Reinsurance News

RVS 2024

Human expertise is vital for the success of any electronic placement platform: Ebix Europe

10th September 2024

At the beginning of the year, Ebix Europe, the London-based technology specialist, released its electronic placing solution, PlacingHub, which has attracted interest from major re/insurance brokers and carriers across the market. During an interview with Reinsurance News, James Pring, Sales Director, Ebix Europe, explained what steps the company are planning to ... Read the full article

Bermuda emerges as key theme for RVS’24 at PwC’s events

10th September 2024

PwC hosted over 400 reinsurance executives across three events at the annual Rendez-Vous de Septembre (RVS) in Monte Carlo. The main takeaway from these meets was the pivotal role played by Bermuda in driving the future of reinsurance as the region sees an increased level of activity and interest in ILS ... Read the full article

Private equity plays a significant role in current M&A landscape: Howden’s Madea

10th September 2024

In a recent interview with Reinsurance News, Jarad Madea, CEO, Howden Capital Markets & Advisory, discussed what the underlying drivers of the hard market conditions are, and how they are currently impacting the insurance sector, as well as how organisations have responded to them. Madea stated that the hard market conditions ... Read the full article

Re/insurance industry to play key role in stabilising society in uncertain times: Lloyd’s CEO

9th September 2024

Speaking in PwC's executive breakfast briefing at the 66th Rendez-Vous de Septembre (RVS) in Monte Carlo, Lloyd's CEO John Neal emphasised the critical nature of the re/insurance market, noting that perhaps for the first time ever, it has a massive role to play in stabilising society. The CEO of the specialist ... Read the full article

Business infrastructure needs to be fortified to ensure the highest possible service levels: Lockton Re

9th September 2024

Reinsurance broker Lockton Re is planning to add between 80 to 90 new people to the company this year as part of its growing strategy as it focuses on growing the business’ infrastructure to deliver “the highest possible service levels.” “We continue to hire pretty dramatically. Although there has been a ... Read the full article

Long-term partnerships and stability key for QBE Re: Jamie Cook

9th September 2024

Global reinsurer QBE Re is in growth mode, and as the firm pivots towards a longer-term view of the business and the client base continues to shift, deeper and more enduring relationships are paramount, according to Jamie Cook, Chief Partnership Officer. Around the annual meeting of the reinsurance industry in Monte ... Read the full article

Rise in P&C demand in a volatile market draws attention at RVS’24: Swiss Re

9th September 2024

Swiss Re expects growing demand for reinsurance protection to be a key topic of discussion at the 2024 Rendez-Vous de Septembre. As it has been noted, there has been a growing demand for protection in property and specialty lines driven by elevated natural catastrophe risks, macroeconomic instability and politically charged environment Urs ... Read the full article

Munich Re is ready to accommodate strong demand from Europe & LatAm: Clarisse Kopff

9th September 2024

Demand for reinsurance protection is strong in Europe and is expected to remain so in 2025, but it’s important that structural corrections achieved in the past two years are maintained, according to Clarisse Kopff, Member of the Board of Management at Munich Re. Kopff is responsible for European and Latin American ... Read the full article

Prices and conditions to remain on a sustained stable level, says Hannover Re

9th September 2024

Large European reinsurer Hannover Re is seeing robust demand for “high-quality” reinsurance protection and is well placed for profitable growth ahead of the January 1st, 2025, reinsurance renewals. This morning, Hannover Re discussed current reinsurance market conditions and the outlook for the January 2025 renewals at the annual meeting of the ... Read the full article

Gen AI an exciting opportunity for re/insurers, though introspection is needed: Xceedance’s Clausner

9th September 2024

According to Isabelle Clausner, VP, client executive – EMEA at Xceedance, opportunities for re/insurers to enhance operations with GenAI are many and varied, and although it will take a lot of work and introspection to achieve individual aims, the quickest wins will be in deploying technology to gain efficiency. Speaking in ... Read the full article

Cyber re/insurance market can only grow at the pace of capacity: SCOR’s CEO

8th September 2024

Despite noting the "almost limitless" potential of the cyber re/insurance market, SCOR's CEO, Thierry Léger, has observed that it can only grow at the pace of capacity, meaning it will chiefly be an opportunity for the next few decades, rather than the next few years. Discussing cyber risk at the 66th ... Read the full article

Global reinsurance market to grow by 2-3% over next three years: Munich Re

8th September 2024

The market environment for reinsurers remains both promising and challenging, and after impressive growth in recent years, the marketplace is poised to grow by 2-3% over the next three years, Munich Re said at the 66th Rendez-Vous de Septembre in Monte Carlo. Growth of 2-3% over the next three years, adjusted ... Read the full article

US casualty the elephant in the room: S&P

8th September 2024

Although S&P Global Ratings had many positive things to say about the reinsurance sector at its recent briefing in Monte Carlo, Senior Director Taoufik Gharib urged the market not to forget about the major risk posed by the US casualty space. "US casualty is the elephant in the room," Gharib said ... Read the full article

Global reinsurance premiums to continue to grow: Fitch

8th September 2024

Global rating agency Fitch forecasts global reinsurance net premiums written to continue to grow in 2024 and 2025, forecasting USD 173.4 billion and USD 183.8 billion, respectively, with the impact of catastrophe losses to worsen. “Premiums growth is likely going to continue, but at a reduced pace, as rate adequacy has ... Read the full article

Social inflation drives US liability claims to reach annual peak of 7% in 2023: Swiss Re

7th September 2024

Social inflation has become the main growth driver of US liability claims, with a rising number of large court verdicts pushing claims in the US to increase by 57% in the past decade, ultimately causing them to peak at 7% in 2023, the first time seen in two decades, according ... Read the full article