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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.

Willis consultants negotiate closure of FNWL & RGA reinsurance deal

8th June 2017

Willis Re and Willis Towers Watson consultants acted as brokers and actuarial advisors in the recently completed Zurich Insurance Group subsidiary, Farmers New World Life (FNWL), and Reinsurance Group of America (RGA) agreement to reinsure roughly $2.3 billion reserves from its closed U.S. annuity book. To ensure a full bidding process, FNWL said it ... Read the full article

Lloyd’s needs to raise its profile to be a market for the future: Cavanagh

7th June 2017

The growth of insurance and reinsurance centres around the world, the consolidation of the broker community, and challenging market conditions have created an increasingly competitive operating landscape, driving a need for the Lloyd's of London marketplace to raise its profile, warns Willis Re Chief Executive Officer (CEO), John Cavanagh. International ratings agency A.M. ... Read the full article

Willis Towers Watson reinsurance growth potential seen above peers: Analysts

30th May 2017

Of the top-tier insurance and reinsurance broking groups it is Willis Towers Watson that is seen as having the highest growth potential in the reinsurance sector, but execution of the strategy will be key, according to analysts at Credit Suisse. Equity analysts Ryan Tunis and Crystal Lu at Credit Suisse see ... Read the full article

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