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Reinsurance pricing to “trend up modestly” through 2019: KBW
22nd January 2019
Analysts at Keefe, Bruyette & Woods (KBW) are anticipating that reinsurance pricing will “trend up modestly” as growth in demand outpaces the ongoing abundance of capacity. The firm acknowledged that the vast amount of third-party capital in the market will likely result in much smaller post-loss pricing swings than in the ... Read the full article
“Armageddon scenario” needed to turn reinsurance pricing: Jason Howard
18th January 2019
With roughly $600 billion of capital still flowing through the reinsurance market after a succession of costly catastrophe years, large-scale hardening outside of an “armageddon scenario” seems extremely unlikely, according to the Chief Executive Officer of reinsurance brokerage Beach & Associates, Jason Howard. Addressing an audience yesterday in the Old Library ... Read the full article
Limited room for reinsurance rates to decline further: Peel Hunt
16th January 2019
With returns across the reinsurance industry slipping below the cost of capital, there is little room left for rates to decline from their current level, according to analysts at Peel Hunt. Peel Hunt noted that reinsurance rates are still at the bottom of the recent pricing cycle, and will only improve ... Read the full article
Rates diverge between loss-affected accounts at 1/1 renewals: Peel Hunt
15th January 2019
Property catastrophe re/insurance rates fell by an average of 1% at the January renewals, but there was a wide divergence in trends between loss-affected and loss-free accounts, according to analysts at Peel Hunt. The firm attributed some of the muted results at the recent 1/1 renewals to the focus on European ... Read the full article
London marine energy market “chaotic” but hardening: JLT
15th January 2019
The London marine energy re/insurance market continues to exhibit “chaotic and undisciplined” underwriting practices but finally seems to be emerging from a prolonged period of softening rates, according to analysts at JLT. The firm’s latest quarterly energy report observed that the predominately younger workforce in the London and Lloyd’s markets has ... Read the full article
European re/insurers to maintain stable pricing through 2019: Deutsche Bank
15th January 2019
Most European insurers and reinsurers are likely to maintain existing pricing trends through 2019 as last year’s catastrophe losses look set to keep the market stable for now, according to analysts at Deutsche Bank. A recent report from the firm noted that loss activity (particularly in the U.S) was lower year-on-year ... Read the full article
Rates continue to increase across commercial lines at Q4: IVANS
14th January 2019
Premium renewal rates during the fourth quarter of 2018 continued to increase across almost all commercial lines, according to the latest IVANS Index report. IVANS, which is a division of Applied Systems, found that premiums increased across almost every major commercial line when compared with Q3, with the exception of Workers’ ... Read the full article
Reinsurance rates increase by 1.1% at Jan renewals: Guy Carpenter
14th January 2019
Reinsurance brokerage Guy Carpenter has said that the limited movement of rates at the recent January 1, 2019 renewals has raised concerns about pricing adequacy, underwriting strategy and the amount of capital available in the market. The firm’s Global Rate on Line (RoL) Index, which measures the change in catastrophe premium ... Read the full article
Reinsurance rates to improve through mid-year 2019: Goldman Sachs
11th January 2019
While early indications indicate that reinsurance pricing was largely flat at the January 2019 renewals, analysts at Goldman Sachs are confident that rates will improve later in the year at the renewals in April and June. The firm argued that two consecutive years of elevated catastrophe activity should lead to improved ... Read the full article
“Interesting” 1/1 market dynamics to continue into April: Aon
11th January 2019
Re/insurance broker Aon has said that the “interesting” market dynamics that affected reinsurance pricing at the recent 1 January renewals are likely to continue to influence rates throughout the coming year. The company’s ‘Reinsurance Market Outlook 2019’ report noted that reinsurance buyers continue to secure protection at accretive cost of capital ... Read the full article
U.S commercial rates continue stable rise over Q4: MarketScout
10th January 2019
The U.S commercial insurance composite rate continued to rise by a modest but stable 2% over the fourth quarter of 2018, according to data from MarketScout, a U.S electronic insurance exchange and specialty MGA. MarketScout noted that this result was in line with the composite rate increase for the entire year ... Read the full article
Downstream energy rates set to improve after difficult 2018: JLT
8th January 2019
Rates in the downstream energy sector look set to improve in 2019 as re/insurance companies finally take a stand against increasingly poor underwriting results over the last few years, according to analysts at JLT. The re/insurer’s latest quarterly energy report noted that management oversight and pressure to turn rates around has ... Read the full article
Retro market disruptions may impact future renewals: Willis Re
7th January 2019
Disruptions and trapped collateral in the retrocession market may have an impact on first-tier reinsurance property catastrophe pricing levels over the upcoming 2019 renewals, according to broker Willis Re. The analysis came as part of the firm's latest 1st View report, which found that reinsurance rates at the 1 January ... Read the full article
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
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