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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.
Key reinsurance renewals occur at: the 1st of January, which is the biggest renewal of the reinsurance year and has a broader global focus; April 1st when Japanese reinsurance renews; June 1st for Florida reinsurance renewals; and July 1st when more US reinsurance business gets renewed.
Our reinsurance renewals news covers all of these key points in the year and we also provide analysis and insight into what to expect at upcoming renewal seasons as well.
Jan 1st reinsurance renewal season is an “epiphany”, says SiriusPoint’s Ari Chester
23rd December 2022
With the upcoming 1/1 reinsurance renewals looming closer, SiriusPoint’s Head of US and Canada Reinsurance, Ari Chester, spoke to Reinsurance News about the renewal season and the firm's outlook. “This renewal season is an epiphany, a sudden awareness that insurance balance sheets need to be compensated for property volatility. And it’s ... Read the full article
Property a market where reinsurers are firmly in control: JMP Securities
22nd December 2022
Following conversations with re/insurers and brokers in London ahead of the January renewals, analysts at JMP Securities have suggested the property market feels like a market where the reinsurers are firmly in control, and that this likely has legs beyond just the 2023 renewals. According to the analysts, through the discussions, ... Read the full article
Beazley poised to expand presence in property market throughout 2023
20th December 2022
With an expected turnaround in the fortunes of the property re/insurance markets throughout 2023, Beazley’s Group Head of Treaty, Patrick Hartigan, suggests the firm is ready to step up and support insurers and commercial buyers to find cover as peers pull back in the face of investor disillusionment due to ... Read the full article
Reinsurance capacity strained with rates to increase 50% for US cat: Goldman Sachs
19th December 2022
A new note from Goldman Sachs around P&C insurance reports that reinsurance capacity is strained with rates potentially up by over 50% for US cat. The note arises from conversations the financial giant had with property and casualty insurers, that the firm said were ‘most optimistic’ with the current environment favourable ... Read the full article
Major ship reinsurers to cease covering key war-related risks
15th December 2022
Hannover Re and Munich Re are among reinsurers who have warned to cease underwriting any kind of risks related to the conflict in Ukraine from the start of next year, with other reinsurers thought to be taking a similar approach, suggests a recent Bloomberg report. With reinsurers preparing to potentially cease ... Read the full article
Reinsurers “aggressively” pushing back secondary perils ahead of 1/1: KBW
14th December 2022
Analysts at KBW have reported that secondary perils that had previously been reinsured are now being “aggressively pushed back” toward primary insurers ahead of the January 1st reinsurance renewals. KBW provided some comments on the state of the global reinsurance market heading in to the critical renewal period, after meeting with ... Read the full article
Sharp reduction in nat cat reinsurance capacity at renewals: Clyde & Co’s Barbosa
13th December 2022
There is likely to be a sharp reduction in available nat cat reinsurance capacity at upcoming renewals following a climate change-induced increase in the frequency and severity of European nat cat events, suggests Clyde & Co's Eva-Maria Barbosa. The influence of climate change on natural catastrophe losses is causing reinsurers to ... Read the full article
Gallagher Re suggests TWIA commences reinsurance renewal as soon as possible
13th December 2022
In light of the hardening reinsurance market environment, insurance and reinsurance broker Gallagher has called on the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association (TWIA) to begin its reinsurance planning and buying as soon as possible. TWIA's Board meeting is scheduled for today, during which management will discuss the company's 2023 reinsurance programme amid ... Read the full article
To make the world more resilient, re/insurers must be resilient: Ojeisekhoba, Swiss Re
13th December 2022
As the global reinsurance industry looks ahead to 2023, writing in this op-ed, Swiss Re's Moses Ojeisekhoba, Chief Executive Officer - Reinsurance, explains the need to reshape the risk industry, in order to boost resilience in an increasingly volatile world. The extraordinary natural and human forces shaping our planet were on ... Read the full article
Tremor claims half of capacity authorised within one day
9th December 2022
The online reinsurance pricing and placing platform Tremor Technologies says that half of participating reinsurers authorise capacity within a day, with full program capacity received in fewer than three days. Sean Bourgeois, CEO of Tremor, said: “Tremor’s market design enables efficient pricing and allocation of reinsurance programs competitively. Many 1/1 programs ... Read the full article
Hurricane Ian to strain reinsurance capacity at renewals: Swiss Re
9th December 2022
Analysts at Swiss Re Institute have warned that the impact of Hurricane Ian on an already strained re/insurance market in Florida will likely be significant and extend globally. Losses from Ian, which are expected to be in the $50-60 billion range, follows multiple years of elevated catastrophe losses and comes at ... Read the full article
Lloyd’s has headroom to sensibly grow catastrophe book: Tiernan
7th December 2022
The Lloyd's insurance and reinsurance market has "headroom" to grow its catastrophe book of business sensibly in the hardening market, according to Chief of Markets Patrick Tiernan. Tiernan was speaking this morning during his delivery of a Q4 message to the market and explained that despite plans being submitted for the ... Read the full article
CEA could shrink reinsurance program after struggling to secure cover
6th December 2022
The California Earthquake Authority (CEA), one of the world's largest insurers of residential earthquake cover, has warned that it will likely be forced to reduce its reinsurance program in the near future, after struggling to secure ample capacity at renewals this year. In a board meeting this week, leaders at the ... Read the full article
Swiss Re looking at one of the most “positive outlooks” for a while at the April renewal season: Paul Murray
2nd December 2022
Swiss Re’s Chief Executive Officer Reinsurance Asia, Paul Murray spoke with Reinsurance News to share his thoughts on Swiss Re’s outlook for the upcoming Asia renewal season, as well as how he sees market conditions developing within reinsurance in Asia Pacific. Addressing Swiss Re’s outlook for the Asia renewal season, Murray ... Read the full article
Reinsurance structures as crucial as pricing at 2023 renewals: JP Morgan
29th November 2022
Analysts at JP Morgan have asserted that the structure of reinsurance programs could play “as important of a role as pricing” at the upcoming renewal periods. In a new report, the firm argued that recent years of poor returns for the reinsurance industry have not simply been due to bad luck, ... Read the full article
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