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Willis Re

Willis Re is a global reinsurance broker launched as a joint-venture between private equity firm Bain Capital (BCIS) and WTW. The company aims to serve its client-base with reinsurance risk transfer solutions backed by industry expertise, advanced analytics, and a global network.

Reinsurers’ profit margin pressure increasing, as capacity rises: Willis

20th April 2017

Willis Re's latest market report reveals the intense pressure profit margins have been under in current reinsurance market conditions. Analysis of the group of reinsurers the broker tracks shows aggregate net income reduced to $26.6 billion from $30.3 billion, causing a drop of return on equity (ROE) at 8.0%  down from ... Read the full article

Rate reductions continue at April reinsurance renewal: Willis Re

3rd April 2017

Reinsurance rates have continued to decline at the April renewals, according to broker Willis Re, and while the rate of decline continues to be minimal there are market forces at work which will likely see them persist further into the year. The talk of last year's mid-year June and July renewals, ... Read the full article

Lloyd’s backs liability catastrophe risk modelling methodology

14th March 2017

Insurers and reinsurers will be able to model liability exposures across entire portfolios thanks to the development of an innovative methodology that offers a new way of analysing casualty events, ultimately improving the robustness of the marketplace. The innovative data-driven methodology has been developed by risk modeller Arium in collaboration with ... Read the full article

2016 insured catastrophe losses total $39.5 billion: Willis Re

10th February 2017

2016’s insured loss estimates have smashed expectations reaching $39.5 billion, the highest figure since four years, when 2012 losses rose to $60 billion, according to reinsurance broker Willis Re. The global advisory broking and solutions company released a report today listing last year’s major natural catastrophe event losses in terms of ... Read the full article