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Reinsurance broker news, analysis and insight, covering reinsurance broking market developments, trends and opportunities.
Reinsurance brokers have a core role to play in the market, so we frequently cover news related to their activities and also interview senior reinsurance broking executives as well.
“Industry needs to embrace and nurture talent” – Marsh McLennan CEO
12th July 2022
The industry needs to find a way to amplify its talents’ potential enable and enable their ambition if it is to effectively attain new levels of societal resilience, says Dan Glaser, president and CEO of Marsh McLennan. Commenting ahead of the Marsh McLennan Rising Professionals’ Global Forum in London, Glaser said ... Read the full article
“Critical concerns” persist for Lloyd’s despite progress: Gallagher Re
12th July 2022
A new report by reinsurance broker Gallagher Re concludes that a number of both internal and external challenges remain “critical concerns” for the Lloyd’s of London market, despite measurable progress last year. The first annual Lloyd’s of London Market Report from Gallagher Re tracked the Lloyd’s market's capital and profitability throughout ... Read the full article
PCF Insurance acquires P&C MGA United Underwriters
12th July 2022
US insurance brokerage firm PCF Insurance Services (PCF), has announced the acquisition of Utah-based property and casualty managing general agent (MGA) United Underwriters. Founded in 1998, United Underwriters offers 150-plus agencies across the Western United States property and casualty MGA services and programs These include homeowners, renters, dwelling, commercial, personal umbrella, earthquake, ... Read the full article
NFP adds Seth Michaelson to Energy practice
11th July 2022
Property and casualty broker NFP, has appointed Seth Michaelson to the Energy practice within NFP's Specialty business. As vice president, Energy and Marine, Michaelson will be reporting to Vilma Vanegas, senior vice president, practice leader, Energy; and he will be supporting the ongoing growth of NFP’s specialty practice. According to the announcement, ... Read the full article
Hayward Aviation rebrands as Gallagher
11th July 2022
Specialist general aviation broker Hayward Aviation is to rebrand as Gallagher this month. The firm had become part of Gallagher when the firm acquired Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group’s global aerospace operations in 2019. Guy Holland-Bosworth, CEO of General Aviation for Gallagher’s Aerospace Practice said: “We are very pleased to reach this ... Read the full article
Ukraine war aviation losses could be 7x more than WTC loss: Gallagher
8th July 2022
Analysts at global re/insurance broker Gallagher has reported that the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict could lead up to losses that are seven times than the final loss amount for the World Trade Center (WTC) attacks in 2001, and four times the initial WTC reserve. In the Q2 edition of its Plane Talking ... Read the full article
“Demand for catastrophe bonds outpacing industry’s ability to meet them” – Aon
8th July 2022
Aon’s latest Reinsurance Market Dynamics: June and July Reinsurance Renewals says that the current demand for catastrophe bonds is outpacing the ability of the industry to supply them. According to the report, the current situation has arisen because insurers and reinsurers have turned increasingly to alternative capital markets to supplement traditional ... Read the full article
Marsh McLennan extends lead as top global broker based on 2021 revenues
6th July 2022
Marsh McLennan remains the world's largest re/insurance broker, in terms of total revenues, which reached a huge $19.8 billion for the firm in 2021, according to our directory of the Top 20 Global Insurance & Reinsurance Brokers, based on research data from A.M. Best. Year-on-year, Marsh McLennan's ... Read the full article
Stand-alone protection for cyber ‘essentially unobtainable’ at economical terms: Gallagher Re
6th July 2022
According to Gallagher Re’s mid-year renewals report, stand-alone risk protection for cyber is essentially unobtainable at economical terms, however some cyber risk protection is still available via composite casualty treaties. The report also highlights how there is a continued appetite on the proportional side for supporting existing programmes as both cyber ... Read the full article
California Earthquake Authority adds TigerRisk to reinsurance broker panel
6th July 2022
The California Earthquake Authority (CEA), one of the world's largest insurers of residential earthquake cover, has added TigerRisk Partners as an additional reinsurance broker to its panel of providers. Given the size of the CEA's reinsurance needs, around $9 billion, the insurer utilises multiple reinsurance brokers to help it in facing ... Read the full article
$5bn+ of additional reinsurance limit sought by carriers at mid-year renewals: Aon
5th July 2022
Buyers sought an estimated additional $5 billion+ in limit at the mid-year 2022 reinsurance renewals, driven mostly by elevated inflation expectations, and also heightened secondary peril losses, reports Aon. "Faced with inflation-driven exposure growth, as well as increased frequency of secondary perils, many insurers entered the renewals looking to purchase higher ... Read the full article
Gallagher Re and Africa Re team up to address protection gap in Africa
5th July 2022
Gallagher Re and Africa Re are to team up in an effort the firms say will ‘strengthen the financial resilience of African countries against a broad range of climate, crisis and disaster risks’. Named ‘Accelerating action through scalable risk transfer schemes’, the initiative is offering a robust, replicable, and modular framework ... Read the full article
Gallagher Re appoints Swiss Re’s Christian Kreutzer to Executive Director
4th July 2022
Global reinsurance broker Gallagher Re, has announced that it has appointed Christian Kreutzer to the role of Executive Director, effective immediately. Kreutzer will join the Nordic management team alongside David Egan, Mikkel Nyquist, Mark Cole and Randi Paulsrud and will report to Ditte Deschars, Regional Director and Head of Nordic at ... Read the full article
Howden names Mary O’Connor CEO of new capital advisory arm
4th July 2022
Global insurance broker Howden has appointed Mary O'Connor as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of its new capital, advisory and placement business for financial institutions and corporates, HowdenCAP. The new proposition has been launched in response to the changing needs of financial institutions and corporate clients, and will for the first time ... Read the full article
Gallagher Re finds pricing in Australia market up by 25% in spots
4th July 2022
According to Gallagher Re’s latest mid-year renewals report, property reinsurance rates in some cases in Australia has increased by up to 25%. In their 1st View Report, the broker stated that it was a much later and tougher renewal than normal, with reinsurers seeking additional information on the impact of flood ... Read the full article
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