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Reinsurance industry news, analysis, insight and interviews.
Reinsurance market news coverage provided everyday, on the top reinsurers and insurers, covering news topics of relevance to the reinsurance sector, as well as commercial and specialty insurance.
Aon, Generali & QBE support The Spark launch, world’s first global prevention lab
9th September 2025
The insurance industry has launched The Spark, a global prevention laboratory aimed at transforming the insurance industry’s approach from reacting to losses to preventing them before they occur. The Spark brings together re/insurers and brokers, including Aon, Generali and QBE Ventures, with additional companies in advanced stages of joining, to collaborate ... Read the full article
London company market treaty reinsurance grows 10% in 2024, IUA reports
9th September 2025
Treaty reinsurance business in the London company market expanded by more than 10% last year, according to data from the International Underwriting Association (IUA), the trade body representing companies operating in the London insurance market. Total premiums written in London reached £11.985bn in 2024, up from £10.889bn in 2023. Treaty premiums now ... Read the full article
APAC reinsurance market to remain soft: Fitch Ratings
8th September 2025
Pricing in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) reinsurance market is expected to remain soft in 2025, which reflects increased capacity and ample retrocession, Fitch Ratings’ Asian Reinsurance Monitor: 2025. The result is increased competition in an environment that raises underpricing risks amid complex catastrophe and emerging risk exposures, potentially weighing on margins and ... Read the full article
Reinsurance market conditions sustainable, it is a good time to deploy capacity: Howden Re’s Flandro
8th September 2025
The current reinsurance market is sustainable, and it is a good time for reinsurers to deploy capacity, as cedents are hungry for it, Howden Re’s David Flandro highlighted in an interview with Reinsurance News during RVS 2025 in Monte Carlo. In order to understand how we got to the current market, ... Read the full article
AM Best reports continued growth and shifts in the global health reinsurance market
8th September 2025
According to credit rating agency AM Best, the global health reinsurance market has maintained steady growth, although overall demand and utilisation remain lower than in other insurance sectors. Health insurance claims are generally short-tailed, allowing for flexibility in pricing and limited exposure to catastrophic losses. AM Best reports that the growing adoption ... Read the full article
Optalitix expands quote platform to power reinsurance pricing
5th September 2025
Insurtech company Optalitix has introduced an expansion of its pricing platform, Optalitix Quote, aimed at the reinsurance market. The system, which has been used by insurers and MGAs, now includes tools for reinsurers to model treaty and facultative quotes, manage data, and improve pricing processes in one place. The company says the ... Read the full article
AM Best highlights importance of underwriting cycle management for Lloyd’s amid softening market conditions
5th September 2025
AM Best, the credit rating agency, reports that Lloyd’s reinsurance business has seen substantial growth in recent years, with a five-year compound average growth rate of 9 percent. Specialty reinsurance has been the fastest-growing segment, recording a five-year compound average growth rate of 11 percent. In 2024, Lloyd’s reinsurance premiums rose by ... Read the full article
Lloyd’s CEO outlines strategy to boost market relevance and cut costs
5th September 2025
Lloyd’s Chief Executive Officer Patrick Tiernan has set out his vision for the future of the market, stressing both the need to strengthen Lloyd’s relevance to stakeholders and to reduce the cost of doing business. “We will strive to increase the attraction and relevance of the Lloyd’s market by better tailoring ... Read the full article
BluePond.AI launches Reinsurance CoPilot to automate complex document processing
5th September 2025
BluePond.AI, a GenAI-native insurtech, has introduced its latest solution, P&C Reinsurance CoPilot, a tool designed to automate the ingestion of complex reinsurance documents and optimise workflow efficiency. Reinsurance contracts are often lengthy and require significant manual effort to process and record in administration systems, which can slow operations and create errors. BluePond.AI’s ... Read the full article
Lockton Re names James Stephens as Head of Crisis Management in London office
5th September 2025
Lockton Re, the reinsurance arm of the privately owned independent insurance broker, has announced the appointment of James Stephens as Head of Crisis Management in its London office. Tom Meyer, Head of Specialty, Lockton Re, added: "We are delighted James has joined Lockton Re supporting our drive to provide clients with ... Read the full article
MENA reinsurance market maintains strong capacity despite heightened challenges, says AM Best
5th September 2025
AM Best, a credit rating agency and provider of insurance market intelligence, reports that reinsurers operating in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) are facing a complex and demanding environment. According to AM Best, these market participants must navigate rising natural catastrophe activity, fluctuating oil prices, increasing geopolitical tension, elevated ... Read the full article
Reinsurance shields Australian insurers from billions in losses: Actuaries Institute
4th September 2025
Australian general insurers spent around AUD2.5 billion on reinsurance last financial year, a strategy that prevented the need for up to AUD70 billion in capital to cover natural disasters and other major claims, according to research from the Actuaries Institute, the professional body representing actuaries in Australia. The Institute’s Dialogue Paper, ... Read the full article
S&P reports MGA growth creates both opportunities and threats for reinsurers
4th September 2025
Reinsurers’ growing reliance on managing general agents (MGAs) represents both opportunity and risk, S&P Global Ratings, a provider of credit ratings and financial analysis, stated ahead of RVS 2025 in Monte Carlo. According to S&P, MGAs enable reinsurers to access specialist risks and distribution channels, but they also create vulnerabilities that ... Read the full article
Increased demand drives LatAm reinsurance growth despite challenging conditions: AM Best
3rd September 2025
Despite the challenging conditions in Latin America in 2025, reinsurance markets in the region continue to expand, driven by increased demand and greater dynamism, according to a recent AM Best report published ahead RVS 2025 in Monte Carlo. One of the challenges is that disinflation is slowing and economic growth is ... Read the full article
Acrisure Re introduces AcrisureIQ for portfolio and reinsurance optimisation
3rd September 2025
Acrisure Re, the reinsurance division of Acrisure, has announced the release of AcrisureIQ Pro, a new tool aimed at helping clients analyse and adjust their portfolios and reinsurance programmes. AcrisureIQ PRO becomes part of AcrisureIQ, the firm's proprietary analytics platform built to convert data into practical insights. The AcrisureIQ platform consists of ... Read the full article
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