Monte Carlo Reinsurance Rendez-Vous news

As both catastrophe bonds and private reinsurance continue to gain momentum, institutional investors should not be viewing the two as competing asset classes, as their respective strengths are complementary to each other, which ultimately allows investors to build more diversified catastrophe risk portfolios, LGT ILS Partners’ Christian Bruns told Artemis in an interview.

Speaking at global reinsurer SCOR’s briefing at RVS 2026 in Monte Carlo, Thierry Léger, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) said that the reinsurer sees third-party capital as an attractive source of capital for the firm, and sees no future changes regarding its strategy for managing it.

In Monte Carlo today at the Rendez-vous event, senior executives of global reinsurance firm Munich Re explained that they see the trend for some longer-tailed casualty focused sidecars to offer high returns from the asset side as “not a good idea” while the potential for commutation discussions to prove a challenge at the end of […]

An influx of capital inflows and low catastrophe losses are likely to pressure rates at the upcoming January renewals, which leads Twelve Securis’ Cahal Doris to note that structural integrity will remain a key focus for the insurance-linked securities (ILS) market during the key season.

The global reinsurance sector is expected to face more challenging market conditions in 2027, with price softening expected to continue while pressure on terms and conditions rises, as the market exhibits typical cyclical characteristics, all of which makes discipline key to the ability to deliver returns, S&P Global Ratings has said.

At the Monte Carlo Rendez-vous today, Brian Schneider, Global Head of Reinsurance Ratings at Fitch Ratings seemed more bullish on the insurance-linked securities (ILS) market continuing its recent pace of growth, while traditional reinsurance capital is only forecast for “slight” growth this year.

Following a sharp surge in momentum across the insurance-linked securities (ILS) space in recent years, further success in the market hinges on maintaining underwriting discipline and a clear avoidance of past renewal mistakes, Luca Albertini, CEO of Leadenhall Capital Partners LLP, told Artemis in an interview.

The critical importance of underwriting discipline in reinsurance and insurance-linked securities (ILS) is laid bare in new analysis from PwC, with the company suggesting that remaining strict on terms, conditions and structures could be worth up to seven points of return on capital.

With the global economy having entered a capital expenditure (capex) super-cycle, there is a notable increase in investments being directed towards AI data centres. According to reinsurer Swiss Re, this could be a US$200 billion premium opportunity by 2030, within which alternative reinsurance capital, including catastrophe bonds and sidecars is expected to play a key […]

Broking giant Aon has today urged its insurer clients to leverage the record levels of reinsurance and third-party or insurance-linked securities capital as a growth-driver, saying creative use of capital and access to all its forms is increasingly important.