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Property cat pricing trending down mid-teens at mid-year renewals: BMO Capital Markets
26th May 2026
Property catastrophe reinsurance pricing is trending down mid-teens for the mid-year 2026 renewals, meeting or beating market expectations, according to BMO Capital Markets, who also expect prices to stay under pressure absent a significant $100 billion or more of reinsurance losses. Unlike previous soft market cycles, analysts at BMO note that ... Read the full article
American Global Insurance secures quota share agreement with Lloyd’s syndicates
26th May 2026
American Global Insurance, part of the American Global Insurance and Reinsurance Group (American Global Group), has secured a major quota share reinsurance partnership with two corporately owned Lloyd’s syndicates to back its healthcare indemnity insurance portfolio. Effective January 1, 2026, the participating Lloyd’s syndicates assumed 50% of premiums and losses for ... Read the full article
Pacific Life Re welcomes JFSA’s proposed guideline amendments
26th May 2026
Pacific Life Re, the reinsurance arm of Pacific Life, has welcomed the Japan Financial Services Agency’s (JFSA) proposed guideline amendments to the Comprehensive Guidelines for Supervision of Insurance Companies as they promote the sound development of asset intensive reinsurance (AIR). “While the final form of the guidelines has yet to be ... Read the full article
European reinsurers deliver higher profits despite weaker revenue growth in Q1’26: Fitch
20th May 2026
Fitch Ratings, the international credit ratings and research agency, has said that Europe’s four largest reinsurers posted stronger earnings in the first quarter of 2026, although overall revenue growth declined as market conditions became less favourable. In its latest assessment, Fitch Ratings said Munich Re, Swiss Re, Hannover Re and SCOR ... Read the full article
ICIEC, OeKB strengthen export credit and investment risk coverage with reinsurance agreement
14th May 2026
ICIEC, a Shariah-based multilateral insurer and member of the Islamic Development Bank Group, and OeKB, acting as agent of the Republic of Austria under the Export Guarantees Act, have signed a Framework Reinsurance Agreement to strengthen export credit and investment risk coverage. This agreement, signed during the 2026 Spring Meeting of ... Read the full article
Alternative capital redesigning reinsurance, but still has challenges to face: Guy Carpenter
13th May 2026
Alternative capital is rewriting the rules of reinsurance, and while it seems it is here to stay, its rapid integration brings distinct structural challenges, a recent Guy Carpenter report highlights. The ‘Convergence of Financial and Reinsurance Capital: How catastrophe bonds, sidecars, and financial investors are redesigning the architecture of global reinsurance’ ... Read the full article
Capital redeployment a big challenge for reinsurers in 2026: Gallagher Re’s van Wegen
13th May 2026
Capital redeployment is set to be the biggest challenge for reinsurance companies in 2026, Michael van Wegen, author of Gallagher Re’s Full Year Reinsurance Market Report, highlighted in a recent interview with Reinsurance News. The report revealed that total dedicated reinsurance capital rose to a record $648 billion in 2025, ... Read the full article
Price softening to persist into 2027 without significant industry cat loss: JP Morgan
12th May 2026
Unless there is a significantly large industry catastrophe loss, reinsurance pricing will continue to soften into 2027, JP Morgan analysts highlight in a most recent Love Actuary report. The acceleration of reinsurance price softening is evident in 2026, a trend unlikely to stop as mid-year renewals near, driven by robust surplus ... Read the full article
A diversified portfolio is key to navigating a softening cycle: Hamilton Re’s Daws
12th May 2026
As the reinsurance industry approaches the mid-year 2026 renewal season, Adrian Daws, CEO of Hamilton Re, the Bermuda-based underwriting platform of global specialty insurer and reinsurer Hamilton, remains optimistic about its growth opportunities, even as the market navigates transitioning conditions. Speaking with Reinsurance News during our visit to Bermuda, Daws emphasised ... Read the full article
IRLA Congress: Legacy market matures into strategic capital and operational partner for re/insurers
11th May 2026
The legacy and retrospective reinsurance market is entering a new phase of maturity, driven by growing demand for capital optimisation, operational efficiency and increasingly sophisticated transaction structures. That was the central message from this year’s IRLA Congress & Business Seminar, where industry leaders described a sector that is no longer simply ... Read the full article
Quality of Hannover Re’s portfolio after renewal still very sound despite surprises: Althoff
11th May 2026
Despite several unexpected factors that challenged initial expectations during the latest renewal season, Hannover Re’s portfolio quality remained sound, according to Sven Althoff, a Member of the Executive Board for Property & Casualty, during the company’s recent analysts’ call. Althoff highlighted stronger pricing pressure as one of the main surprises during ... Read the full article
Competitive market environment to continue for mid-year renewals, underwriting discipline a priority: SCOR’s Léger
6th May 2026
As the mid-year reinsurance renewals approach, SCOR expects the market environment to remain stable but highly competitive, according to the company CEO Thierry Léger, who also emphasised that underwriting discipline will remain essential to maintain portfolio quality. Despite a more challenging pricing environment, SCOR is prioritising margin protection. During the April ... Read the full article
ALIRT reports maturing conditions in US fronting insurance market
5th May 2026
ALIRT Insurance Research, an independent provider of analytical research on the insurance sector, has reported that the United States fronting insurance market is transitioning into a more mature and disciplined stage, with the observation forming part of its Fronting Insurers Update – April 2026. The US fronting model—where insurers issue policies ... Read the full article
Berkshire Hathaway re/insurance underwriting earnings rose 29% to $1.717bn in Q1 2026
2nd May 2026
Berkshire Hathaway, the American multinational conglomerate holding company, has reported increased net underwriting earnings from its insurance and reinsurance businesses of $1.717 billion for the first-quarter of 2026, a roughly 29% increase on the prior year. The company has again cited a competitive property reinsurance market and lower rate environment as ... Read the full article
Arch navigates competitive property cat market, sees growth opportunities in casualty
30th April 2026
Global insurer and reinsurer Arch Capital's outlook for the midyear renewals for property catastrophe reinsurance suggests a competitive market, signalling a possible strategic adjustment in response to expected rate decreases. During the company’s latest earnings, call Arch’s CEO Nicolas Papadopoulo commented on the property cat reinsurance space: “We don't have a ... Read the full article
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