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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.
Munich Re expects Q4 boost from Hannover Re investment joint-venture: CFO
8th November 2022
Munich Re's group CFO Christoph Jurecka revealed this morning that the reinsurance company is already expecting to feel a positive effect from its investment joint-venture with rival Hannover Re, as soon as during the fourth-quarter. Reinsurance News reported earlier in November that Munich Re and Hannover Re, two of Europe’s ... Read the full article
Munich Re posts rise in Q3 profit despite Hurricane Ian losses of €1.6 billion
8th November 2022
Global reinsurer Munich Re has reported profit of €527 million and €1.9 billion for the third quarter and first nine months of 2022, respectively, despite a rise in major losses within property and casualty (P&C) reinsurance on the back of Hurricane Ian losses of around €1.6 billion. Profit for the quarter ... Read the full article
Hannover Re & Munich Re planning alternative investment joint-venture
3rd November 2022
Hannover Re and Munich Re, two of Europe's big four reinsurance companies, are awaiting regulatory approvals for an alternative investment joint-venture, designed to increase the diversification of a combined private equity portfolio, while likely leading to better terms and conditions on new investments. On a recently held earnings call to ... Read the full article
Damaged Nord Stream 1 gas pipeline in re/insurance dilemma
25th October 2022
As the mystery surrounding the explosions that damaged undersea gas pipelines between Russia and Germany remains unsolved, Nord Stream 1’s re/insurers are trying to figure out how to handle potential claims worth hundreds of millions of dollars, reports Reuters. According to industry sources familiar with the matter, Munich Re and syndicates ... Read the full article
Berenberg reflects on rates, Baden-Baden, and Hurricane Ian
24th October 2022
A new note from Berenberg says that rates remain under pressure while natural catastrophes for this year are poised to hit $100bn. The firm pointed to a press released put out by reinsurance giant Munich Re. It said Munich Re stressed that rates need to rise for a number of reasons. Berenberg ... Read the full article
Munich Re sees Ian losses of €1.6bn, says 2022 profit target “significantly more challenging” to meet
21st October 2022
Global reinsurance giant Munich Re has reported losses related to Hurricane Ian within its property and casualty reinsurance business of roughly €1.6 billion after retrocession, based on an insurance industry market loss of around $60 billion (excluding the NFIP). The reinsurer notes that, in the third quarter of 2022, it recorded ... Read the full article
Munich Re to increase cyber cover prices in Germany & Europe
21st October 2022
According to Claudia Hasse, Chief Executive Manager at Munich Re, given the accumulation potential the firm sees in cyber re/insurance, it plans to increase cover prices in Germany and Europe. Hasse, who is responsible for Non-Life business in Germany, Cyber business in Europe and Latin America, and the German Pharmapool, noted ... Read the full article
Blunck to succeed Jeworrek as Chair of Munich Re’s Reinsurance Committee
20th October 2022
The Supervisory Board of Munich Re has announced that it has appointed Dr Thomas Blunck as the Chair of the Reinsurance Committee of the Group’s Board of Management with effect from January 1, 2023. Blunck will succeed Dr Torsten Jeworrek, who will be stepping down from the Board of Management of ... Read the full article
Bleak outlook for Europe as inflation to remain high in 2023: Munich Re
20th October 2022
According to a report from Munich Re, inflation is set to remain high in 2023, leading to a bleaker economic outlook for Europe as mixed crises are causing unprecedented levels of complexity in the business environment for re/insurers worldwide. Thomas Blunck, a Member of the Board of Management, commented, "The outlook ... Read the full article
Munich Re backs oil & gas decommissioning product by OneNexus
18th October 2022
Reinsurer Munich Re has agreed to provide backstop capital for a new funding product from OneNexus that seeks to provide the oil and gas industry with an option to reduce its environmental footprint. OneNexus’s Asset Retirement Obligation (ARO) product aims to address the decommissioning liabilities associated with retiring long-lived hydrocarbon producing ... Read the full article
Munich Re & Swiss Re to bear largest market share of Ian losses: JP Morgan
13th October 2022
Basing its top-down view of Hurricane Ian losses on RMS’s $67bn estimate, JP Morgan has suggested that Munich Re and Swiss Re are likely to have the largest market share of Ian losses. JP Morgan observes that RMS gave a range of $53-74bn, with an additional $10bn in losses for the ... Read the full article
Munich Re & HSB partner with Schneider Electric on electrical risk
12th October 2022
Global reinsurer Munich Re and its subsidiary, HSB, have partnered with Schneider Electric, a specialist in energy management and automation, on electrical and equipment risk. The partnership will blend risk solutions including uptime guarantees and unwarned failure warranties, with IoT technology to serve clients. Together, the companies will help businesses to remain ... Read the full article
Munich Re acquires API-focused insurtech
6th October 2022
Reinsurance giant Munich Re has acquired apinity GmbH, a start-up that supplies application programming interface (API) solutions in the form of Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) for the insurance industry’s ecosystem. apinity is an API software platform that enables insurers to utilise third-party API services, in turn making it possible to transparently manage both ... Read the full article
Munich Re to cease investing in or insuring new oil and gas fields from April 2023
6th October 2022
Global reinsurer Munich Re has committed that as of 1 April 2023 it will no longer invest in or insure contracts / projects exclusively covering the planning, financing, construction or operation of new oil and gas fields, new midstream oil infrastructure and new oil fired power plants. The large, European reinsurer ... Read the full article
Top 20 U.S. cyber insurers all saw premium growth in 2021
6th October 2022
Of the approximately $4.8 billion of U.S. cyber insurance premiums underwritten in 2021 by the property & casualty (P&C) industry, more than 81% came from the top 20 cyber insurers in the U.S. marketplace, led by global insurer Chubb. Based on research data from rating agency AM Best, ... Read the full article