Reinsurance News
Reinsurance renewals are the key points in the year when the majority of reinsurance contract renewal negotiations occur and are completed.
The reinsurance renewal seasons provide insight into reinsurance pricing, contract terms, reinsurance market positioning and the direction of future trends in the market.
11th December 2018
Australian and global primary insurance and reinsurance group QBE said it has benefited from favourable terms and better pricing by getting to market early with its 2019 reinsurance renewal. The insurer said that by hitting the market early it has been able to achieve lower pricing, avoiding any uptick in market ... Read the full article
10th December 2018
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of global insurer and reinsurer American International Group (AIG), Brian Duperreault, has said that a hard market isn't required to fix the company. After reporting a third-quarter net loss, albeit improved on the same period in 2017, AIG's full-year 2018 performance will likely be closely watched ... Read the full article
6th December 2018
Noise from global reinsurance companies and alternative, or third-party capital participants suggests that every catastrophe renewal at January 1st 2019 is going to be highly competitive for a number of reasons, with rates expected to remain stable during the key renewals season. There's a feeling across the reinsurance and also insurance-linked ... Read the full article
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
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
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
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
23rd November 2018
Price increases in the downstream energy re/insurance sector are now inevitable after years of unprofitable returns and major losses, according to re/insurance broker Willis Towers Watson (WTW). The November 2018 edition of the firm’s Energy Market Review noted that 2017 was the second worst underwriting year on record for the sector ... Read the full article
23rd November 2018
Average commercial insurance prices rose by just over 1% over the third quarter of 2018, marking the fourth consecutive quarter of pricing increases for the sector, according to the latest Global Insurance Market Index by re/insurance broker Marsh. The pricing trend has largely been driven by increases in property and financial ... Read the full article
22nd November 2018
The upstream energy re/insurance sector looks set to continue its profitable trend in 2018, although insurers are reluctant to implement any further rate reductions as this fragile dynamic could be reversed by only a modest upturn in claims, according to re/insurance broker Willis Towers Watson (WTW). The November 2018 edition of ... Read the full article
21st November 2018
With the recent outbreak of devastating wildfires in California marking two consecutive years of large losses in the state, analysts at Morgan Stanley have suggested that the property and casualty (P&C) re/insurance market could respond by raising prices and reducing its risk appetite. The firm said that the industry will have ... Read the full article
14th November 2018
Zurich Insurance Group continues to achieve rate increases across its property and casualty (P&C) lines, but it expects pricing momentum to slow down as it moves into 2019, according to Chief Financial Officer George Quinn. Speaking during a third quarter earnings call, Quinn explained that the overall rate changes experienced over ... Read the full article
13th November 2018
Goldman Sachs expects a muted 1/1 renewal season with flat pricing across the property and casualty lines. Meanwhile, the firm says the main questions around catastrophe losses in 4Q18 will likely be the scale of insured losses from the wildfires currently raging in California, and loss creep from last year's ... Read the full article
13th November 2018
Industry executives speaking at the annual S&P Global Ratings 2018 Bermuda Reinsurance Conference have called on market players to expand their businesses and turn their focus from pricing. Executives said that global reinsurance companies would benefit from moving away from a decade-long focus on pricing, which remains competitive and pressured, and ... Read the full article
12th November 2018
Premium renewal rates continue to see positive increases across nearly all major commercial product lines, according to the October results of the IVANS Index, which tracks commercial premium renewal rates. IVANS, which is a division of Applied Systems, found that premiums increased across almost every major commercial line, with the exception ... Read the full article
