Renewals

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.

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

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

Lara Mowrey offers her thoughts on the 1/1 renewals, and the knock-on effects on renewals for the rest of the year.

Kathleen Reardon offers her thoughts on the ILS space today, and the relative competitiveness of Hiscox's ILS model.

The global reinsurance market has been confronted with rising inflation, macroeconomic and geopolitical volatility, as well as increasingly frequent extreme weather events, causing a complex and challenging renewal season.