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P&C reinsurance
Hannover Re grows book by 6.9% at Jan 1 P&C reinsurance renewals
7th February 2024
German reinsurer Hannover Re has reported that it achieved an inflation and risk-adjusted price increase on renewed business of 2.3% in the 1 January 2024 treaty renewals in traditional property and casualty (P&C) reinsurance. Hannover Re suggests that the market environment for the renewals proved to be more stable than in ... Read the full article
Phoenix hires Julia Henderson, announces financing non-cat P&C reinsurer Gryphon
30th January 2024
Phoenix Merchant Partners, LP, an independent investment firm, has announced a number of new hires, including Julia Henderson’s as Managing Director, Insurance Solutions; as well as the closing of its first transaction, which finances non-catastrophe P&C reinsurance company Gryphon Holdings. The financing closed on January 10 and marks the official launch ... Read the full article
Aon’s ARA reports strong growth in P&C premiums in 2022 despite turbulent market
19th April 2023
The constituents of Aon’s Reinsurance Aggregate (ARA), who collectively underwrite more than 50% of the world’s life and non-life reinsurance premiums, reported strong growth in P&C premiums in 2022, driven by higher pricing and strong demand for risk transfer in a volatile operating environment. According to Aon Catastrophe Insight data, 2022 ... Read the full article
US P&C industry records $26.5bn underwriting loss for 2022: AM Best
23rd March 2023
The US property and casualty (P&C) industry recorded a net underwriting loss of $26.5 billion in 2022, according to data from AM Best, worsening by $21.5 billion from the previous year. The rating agency’s data was compiled from companies whose 2022 annual statutory statements were received as of March 9th, which ... Read the full article
P&C claims growth to ease as inflation moderates: Swiss Re
20th March 2023
Analysts at Swiss Re have warned of continued claims severity pressures for property and casualty (P&C) re/insurers over the coming year, although the firm says that claims growth will ease slightly alongside a moderation in inflation. Swiss Re expects headline inflation to decline but stay elevated in 2023, to some extent ... Read the full article
Property casting a major shadow over re/insurance market: Lockton
20th December 2022
Insurance and reinsurance broker Lockton has released a report suggesting the property sector is casting a major shadow over the market, despite conditions in other lines remaining largely predictable. In its report, Lockton explains that the P&C insurance market was previously on a path toward stabilisation before the event of Hurricane ... Read the full article
Aldagi to become first reinsurance company in Georgia
14th December 2022
Aldagi, the leading P&C insurance company in Georgia, is set to further expand its business and become the first reinsurance company in the country. Aldagi expects that with this expansion, the firm will emerge as an important regional player, allowing it to better meet the needs of both local and ... Read the full article
P&C underwriting results expected to be worst since 2011, says Triple-I
14th November 2022
The 2022 combined ratio for the P&C insurance industry is set to worsen compared to 2021, driven by Hurricane Ian and significant deterioration in the personal auto line, making it the worst year for the P&C industry since 2011, according to the latest underwriting projections by actuaries at the Insurance ... Read the full article
Reinsurer earnings hit by interest rates & hurricane activity: DBRS Morningstar
5th October 2022
Despite lower combined ratios, global reinsurers' overall profitability declined significantly in H1 of 2022, primarily reflecting higher interest rates that adversely affected equity and bond valuations, and the mounting pressure of the ongoing Atlantic hurricane season, says DBRS Morningstar. According to the report, global reinsurers performed significantly worse compared with the ... Read the full article
Reinsurance capacity crunch a catalyst for P&C rate rises at Jan 2023 renewals, says Peel Hunt
21st September 2022
According to a report from analysts at Peel Hunt, a potential capacity crunch in the reinsurance sector could be one of the key catalysts for further property catastrophe rate rises at the January 2023 renewals. The report suggests that despite the fact the solvency capital position across the reinsurance sector is ... Read the full article
P&C reinsurers post 13% premium growth through H1: RAA
6th September 2022
New data released by The Reinsurance Association of America (RAA) shows an increase in both profitability and net premiums for US property and casualty (P&C) reinsurers through the first half of 2022. The data, collected by RAA from 17 reinsurers globally, shows that the combined ratio for the group improved marginally ... Read the full article
Reinsurance sector to benefit from rising prices & strong investment income: Moody’s
6th September 2022
According to a Moody’s Investors Service report, reinsurance earnings will be strengthened by increasing prices and higher investment income amid rising interest rates. Catastrophe losses and a heightened perception of risk following the pandemic have fuelled an increase in demand for both primary commercial and reinsurance property and casualty (P&C) protection, ... Read the full article
Fitch highlights impact of inflation & nat cats on Asian reinsurance market
31st August 2022
Inflation and natural catastrophes are set to moderately increase pricing and squeeze underwriting margins in the Asian reinsurance market, says Fitch Ratings. According to Guy Carpenter, risk-weighted prices rose by 1%-5% in Japan for programmes covering the country’s 2021 windstorm, with the average price for typhoon risk reaching a 25-year high. ... Read the full article
Europe’s big four see P&C reinsurance underwriting performance deteriorate: Moody’s
26th August 2022
Europe’s big four average net combined ratio from property and casualty (P&C) reinsurance deteriorated to 98.9% from 95.5% a year earlier, with only Munich Re reporting a stronger P&C combined ratio, says Moody’s. The report suggests that the group's weaker P&C underwriting performance partly reflects several small to mid-sized natural catastrophe ... Read the full article
No quick fixes in turning around a P&C business, says JP Morgan
8th August 2022
Last week's edition of Love Actuary, by JP Morgan, suggests turnarounds in P&C take time, there is no such thing as a very quick fix. The report states that P&C can be a cynical industry, even in the most vanilla products such as Motor Insurance, concluding that turnarounds take 2 to ... Read the full article