howden Capital Markets & Advisory, discussed what the underlying drivers of the hard market conditions are, and how they are currently impacting the insurance sector, as well as how organisations have responded to them. Madea stated that the hard market conditions ... Read the full article
Rise in P&C demand in a volatile market draws attention at RVS’24: Swiss Re
9th September 2024
Swiss Re expects growing demand for reinsurance protection to be a key topic of discussion at the 2024 Rendez-Vous de Septembre. As it has been noted, there has been a growing demand for protection in property and specialty lines driven by elevated natural catastrophe risks, macroeconomic instability and politically charged environment Urs ... Read the full article
Prices and conditions to remain on a sustained stable level, says Hannover Re
9th September 2024
Large European reinsurer Hannover Re is seeing robust demand for “high-quality” reinsurance protection and is well placed for profitable growth ahead of the January 1st, 2025, reinsurance renewals. This morning, Hannover Re discussed current reinsurance market conditions and the outlook for the January 2025 renewals at the annual meeting of the ... Read the full article
Global reinsurance market to grow by 2-3% over next three years: Munich Re
8th September 2024
The market environment for reinsurers remains both promising and challenging, and after impressive growth in recent years, the marketplace is poised to grow by 2-3% over the next three years, Munich Re said at the 66th Rendez-Vous de Septembre in Monte Carlo. Growth of 2-3% over the next three years, adjusted ... Read the full article
Reinsurers to maintain healthy pricing and tight T&Cs for another year: Moody’s
4th September 2024
According to Moody's, most respondents to its annual survey of global property & casualty reinsurance buyers expect prices to remain stable or increase in 2025, suggesting that reinsurers will maintain healthy pricing and tight terms and conditions in most business lines for another year. Around 61% of respondents to Moody's 2024 ... Read the full article





