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Munich Re is a leading global reinsurance company and our news covers its announcements, people moves, results and financial performance, as well as analysis of reinsurance market trends and interviews.
It’s a surprise how inadequate casualty rates fail to move higher: Munich Re CFO
8th November 2024
During Munich Re’s Quarterly Statement Q3 2024 call, Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Christoph Jurecka expressed concerns about casualty pricing, describing it as too low and noting his surprise that prices haven’t risen more. “Casualty is a continuously difficult market in our view,” said Jurecka. “The casualty prices we see in the ... Read the full article
Munich Re expects property cat pricing to plateau at Jan 1 renewals: CFO Jurecka
7th November 2024
Christoph Jurecka, Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of global reinsurer Munich Re, said this morning that he expects property catastrophe reinsurance rates, overall, to be flat on average at the January 1st, 2025, renewals, despite the elevated level of catastrophe activity in the third quarter. Speaking after the release of the ... Read the full article
Munich Re’s 9M’24 net result rises 31% despite Q3 cat losses of €1.4bn
7th November 2024
German reinsurer Munich Re has reported a net result of €4.7 billion for the first nine months of 2024, despite losses from natural catastrophes in the third quarter rising significantly to €1.4 billion, of which roughly €500 million relates to hurricane Helene. For 9M 2024, the net result increased by 31% ... Read the full article
Munich Re reports preliminary Q3 result of €900m despite high loss expenditure
22nd October 2024
Munich Re has reported a preliminary Q3 2024 net result of around €900 million, despite the impact of higher-than-average major-loss expenditure from natural catastrophes in property-casualty reinsurance. Hurricane Helene was the reinsurer's largest single claims event in the quarter, causing approximately €500 million in losses. Meanwhile, three loss events in Canada ... Read the full article
European reinsurance market remains dynamic: Munich Re
21st October 2024
The European reinsurance market remains dynamic, with demand for property reinsurance protection continuing to expand, according to Munich Re. At this year's Baden-Baden event, the global reinsurer revealed plans to deploy more capital in its European markets, namely where clients demonstrate underwriting discipline in their primary market. The firm said it will ... Read the full article
BOAD to use parametric insurance to cover sovereign loan portfolios
15th October 2024
The West African Development Bank (BOAD) has launched the "Shock Resilient Loans" program under its sovereign loan portfolio, covered by parametric insurance against natural and health disasters, supported by Munich Re. The project’s pilot phase covers Benin, Côte d’Ivoire, Senegal and Togo, a loan portfolio in these countries totalling over USD350 ... Read the full article
Munich Re Specialty enters Spanish insurance market, to begin underwriting in 2025
10th October 2024
Munich Re Specialty, part of the Munich Re Group insurance operations, has established a Spanish branch of Munich Re Risk Solutions Ireland Limited, making its first steps into commercial market for primary specialty insurance in the country. The firm intends to begin underwriting in 2025, as Munich Re Risk Solutions Ireland ... Read the full article
Beazley, Munich Re, and Gallagher Re study reveals cyber market resilience
9th October 2024
Findings from a year-long collaboration between Beazley, Munich Re, and Gallagher Re indicate that the cyber insurance market can withstand a plausible yet remote malware event under current parameters. This information was released in a whitepaper that aimed at building a shared understanding of the potential systemic losses the cyber-insurance industry ... Read the full article
Munich Re management feels soft market is unlikely in near-term: Jefferies
7th October 2024
Munich Re believes that a soft market is not likely to happen in the near-term, the reinsurer’s management shared with Jefferies in a recent meeting. According to analysts, in Munich Re’s view, “it takes a globally material reinsurer (i.e. the top five reinsurers) to start the process, and that once started, ... Read the full article
Wallace to lead Munich Re Specialty, North America’s Binding Authorities as CUO
4th October 2024
Munich Re Specialty – North America, part of the global reinsurance giant Munich Re Group, has appointed Tom Wallace as Chief Underwriting Officer (CUO) for the Binding Authorities business. In his new role, Wallace will be based in London with a reporting line to Nick Ash, President and Chief Executive Officer ... Read the full article
ERGO appoints Theo Kokkalas & Oliver Willmes to new board roles
20th September 2024
ERGO, Munich Re's primary insurance business, has announced that Theo Kokkalas will be responsible for ERGO's international business and Oliver Willmes will be responsible for ERGO's activities in Germany, effective January 1, 2025. Markus Rieß, CEO of the ERGO Group, commented, "Theo Kokkalas and Oliver Willmes have both delivered exceptional performances ... Read the full article
Munich Re North America Life launches new longevity reinsurance offering
18th September 2024
Munich Re North America Life has launched a new longevity reinsurance offering which will reportedly allow clients to accumulate assets while transferring biometric risk. Munich Re North America Life includes Munich Re Life US and Munich Re, Canada (Life), which have served the US, Canada, Bermuda and Caribbean markets for 65 ... Read the full article
Calls for property reinsurance price reductions ‘asymmetric’, Munich Re CEO tells the FT
16th September 2024
In an interview with the Financial Times (FT), Joachim Wenning, CEO of global reinsurer Munich Re, described calls for property reinsurance rate cuts as "asymmetric", suggesting that reinsurers will hold firm ahead of the 1.1 2025 renewals as the market continues to catch up on the poor returns achieved during ... Read the full article
Munich Re is ready to accommodate strong demand from Europe & LatAm: Clarisse Kopff
9th September 2024
Demand for reinsurance protection is strong in Europe and is expected to remain so in 2025, but it’s important that structural corrections achieved in the past two years are maintained, according to Clarisse Kopff, Member of the Board of Management at Munich Re. Kopff is responsible for European and Latin American ... 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
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