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Baden-Baden
AI is transformative for the reinsurance industry: Swiss Re’s Nikhil da Victoria Lobo
13th November 2025
Around the 25th Baden-Baden Reinsurance Meeting, as the market prepares for the key January 1st renewals, Nikhil da Victoria Lobo, Head of P&C Reinsurance for Western & Southern Europe and Middle East & Africa at reinsurer Swiss Re, highlighted how artificial intelligence (AI) and emerging technologies are reshaping the reinsurance ... Read the full article
Bridging the gap between re/insurers’ actuarial models & underwriting operations: Katz, Optalitix
22nd October 2025
In an interview with Reinsurance News, Dani Katz, Co-founder and Director of software provider Optalitix, said reinsurers are at a pivotal point — with abundant capital, complex risks, and an urgent need for faster, data-driven pricing — noting that he sees the greatest opportunity in helping carriers bridge the gap ... Read the full article
Commitment to long-term stability will ensure enduring success: QBE Re’s Killourhy
21st October 2025
Executives at QBE Re noted that while they have seen some market softening, it remains manageable where rates are adequate, with some pricing pressures expected in property at 1.1, the casualty market to remain broadly stable, and a focus on discipline and long-term partnerships in specialty lines. In an interview with ... Read the full article
A return to the challenges of two to three years ago ‘out of the question’, says MAPFRE RE’s Meyerhoff
21st October 2025
Mark Meyerhoff, Chief Regional Officer, EMEA at Spanish reinsurer MAPFRE RE, has said that as brokers push for earnings protection and frequency covers, he considers “a return to the situation of two or three years ago to be out of the question.” In an interview with Reinsurance News around the Baden-Baden ... Read the full article
Diversification key for reinsurer growth in current market conditions: Gallagher Re’s Egan
21st October 2025
Around the 2025 Baden-Baden Reinsurance Meeting, Dave Egan, reinsurance broker Gallagher Re’s Head of International Property Practice Group , highlighted that in order to maintain relevance and foster growth, reinsurers need to expand their offerings beyond traditional catastrophe coverage. In a recent interview with Reinsurance News, Egan described a market full ... Read the full article
Nothing unexpected in conversations around price and T&Cs ahead of renewals: Hannover Re’s Steinmann
20th October 2025
Thorsten Steinmann, CEO of E+S Rück and Member of the Executive Board for Hannover Re, said today that with many reinsurers achieving a return on equity (ROE) of more than 20%, it's normal to have conversations around price and terms and conditions (T&Cs). This afternoon, E+S Rück, the reinsurer for the ... Read the full article
NewRe highlights key risk drivers in the European casualty market: Urban & Braune
20th October 2025
While broad shifts across the European casualty market are not expected, certain segments are experiencing the effects of key risk factors. Iris Urban, Chief Underwriting Officer P&C at NewRe, noted that developments such as claims inflation are driving loss costs, which need to be reflected in pricing, wording, and structures ... Read the full article
Now is the time to push traditional boundaries of risk-taking: Guy Carpenter’s Rousseau
20th October 2025
Speaking at the Baden-Baden Reinsurance Symposium, hosted by Guy Carpenter and featuring speakers from Hannover Re, Zurich Insurance, Descartes Underwriting, and Marsh, Laurent Rousseau, CEO of EMEA and Global Capital Solutions at Guy Carpenter, urged the re/insurance industry to step up and push the traditional boundaries of risk-taking. The annual symposium, ... Read the full article
Hannover Re’s E+S Rück expects continued demand and stable market for 2026
20th October 2025
Hannover Re’s German subsidiary, E+S Rückversicherung AG, has predicted continued demand for reinsurance and feels that despite trends showing a softening market emerging in property and casualty (P&C) reinsurance, a stable market environment in Germany is likely for 2026. At the 2025 Baden-Baden Reinsurance Meeting, E+S Rück, the reinsurer for the ... Read the full article
Rise of secondary perils key but reinsurance market ‘looks healthy’ ahead of 1.1, says AXA XL Reinsurance’s Romagne
20th October 2025
As the reinsurance industry meets in Baden-Baden, the rise of secondary perils are expected to be a key focus and with elevated loss activity there will be a lot of focus on catastrophe covers at the January 1st, 2026, renewals, according to Bertrand Romagne, CEO, International, AXA XL Reinsurance. We spoke ... Read the full article
Closing cyber protection gap a critical societal responsibility: Munich Re
17th October 2025
Munich Re has warned that the sizeable cyber insurance protection gap, which directly exposes individuals and businesses, makes closing the gap and bolstering cyber resilience not just a strategic priority for the insurance industry, but a "critical societal" responsibility. Speaking at its 2025 Baden-Baden breakfast briefing, Munich Re underscored the scale ... Read the full article
Balanced reinsurance environment to persist into 2026: Active Re
17th October 2025
The reinsurance market is expected to remain “in a phase of transition and recalibration”, remaining fundamentally healthy heading into 2026, said Robert Ali, Active Re’s Chief Operating Officer, in a recent interview with Reinsurance News. After a period of hardening, the market has evolved into a more balanced environment in 2025, ... Read the full article
Stability & consistency key for Swiss Re ahead of Baden-Baden & Jan renewals: Nikhil da Victoria Lobo
17th October 2025
Global reinsurance giant Swiss Re will have a key focus on stability and consistency during its negotiations with clients at the 2025 Baden-Baden Reinsurance Meeting, as the market navigates underlying strengths and challenges ahead of the key January 1st renewal season, according to Nikhil da Victoria Lobo, Head of P&C ... Read the full article
Price will be a talking point but reinsurance structures expected to hold: Munich Re
16th October 2025
Global reinsurer Munich Re expects price to be a discussion point at the 2025 Baden-Baden Reinsurance Meeting next week, and emphasised that the firm is ready to deploy more capital ahead of the January renewals with structures projected to hold, but warned that the carrier will walk away from business ... Read the full article
Munich Re a stabilising force in uncertain times: Kopff
16th October 2025
Clarisse Kopff, Member of the Board of Management at Munich Re, has indicated that amid climate-related perils and the impacts of geopolitical and macroeconomic instability, the firm will continue to fulfil its stabilising role, grounded in enduring client relationships. "In a world which is constantly heating up, literally and in a ... Read the full article
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