With record levels of capital in the reinsurance sector and a growing insurance-linked securities market with a broadening investor base, executives at Aon said today that there are more savings to come for clients, with property rates likely to fall in the region of 10% at the January 1 2027 renewal.
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Swiss Re, the global reinsurer, has named long-standing senior employee Mirjam Wiget as the new leader for its Alternative Capital Partners (ACP) division, as incumbent Martin Zingg moves into the Group Chief Investment Officer role.
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As the insurance-linked securities (ILS) and reinsurance markets adapt to an evolving risk landscape spanning geopolitics, climate, and artificial intelligence (AI), new capital structures are emerging to meet growing demand, and Oak Global plans to leverage investor diversification to capture these opportunities, according to CEO and Founder, Cathal Carr.
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In a reinsurance and retrocession market environment where prices have softened considerably but underwriters can still find attractive returns, broker Howden Re urges cedents to ensure their resilience by looking across the full-range of capital solutions and forms, to maintain flexibility and optionality through cycles.
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Parametric specialist Descartes Underwriting and Generali Global Corporate & Commercial (GC&C), the business of Generali Group that provides solutions and services to medium-large companies, have renewed their strategic partnership that sees the two firms develop parametric insurance solutions to actively respond to the evolving global risk landscape.
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Recognising the burgeoning interest in underwriting exposures related to the data center build-out, global data analytics and technology provider Verisk has announced the launch of a dedicated exposure database for these large risks in the United States.
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Challenger Life reported that its insurance-linked securities (ILS) investments, predominantly catastrophe bonds, performed in-line with their benchmark over the last year, while the company also launched a new Bermuda life and annuity reinsurance entity named Calix Re, adding a new insurance-linked dimension for the company.
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The life and annuity sidecar market in Bermuda has experienced rapid growth over the last several years, as insurers continue to scale up and expand beyond legacy blocks. However, Morningstar DBRS suggests that this momentum can also be viewed alongside the growth of rated feeder funds, as both structures highlight how insurance capital is increasingly […]
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The catastrophe bond and insurance-linked securities market remains well-positioned, even as reinsurance market conditions soften, with speakers at our Artemis London 2026 conference yesterday highlighting the discipline in the market and that this is expected to persist, while growth opportunities are still evident.
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During reinsurance broker Gallagher Re’s Pre-Monte Carlo Media Briefing, Will Thompson, Head of Global Clients, said alternative capital is no longer a separate conversation from traditional reinsurance and is now an integral part of the capital stack.
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Chariot Reinsurance (Chariot Re), the Bermuda-based life and annuity reinsurance sidecar like company launched by MetLife, Inc. in partnership with investor General Atlantic, has closed an oversubscribed third capital raise of approximately $700 million in equity and debt financing, with backing from a group of leading institutional investors, including Chubb.
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The National Commodity and Derivatives Exchange (NCDEX) has expanded its range of parametric weather derivative products, launching a futures contract to enable participants to hedge the financial exposure of rainfall extremes and variability in the city of Chennai and surrounding area.
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According to Verisk, the global data analytics and technology provider, the insurance industry should be prepared to withstand an average $171 billion in annual natural catastrophe losses in any given year, according to the firm’s latest average annual losses (AAL) benchmark.
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Northern Re, the collateralized reinsurance company that provides investors with access to the returns of its long-tail casualty underwriting business, has now surpassed the $1 billion of in-force premiums milestone.
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