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News on pricing in global insurance and reinsurance markets, with a particular focus on renewal rates on line in reinsurance and commercial insurance pricing trends.
Reinsurance prices set to decline further at Jan 1 as market softens: J.P. Morgan
10th October 2025
While J.P. Morgan expects reinsurance results to remain strong in the near term, the bank has described the sector as “structurally inferior” to personal and commercial lines over the long term, and anticipates further price declines at the January 1 2026, renewals. "With January 2025 renewals, property catastrophe prices declined 5-15% ... Read the full article
North America reinsurance market ‘looks healthy and balanced,’ says AXA XL Re’s Schiffer
6th October 2025
In a recent interview with Reinsurance News, Greg Schiffer, CEO of North America Reinsurance at AXA XL Re, shared his perspectives on the sustainability of current market conditions in the region and what lies ahead. We spoke with Schiffer, who joined AXA XL Re from Swiss Re in October 2024, around ... Read the full article
Reinsurance increasingly a buyer’s market as focus shifts to growth: Rousseau, Guy Carpenter
3rd September 2025
Laurent Rousseau, CEO of EMEA and Global Capital Solutions at reinsurance broker Guy Carpenter, said recently that the reinsurance industry is "clearly and increasingly in a buyer's market" and stressed that as returns continue to rise, insurers and reinsurers are looking to grow both organically and through M&A. Guy Carpenter, the ... Read the full article
We are now firmly in the hard market softening phase: Flandro, Howden Re
22nd August 2025
David Flandro, Managing Director, Head of Industry Analysis and Strategic Advisory at reinsurance broker Howden Re, has said that "if it wasn't obvious already, we are now firmly in the hard market softening phase of the rating cycle," as he emphasises the need for exposure growth to be "undertaken intelligently." Flandro's ... Read the full article
Hannover Re seeing growth in most segments, nat cat risk appetite expanding: Sven Althoff
12th August 2025
Hannover Re, one of Europe's big four reinsurance companies, has achieved year-to-date growth in traditional treaty renewals of 5.4%, with one of the key drivers being underlying expansion of the firm's ceding companies, while the carrier's appetite for natural catastrophe risk is also growing, according to Sven Althoff, Member of ... Read the full article
Global insurance rates continue to decline as competition among insurers grows, says Marsh
24th July 2025
Global commercial insurance pricing dropped by an average of 4% in the second quarter of 2025, according to the latest Global Insurance Market Index from Marsh, an insurance broker and risk advisor and a business of Marsh McLennan. This marks the fourth consecutive quarter of average rate reductions and reflects an ... Read the full article
Capacity & competition put further pressure on prices after 2024 peak: Fitch
16th July 2025
Abundant capacity and intensifying competition among reinsurers are driving softer pricing at the June and July renewals, reinforcing Fitch Ratings’ expectation that market pressures will continue to weigh on prices beyond their 2024 peak. According to the ratings agency, pricing across most reinsurance lines continued to fall at the mid-year renewals, ... Read the full article
Competition drives best bulk annuity pricing in two years for UK pension schemes: Aon
10th July 2025
Pricing in the UK defined benefit pension scheme bulk annuity market has reached its most favourable level in over two years, driven by increased competition, according to new data from Aon. Mike Edwards, Partner, Risk Settlement Group, Aon, noted, "There are a number of reasons for this pricing opportunity emerging. The ... Read the full article
WTW enhances Radar with integration of Verisk’s ISO ERC
30th June 2025
WTW, an advisory, broking, and solutions firm, has launched a new feature in its analytics deployment solution, Radar, enabling users to accurately adjust to market price movements in real time by incorporating Verisk’s ISO Electronic Rating Content (ISO ERC). In today’s competitive environment, insurers need fast, reliable access to the latest ... Read the full article
TransRe calls for urgent and substantial D&O price increases amid unprofitable market conditions
21st May 2025
Reinsurer TransRe is urging immediate and material increases in US Public Directors & Officers (D&O) insurance pricing, warning that the current market remains unsustainable. In a recent market update, TransRe states that the D&O sector is once again operating at a loss, despite prior correctional pricing measures. TransRe argues that rationales often ... Read the full article
It’s still attractive but start of softening cycle is clear: Malmström, Swiss Re CFO
16th May 2025
Year-to-date, reinsurance giant Swiss Re has seen a net price reduction of 1.5%, and although it's clear the reinsurance sector is at the beginning of a softening cycle, it's still an attractive marketplace, according to Anders Malmström, Swiss Re Group Chief Financial Officer (CFO). This morning, Swiss Re announced a ... Read the full article
Insurance industry remained buyer friendly in Q1’25, providing much-needed stability: Aon
13th May 2025
Aon, the global insurance and reinsurance broking group, has disclosed that the insurance industry was buyer-friendly throughout the first quarter of 2025, providing much-needed stability. The broker explained that the moderate market conditions in the quarter, especially softening, accelerated for well-performing and preferred risk types, because of support from quality underwriting ... Read the full article
Ample capital and competition point to ‘healthy buyer’s market’ in 2025: Willis
6th May 2025
The latest Insurance Marketplace Realities report from Willis highlights opportunities for buyers from ample capital, growing capacity, and renewed competition, signalling a healthy buyer's market in 2025. Willis, part of global insurance broking group WTW, notes that the commercial insurance market is operating from a place of historical financial strength, as ... Read the full article
Insurance pricing rolls off highs as market momentum shifts, says J.P. Morgan
2nd May 2025
J.P. Morgan, a financial services firm, is signalling that pricing pressure is beginning to take hold across the commercial insurance and reinsurance sectors. According to early Q1 2025 data analysed by the firm’s insurance research division, the nearly eight-year stretch of consistent premium rate increases is clearly losing momentum—and faster than ... Read the full article
Earnix to acquire GenAI platform Zelros
29th April 2025
Earnix, the artificial intelligence (AI) platform for insurance, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Zelros, a generative AI player for insurers and banks. Through combining Earnix’s advanced predictive AI platform with Zelros’s GenAI recommendations engine, the move aims to bring predictive, generative, and agentic AI across risk decisioning, personalisation, and ... Read the full article
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