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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.

Pricing broadly stable across U.S casualty renewals, finds Willis Re

3rd January 2019

The latest 1st View report from Willis Re has found that U.S casualty reinsurance pricing trends were mixed at the 1 January 2019 renewals, with pockets of rate increases and decreases across a broadly stable market. The findings came as part of the broker's wider market analysis, which found that Read the full article

January renewals highlight reinsurance “pricing gap”: Willis Re

2nd January 2019

The January 2019 reinsurance renewals have highlighted a "pricing gap" between cedants with peak peril exposure or poor loss records and other accounts, according to a new report from broker Willis Re. The company earlier told the Financial Times that reinsurance rate increases did not materialise at the 1 January renewals, ... Read the full article

Flood Re premiums cut by up to £112 for 2019

2nd January 2019

Flood Re, the UK’s government-backed reinsurance scheme, has cut the reinsurance premiums it charges to insurance companies as of 1 January 2019, which in turn should lower the cost of flood protection for those most at risk of flooding in the UK. Premiums charged by Flood Re to insurers are set ... Read the full article

Pricing set to improve across UK specialty classes in 2019, say analysts

19th December 2018

Consecutive periods of above-average large losses are set to cause a positive reaction in pricing across a range of UK specialty classes in 2019, according to analysts at J.P. Morgan. The firm noted that 2018 saw a higher incidence of man-made losses, putting classes like Marine under additional pressure, while pricing ... Read the full article

KBW anticipating modest rate improvements at 1/1 renewals

18th December 2018

Analysts at Keefe, Bruyette & Woods (KBW) are expecting low single-digit increases in reinsurance pricing at the 1 January 2019 renewals due to the significant catastrophe losses experienced this year and some constraint on the supply of alternative capital. KBW acknowledged that the abundance of third-party capital in the property catastrophe ... Read the full article

European reinsurance pricing to continue improving through 2019: Barclays

18th December 2018

Reinsurance prices in the European market should continue to gradually improve throughout 2019 as demand goes up and capacity becomes more constrained, according to analysts at multinational investment bank Barclays. Barclays estimates that the reinsurance industry is set to incur around $70 billion in large loss claims this year, which is ... Read the full article

German non-life rates to continue rising through 2019: Fitch

17th December 2018

German non-life re/insurers are likely to continue raising their premium rates throughout 2019 to maintain profitability as the sector deals with increasing costs per claim and dwindling investment returns, according to a new report by Fitch Ratings. The rating agency forecasts overall premium growth of 2.3% in the sector, largely driven ... Read the full article

Alternative capital growth to further restrict pricing cycles: Swiss Re

14th December 2018

Alternative capital has matured into an integral player in the property catastrophe reinsurance and retrocession markets, but its continued growth is likely to further curb the volatility of the overall underwriting cycles, according to a report from the Swiss Re Institute. Over the last decade, the alternative capital market has become ... Read the full article

U.S commercial insurance prices continue to rise over Q3, finds WTW

12th December 2018

Commercial insurance prices in the U.S increased by 2% over the third quarter of 2018, according to re/insurance broker Willis Towers Watson’s (WTW) Commercial Lines Insurance Pricing Survey (CLIPS). The survey established that prices rose materially in commercial auto, commercial property and excess/umbrella liability for a second consecutive quarter. Price changes ... Read the full article

Demand for non-life reinsurance to increase in 2019: A.M. Best

11th December 2018

Demand for non-life reinsurance is expected to increase over 2019, according to A.M. Best, due primarily to factors such as the return of U.S economic growth, as well as global growth and benefits from the U.S federal tax reform. Analysts at A.M. Best believe these conditions will provide opportunities for organic ... Read the full article

Citizens proposes 8.2% rate increases for Florida homeowners in 2019

11th December 2018

Citizens Property Insurance Corporation, the state-run not-for-profit insurer, has proposed to increase its average premium rates by 8.2% in 2019, driven by costly water-damage claims in South Florida. If approved by the Citizens Board of Governors and the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation, the increase would impact personal lines policyholders from ... Read the full article

PI premiums to rise as construction market hardens, warns JLT Specialty

3rd December 2018

JLT Specialty, the specialist insurance broker and risk consultant, has warned that contractors could face a significant increase in professional indemnity (PI) premiums as the construction market begins to harden. Greater regulatory scrutiny and uncertainty regarding cladding systems following the Grenfell fire has led many insurers to scale back on capacity ... Read the full article

Reinsurance sector struggling to keep pace with cost of capital: S&P

30th November 2018

With only modest pricing increases experienced over 2018 and momentum set to fade in 2019, the global reinsurance sector may find it increasingly difficult to keep pace with its cost of capital, according to S&P Global Ratings. The rating agency noted that last year the reinsurance sector generated returns on capital ... Read the full article

Everest Re optimistic about 2019 renewals, reports Goldman Sachs

30th November 2018

Global reinsurer Everest Re is optimistic about the pricing outlook for reinsurance renewals over 2019, anticipating rate increases across property catastrophe, specialty and casualty lines, according to analysts at Goldman Sachs. After a series of meetings with Everest Re’s management, including its CEO, CFO and presidents of the Reinsurance and Insurance ... Read the full article

Reinsurers to see localised rate increases over 2019: Goldman Sachs

26th November 2018

Although overall reinsurance pricing momentum overall is likely to slow going into 2019, Goldman Sachs expects to see localised rate increases in some areas that have experienced heavy catastrophe losses over 2018. In Japan, Goldman Sachs predicted that the $8 billion loss from Typhoon Jebi (with a $2 billion reinsurance attachment) ... Read the full article