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The key reinsurance renewals of the 1st January 2013 are now well underway with the majority of contracts bound and this gives reinsurers, brokers and buyers a chance to reflect on the last twelve months and the pricing and rates achieved at renewals. The view from reinsurance broker Willis Re is that there has been […]

As we approach the ever important January reinsurance renewal period discussion tends to turn to which way rates are likely to go, up or down. Throughout 2012 the general opinion has been that rate rises would slow and renewals would be flat in 2013 but some market participants remain bullish and are calling for rates […]

Lane Financial LLC, a consulting firm and broker-dealer focused on the insurance-linked security, catastrophe bond and associated sectors or reinsurance, published their latest quarterly ILS market report yesterday. As always, the report contains a deep statistical view of the outstanding ILS and cat bond market using their own proprietary Lane Financial Insurance Return Index which […]

Readers of Artemis will know that we often discuss the increasing flow of capital from institutional investors into the non-traditional reinsurance space and the effect capital markets sourced capacity has on the traditional reinsurance market and on reinsurers. One of the effects of this influx of capital is pressure on rates, as availability of capacity […]

This week see’s the global reinsurance industry meet up in Monte Carlo in the south of France for the annual Rendez-vous de September event. At this key industry meeting, executives from the world’s largest reinsurers and brokers meet with each other and with some clients to discuss industry trends and the outlook for reinsurance rates […]

With the 1st April renewals just around the corner the reinsurance market is awash with speculation of just how much rates are likely to rise in both catastrophe hit regions and also the major markets of the U.S. and Europe. The majority of the April renewals focus will be on regions such as Asia Pacific […]

As ever there is a lot of talk in the market about rates, pricing and which way these will go at the 1st January 2012 renewals when a large amount of the worlds reinsurance treaties are renewed. Currently it looks like the trend seen throughout this year will continue, some rises in catastrophe hit regions […]

The subject of reinsurance rates and whether they will rise at the 1st January renewals has been a hot topic all year with many reinsurers expecting increases and many brokers attempting to get the best prices possible for their clients. Events during 2011 such as the New Zealand earthquakes, Japanese tsunami, U.S. tornadoes and recent […]

Standard & Poor’s has suggested that primary insurers based or operating in New Zealand could see some of their reinsurance rates as much as triple for property catastrophe reinsurance cover as reinsurers hike prices to claw back losses experienced throughout the first half of this year. Reinsurance capacity is available, Said S&P, but the reinsurers […]

The perceived risk of catastrophes occurring in New Zealand has risen so much that reinsurance rates could more than triple for some New Zealand only placements at the 1st July renewals said Standard & Poor’s in a report yesterday. Reinsurance capacity is available but the ball is in the reinsurers court and they are likely […]