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Reinsurance renewals 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.
Spike in renewal rate change for all segments except workers’ comp in Q1’24: Ivans Index
19th April 2024
Ivans, a division of Applied Systems, has released the Q1 2024 results from the Ivans Index, showing a spike in premium renewal rate change for all major commercial lines of business except Workers’ Compensation, year over year. The average premium renewal rate for commercial auto in Q1 2024 averaged 9.09%, an ... Read the full article
Reinsurance market stable as signs point to better conditions for cedents at June 1: Doyle, MMC
18th April 2024
John Doyle, President and CEO of broking group Marsh McLennan (MMC), said earlier today that reinsurance market conditions remain stable, and that early signs suggest a better environment for cedents at the June 1 Florida catastrophe risk renewals. Speaking during the MMC first quarter 2024 earnings call, Doyle and Dean Klisura, ... Read the full article
April 1 renewal in India sees resurgence in property cat capacity: Aon
8th April 2024
In contrast to last year’s renewal, April 1 in India reportedly saw a resurgence in property catastrophe capacity, with reinsurers demonstrating an increased appetite to grow their books, according to a new report from Aon. Despite this excess capacity in property catastrophe, Aon's report explained that reinsurers remained disciplined. Meanwhile, being one ... Read the full article
Florida Citizens targets $5.5bn of reinsurance coverage for 2024
8th April 2024
Florida’s property insurer of last resort, Citizens Property Insurance Corporation, aims to secure reinsurance coverage of approximately $5.5 billion across a sliver and core layer, as part of its 2024 risk transfer program. As we wrote previously, Citizens projected at its December 2023 Board of Governors meeting that it could ... Read the full article
Japan property cat demand marginally down at April 1 reinsurance renewals: Gallagher Re
5th April 2024
Japan property catastrophe demand was marginally down year-on-year at the April 1st, 2024, reinsurance renewals, while some increases in retentions were offset by a small amount of additional capacity purchased, reports Gallagher Re. In the reinsurance broker's 1st View Report, the firm highlights how there was a "significant uptick in ... Read the full article
Stage set for more comprehensible reinsurance market at mid-year and beyond: Aon’s Attard
4th April 2024
Aon, the global insurance and reinsurance broker, has released its latest Reinsurance Market Dynamics report, revealing that the 1/1 and April 1 2024 renewals set the stage for a more comprehensible market for reinsurance buyers throughout mid-year and into 2025. According to Aon, market conditions have improved further following the ... Read the full article
Reinsurers are clear about their own retro structures and capacity: Gallagher Re’s Vickers
3rd April 2024
Reflecting on the April 1 reinsurance renewals, James Vickers, Gallagher Re's Chairman of International, says that reinsurers were looking "to grow their portfolios and therefore were relatively accommodating within the confines of their own underwriting discipline." Speaking to Reinsurance News alongside the release of Gallagher Re's 1st View Report, Vickers ... Read the full article
Increased demand, more capacity available at April 1 reinsurance renewals: Gallagher Re
2nd April 2024
Reinsurers continued to take on more property catastrophe risk at the April 1st, 2024, reinsurance renewals, which led to an increase in available capacity to meet growing demand in an overall more stable environment, according to Gallagher Re. Reinsurance broker Gallagher Re's latest 1st View renewal report, which covers the Japan-focused ... Read the full article
April 1 reinsurance renewals more favourable to buyers: Aon
28th March 2024
The April 1st, 2024, reinsurance renewals were "more predictable and generally favorable to reinsurance buyers," with pricing broadly flat for property catastrophe reinsurance, according to insurance and reinsurance broker Aon. Aon's latest Reinsurance Market Dynamics report, scheduled to be released on April 2nd, reveals that market conditions since 1/1 2024 have ... Read the full article
The American Club reports stable renewal results amid challenges
19th March 2024
The American Club (the Club), a US-domiciled mutual protection and indemnity club, has reported slight decreases in its year-on-year renewal results, indicating overall stability despite recent challenges. For the Club's Class I entries, it's reported that gross tonnage has decreased by approximately $2.5 million compared to last year, now standing at ... Read the full article
Greenlight Re pleased with 1/1 renewals, optimistic on Lloyd’s in 2024: Patrick O’Brien
8th March 2024
During Greenlight Re's 2023 earnings call, Patrick O'Brien, Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Director, Greenlight Re Ireland, noted the still very attractive conditions at the January 1st, 2024, reinsurance renewals, when over 60% of the company's business incepts. "We are very pleased with how January 1, 2024, progressed. Market conditions remain very ... Read the full article
More stability, healthy levels of reinsurance profitability expected in 2024: Lancashire CUO
6th March 2024
Trading conditions at the January 1st, 2024, reinsurance renewals were much more stable than a year earlier, and with discipline maintained and a greater willingness from existing carriers to deploy, the outlook for 2024 is one of more stability and healthy levels of profitability, according to Paul Gregory, Chief Underwriting ... Read the full article
Reinsurance demand to remain strong but prices to peak in 2024, says Moody’s
5th March 2024
Analysts at Moody's Investors Service expect demand for reinsurance protection to remain strong in 2024 but warns that while reinsurers have scope to push through further price increases, as competition intensifies in the sector, prices will likely peak this year. Moody's is the latest to predict a peak in reinsurance pricing ... Read the full article
Property cat reinsurance pricing power to fall 5-10% at mid-year renewals
5th March 2024
As per a report from analysts at BMO Capital Markets, a prominent reinsurance broking executive from Howden Tiger has suggested property-catastrophe reinsurance pricing power will fall 5-10% at mid-year contract renewals. The comments from the Howden Tiger executive were reportedly made at the Association of Insurance and Financial Analysts (AIFA) conference, ... Read the full article
Progressive renews agg XoL reinsurance with lower retentions, upsizes shared hurricane limit
4th March 2024
Property and auto-focused insurance group, Progressive, renewed its aggregate excess of loss (XoL) reinsurance program for its property business at the January renewals with a lower retention for both layers, and has also renewed and upsized its hurricane coverage for the 2024 wind season. The new aggregate XoL reinsurance arrangement entered ... Read the full article