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Reinsurance markets aligned & disciplined heading into Baden-Baden: Antares CEO
14th October 2025
Antares Global CEO Mike van der Straaten has suggested that a benign loss year to date, together with ample capacity and steady ILS activity, is placing some pressure on reinsurance pricing, though levels remain solid and market behaviour rational, leaving the sector disciplined and aligned heading into Baden-Baden. "As we approach ... Read the full article
Re/insurance has a role to play as nuclear investments surge: Keime, Swiss Re
14th October 2025
Jimmy Keime, Head Engineering & Nuclear at Swiss Re, stated that nuclear investments are growing globally, with rising demand for nuclear energy to power data centres — creating both opportunities and risks for the insurance and reinsurance industry. During Swiss Re’s Baden-Baden media conference 2025, Keime noted that nuclear investments are ... Read the full article
Retention levels to remain stable despite demand: MAPFRE RE’s Meyerhoff
25th October 2024
Amid growing demand for reinsurance capacity, clients have shown interest in buying lower down to go back to past retention levels, MAPFRE RE's Mark Meyerhoff has observed, yet this is not something he sees happening, instead he anticipates stable retention levels at the upcoming renewals. Around the Baden-Baden conference, MAPFRE RE's ... Read the full article
Alternative capital has become a key tool for resiliency: Rapin, CEO, Nephila Climate
21st October 2024
At the latest Baden-Baden Reinsurance Symposium hosted by Guy Carpenter, the reinsurance broking arm of Marsh McLennan, Maria Rapin, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Nephila Climate, has highlighted the increasing role of alternative capital in the market’s ability to absorb the financial impacts of expanding crises. “The reinsurance industry has demonstrated ... Read the full article
There may be some competition amongst certain markets at 1.1, NewRe CUO, Herrenpoth
21st October 2024
In the lead up to this year's Baden-Baden Reinsurance meeting, we spoke to Dirk Herrenpoth, Chief Underwriting Officer of Swiss reinsurer and Munich Re subsidiary, NewRe, about what his general expectations are heading into the key January reinsurance renewals. "A very frequently used word in Monte Carlo this year was equilibrium, ... Read the full article
Rising uncertainty drives demand for re/insurance in Europe: Swiss Re
16th October 2024
Demand for re/insurance is up as the world experiences increasing uncertainty, and this volatile environment and elevated risk landscape creates both challenges and opportunities for insurers and reinsurers in Europe, said Swiss Re’s Leopoldo Camara ahead of this year's Baden-Baden. The current uncertain environment increases the need for dependable risk assessment, ... Read the full article
Interest in alternative capital is growing driven by challenging market: Guy Carpenter
23rd October 2023
The current market conditions are driving up interest in alternative capital and reinsurance structures to meet clients’ risk requirements, re/insurance specialists highlighted during Guy Carpenter’s Reinsurance Symposium in Baden-Baden. In its symposium, the broker addressed the theme of "The rise in demand for alternative solutions". Senior industry figures from the re/insurance ... Read the full article
Swiss Re’s Steinmann: Hard market or new normal?
20th October 2023
During the Swiss Re 2023 Baden-Baden media conference, the question of the hard reinsurance market and its duration was raised ahead of the key January 1st, 2024, reinsurance renewals. "Are we in a hard market? Is the current environment the new normal? We actually don't know," stated Thorsten Steinmann, Swiss Re's ... Read the full article
Reinsurance demand continues to rise ahead of Jan renewals, say industry leaders
24th October 2022
Executives and leaders from across the insurance and reinsurance sectors are seeing strong demand for protection and have called on the industry to work to leverage its strengths in such a demanding marketplace. At the 2022 meeting of the reinsurance industry in Baden-Baden, senior industry leaders discussed how the insurance and ... Read the full article
Activists from Extinction Rebellion protest at Baden-Baden
24th October 2022
Around twenty people from the groups Extinction Rebellion and Debt4Climate occupied this morning the Kongresshaus in Baden-Baden, where the reinsurance industry is currently holding its annual get-together. It is understood that the early morning saw a number of activists climbing onto the canopy with a five-metre-long banner saying, Stop (re)insuring Climate ... Read the full article
Swiss Re sees significant increase in demand for reinsurance protection
19th October 2022
Leaders at reinsurance giant Swiss Re continue to see strong and rising demand for reinsurance protection across all lines and regions on the back of the current high inflationary environment. This morning, Swiss Re hosted a media briefing ahead of the 2022 meeting of the reinsurance industry in Baden-Baden, a key ... Read the full article
Baden-Baden reinsurance event planned to be in-person in 2021
17th June 2021
The 2021 meeting of the reinsurance industry in Baden-Baden, Germany, is scheduled to go ahead in-person after a one year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The decision by the advisory council for the organisation of the Baden-Baden reinsurance industry event comes roughly three months after the annual Rendez-Vous de ... Read the full article
Demand for cyber cover to rise alongside frequency & severity: Höpke, Munich Re
19th October 2020
The frequency and severity of cyber events is on the rise and as the peril grows in relevance, particularly under COVID-19 conditions, demand for protection is likely to continue to increase, according to Doris Höpke, Member of the Board of Management at Munich Re. As the ongoing pandemic continues to restrict ... Read the full article
Growth & efficiency underpin Swiss Re’s strategy, says Fernando Villar
23rd October 2019
Swiss Re’s success in the EMEA region is underpinned by the development of innovative solutions to promote growth, unlock new efficiencies, and optimise profitability, according to Fernando Villar, COO and Head of P&C Client Solutions EMEA at Swiss Re. Villar spoke to Reinsurance News about the reinsurer's strategy in an interview ... Read the full article
Reinsurance leaders reflect on Industry 4.0 readiness at Baden-Baden
21st October 2019
At a symposium hosted by reinsurance brokerage Guy Carpenter at this year’s Baden-Baden conference, senior re/insurance figures provided a range of insights into the industry’s readiness to adapt and harness the benefits inherent to the tech-driven Industry 4.0. With the needs of clients in constant flux and business efficiency and interconnectedness ... Read the full article
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