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Baden-Baden
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
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
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