Reinsurance

By Benjamin Serra, Senior Vice President and Analyst, Moody’s Investor Service

By Robert Muir-Wood, Chief Research Officer, Moody’s RMS

Everest's focus for Monte Carlo's renewal negotiations centers on transparency and a cautious outlook on rates and terms, says Anthony Izzo, Everest’s head of global facultative and reinsurance distribution.

Cautious optimism and realistic discussions define North American market's renewal season, with transparency and strategic actions taking the forefront, says Everest's Jill Beggs.

Alternative solutions are even more attractive now that retention levels are rising across the board, but capital availability and appetite for volatility are limited, according to Vincent Foucart, CEO of Scor P&C Solutions

Reinsurers are ready to deploy capacity – but only for business that ticks all their boxes, says Stuart McMurdo, Scor P&C’s CEO of reinsurance

Amid volatile financial markets and ongoing operational uncertainty, insurers are paying closer attention to their portfolio management strategies. Matt Reilly, head of the Insurance Solutions group, at Conning, explains why that means a renewed focus on liquidity

Offshore wind projects wouldn’t get off the ground without insurance in place. But stretched supply lines for developers has brought risk quality into focus for specialist underwriters, according to Markel’s Matt Rowland

Re/insurers face a wide range of challenges today, from earning their cost of capital to facing geopolitical and economic turmoil. Check out the all-star highlights from our coverage at the Bermuda Risk Summit.

Tom Chamberlain discusses the fallout of the 1/1 renewal season, and Bermuda as world centre of risk capital.

The CEO of Artex offers her perspective on how reinsurers are earning their return on capital today, and how inflation is impacting ILS.

Charles Craigs discusses 2023 expectations after 1/1 renewals, focusing on the property, casualty and marine space, and the impact of inflation on underwriting.

The CUO of Antares Re discusses his three decades in the insurance and reinsurance industry, and talks about how inflation is impacting reinsurers today.

The Group CUO of Aspen discusses managing volatility and uncertainty in reinsurance and the pricing in of inflation.

Peter Giacone talks to Meg Green about 2023 renewals and the factors that will impact reinsurance this year.

The chairman and CEO of Arch Re Group discusses 1/1 renewals and whether reinsurers are doing enough to earn their return on capital.

The CEO of Ariel Re joins Meg Green in Bermuda to discuss the news that the company has just raised $270m in fresh capital.

The Women in Reinsurance (WiRe) Bermuda marked its 15th Anniversary with a gala dinner and awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award to Kathleen Faires, CEO, Artex Capital Solutions.

The CEO of Lockton Re Bermuda sees a healthy market leading in to 2023 created through clear communication channels, disciplined underwriting, well prepared clients, enhanced broker options and a consistent step change to the rating environment across the primary and retro markets.

As the dust settles on a hectic 1/1 renewal season, the Bermuda market is catching its breath and looking forward to 2023. On a trip to Bermuda earlier this month, a number of senior leaders told Insider Engage that the renewals were chaotic and underwriters were very busy the week between Christmas and New Year’s, as rates, terms and conditions hardened dramatically.

Insider Publishing Group, in partnership with Nuveen, kicked off 2023 with a visit to Bermuda, where Meg Green, editor of Insider Engage, Insurance Insider's sister publication, hosted a fireside chat with Mosaic Insurance co-founders Mitch Blaser and Mark Wheeler to give a Class of ’21 perspective on what the future holds for the market.

Is 2023 set to be the most testing year for the industry in living memory?

“The biggest opportunity though this renewal season is going to be for the reinsurance industry to fix the structures – prices, terms and conditions, ceding commissions,” said Jason Busti, president of North America, AXIS Re.

Meg Green talks to Neil Eckert, live at the London Market Conference 2022, about the multiple roles insurers are playing in the ESG transition

Some insurers will struggle to obtain the reinsurance protection they need, according to Marcus Winter, President and CEO of Munich Re US.

Managing wildfire risk is an increasing concern for reinsurers.

Meg Green sits down with Urs Baertschi, CEO of Reinsurance EMEA at Swiss Re, to discuss the January 1 renewals season, in the context of increased losses, volatility and uncertainty.

As we see a surge in inflation globally, it is now critical that everyone is aware of the implications this will have along every step of the insurance and reinsurance value chain.

Harnessing data and analytics will help close the yawning protection gap for intangible assets, and ensure insurers remain relevant, says Charles Clarke, group vice president, Guidewire Analytics.

Live from Target Markets in Scottsdale AZ, Meg Green talks to John Speckman about the opportunities for growth within reinsurance and the role of tech within that growth