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Reinsurance Association of America

Reinsurance Association of America rejects ‘US Re’ proposal

19th March 2026

The Reinsurance Association of America (RAA) has rejected the Hamilton Project’s proposal for US Re, a federal reinsurance entity for homeowners insurance, arguing that it fails to address the underlying drivers of insurance costs. The proposal was outlined in a paper presented at a Brookings Institution event, authored by Benjamin ... Read the full article

Laws to succeed Nutter as President and CEO, Reinsurance Association of America

7th November 2025

The Reinsurance Association of America (RAA), a national trade association representing property and casualty reinsurers operating in the United States, has appointed Tracey Laws as its President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), effective December 1st, 2025. Laws succeeds Frank Nutter, who will retire effective December 1st, 2025, after 34 years as ... Read the full article

RAA urges US Senate to back smarter and resilient insurance strategies

2nd May 2025

In a strong message to the US Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, the Reinsurance Association of America (RAA) has called for policies that bolster a resilient, competitive private insurance market and reject expanded government-run insurance programs. In a formal letter submitted by RAA President Frank Nutter during the ... Read the full article

RAA elects Everest’s Williamson as Chair and PartnerRe’s Colello as Vice Chair

30th April 2024

Jim Williamson, Executive Vice President and Group Chief Operating Officer (COO) of insurer and reinsurer Everest has been elected as the Chair of the Reinsurance Association of America (RAA). Williamson was elected Chair at the association's 56th Annual Meeting on April 25th, 2024, with Jon Colello, President of PartnerRe elected as ... Read the full article

U.S. P&C reinsurers wrote $27.3 billion of net premiums during Q1 of 2023: RAA

5th June 2023

In a survey of reinsurers’ statutory underwriting results conducted by the Reinsurance Association of America (RAA), a group of 17 U. S. property/casualty (P&C) reinsurers wrote $27.3 billion of net premiums during Q1 of 2023, up from $24.6 billion for the same period last year. The firms involved in the survey ... Read the full article

Reinsurance Association of America elects chair, vice chair of board

28th April 2023

Reinsurance Association of America has elected Justin O’Keefe chair, Jim Williamson vice chair and Jon Colello secretary-treasurer of the board. O'Keefe is the Senior VP and Chief Underwriting Officer for North America and Bermuda at RenaissanceRe. He leads market engagement and deal execution for all business lines in these regions. Justin ... Read the full article

P&C reinsurers grow net premiums by 8.6% over 2022: RAA

13th March 2023

New data released by The Reinsurance Association of America (RAA) shows an 8.6% increase in net premiums written by US property and casualty (P&C) reinsurers over 2022. The data, collected by RAA from 17 reinsurers globally, also shows that the combined ratio for the group remained unchanged from the previous year ... Read the full article

RAA & APCIA commend passage of disaster resilience bill

9th December 2022

The Reinsurance Association of America (RAA) and The American Property Casualty Insurance Association (APCIA) have released statements praising the passage of the Community Disaster Resilience Zones (CDRZ) Act of 2022 by the U.S. House of Representatives. According to the RAA, the CDRZ Act, which is supported by an RAA-led coalition of ... Read the full article

US reinsurers underwrote $64bn in net premiums through 9M: RAA

7th December 2022

The Reinsurance Association of America (RAA) has conducted a survey of reinsurers’ statutory underwriting results, revealing that seventeen US property and casualty reinsurers underwrote $64bn of net premiums in the first nine months of 2022. In a statement, the RAA said that this represented an increase from $57.3bn over the first ... 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

RAA CEO testifies on NFIP reform and reauthorisation

26th May 2022

The Reinsurance Association of America’s (RAA) president Frank Nutter testified before the US’s House Subcommittee on Housing, Community Development and Insurance in support of a long-term reauthorization and reforms related to flood insurance. Nutter was testifying on measures that seek to strengthen the program financial resiliency, develop a private flood insurance ... Read the full article

RAA appoints new chair, vice-chair, and secretary-treasurer

4th May 2022

The Reinsurance Association of America (RAA) has named Brian Young of Odyssey Group as chair following its annual general meeting at the end of last month. Young, president and CEO of Odyssey, was elected alongside Justin O’Keefe as vice chair and Jim Williamson as secretary-treasurer. O’Keefe is SVP and chief underwriting officer ... Read the full article

P&C reinsurers see profit & premium improvement: RAA

11th March 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 over 2021. The data, collected by RAA from 17 reinsurers globally, shows that the combined ratio for the group improved to 99.8% last year, down ... Read the full article

Net premiums up, but combined ratio deteriorates for RAA’s cohort of reinsurers

19th November 2021

The latest data from the Reinsurance Association of America (RAA) shows that a group of 17 U.S. property / casualty reinsurers wrote $57.3 billion of net premiums during the first nine months of the year, although the group's combined ratio deteriorated slightly to 100.7%. Net premiums increased from the $49.3 billion ... Read the full article

P&C reinsurers enjoy profit and premium rise over H1: RAA

26th August 2021

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 over the first half of 2021. The data, collected by RAA from 17 reinsurers globally, shows a marked improvement in the combined ratio of the ... Read the full article