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Australian insurance giant Suncorp has entered into a five-year aggregate reinsurance arrangement commencing on June 30th, 2026, which will provide the firm with AUD $800 million of protection annually, and up to $2.4 billion in total protection across the 5-year period.

US insurer Progressive expanded its aggregate excess-of-loss reinsurance protection at the start of 2026 and has also renewed a hurricane season focused shared reinsurance limit arrangement to cover losses from any storms this year.

At the January 2026 reinsurance renewals, Fidelis Insurance Group added further efficiency to its aggregate protection for the year, in a renewal that saw meaningful rate reductions of around 20% for the company, according to Jonny Strickle, Group Managing Director of Fidelis Insurance Group.

Zurich, the European headquartered global re/insurance company, has renewed its catastrophe reinsurance at January 1st, placing more of its aggregate catastrophe treaty for 2026 to provide additional frequency protection, while finding market conditions stable and pricing favourable.

Conduit Re continued to evolve its retrocession strategy into 2026, with the pure-play reinsurance company securing enhanced protection for both peak and secondary perils, the company explained this morning.

After another half-year when Australian primary insurance giant Suncorp Group went over its natural hazards budget the company is hoping the softer reinsurance market conditions will allow it to reassess options for aggregate reinsurance or frequency protection at its next renewal.

As the reinsurance sidecar market keeps growing, GC Securities is placing significant emphasis on this sector as a major focus for 2026, while the firm also sees a need for greater attention on helping clients secure aggregate capacity for secondary perils, executives from the firm told Artemis in a recent interview.

The Demex Group, a risk analytics and intelligence company, has announced a series of promotions within its leadership team, including the promotion of Michael Anderson as its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO), as the firm positions itself for growth as demand continues to rise for its aggregate severe convective storm (SCS) reinsurance solution.

As investor appetite continues to broaden beyond property catastrophe, Vantage Risk is building a “mosaic of capital providers,” matching different investors with different risks, from short-tail cat exposures to long-tail casualty and credit lines, according to Chris McKeown, Chief Executive, Reinsurance, ILS, and Innovation.

Secondary market prices of some catastrophe bonds that provide their sponsors aggregate reinsurance or retrocessional coverage have been increasing at what is viewed as being a faster pace, than is typically anticipated, in recent months, with some sources suggesting a contributor is the fact hurricane season has so far run loss-free in 2025.