Reinsurance renewals news and articles. Discussing the trajectory of reinsurance pricing and rates, as well as the flow of reinsurance capital at key market renewal seasons where many reinsurance programs are renewed and new reinsurance and retrocession capital and capacity is deployed.
The reinsurance cycle follows a number of key renewal seasons and the news and analysis below covers these important reinsurance market renewals.
The key reinsurance renewal periods are at January 1st, April 1st, June 1st and July 1st.
The January renewals have a particular focus on European programs, Asia Pacific (ex. Japan), casualty and specialty risks. The mid-year reinsurance renewals see a particular focus on U.S. property catastrophe reinsurance renewals, with Florida a particular focus in June. Japanese reinsurance program renewals are a major focus at April 1st.
New Zealand’s Natural Hazards Commission Toka Tū Ake (NHC), formerly known as New Zealand’s Earthquake Commission (EQC), took advantage of attractive reinsurance buying conditions at its 2026 renewal to lift the top of its reinsurance tower by 20% to $12.3 billion.
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Given that early forecasts suggest a slightly below-average Atlantic hurricane season for 2026, Fitch Ratings has indicated that U.S. property and casualty (P&C) re/insurers are well positioned to absorb losses from a large event, with the agency noting that Florida remains a key focus, even though market conditions have improved for protection buyers heading into […]
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The government of Mexico has now finalised its main insurance protection for natural disasters and severe weather events for the coming year, doubling the size of its parametric catastrophe insurance arrangement to around US $575 million for 2026 into 2027.
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Following the recent launch of Hamilton Insurance Group’s first casualty reinsurance sidecar, Craig Howie, Group Chief Financial Officer, explained that the sidecar enhances Hamilton’s ability to support casualty reinsurance underwriting through scalable and efficient capital solutions.
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Property catastrophe reinsurance programs in Southeast US states have undergone a fundamental shift. Far from a supplementary capital pool, the Rule 144A catastrophe bond market has evolved into a fundamental element of regional risk placement, an integration that has inverted historical market norms over the last five years, according to Adam Schwebach, Head of Property, […]
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Slide Insurance Holdings, Inc. has completed its Catastrophe Excess of Loss Reinsurance Program for the 2026-2027 treaty year, securing a meaningful $5.463 billion of total aggregate reinsurance limit, representing a 65% increase from last year’s $3.304 billion.
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The California Earthquake Authority’s (CEA) reinsurance program limit continued to grow through the first four months of 2026, to end April at just over $8.2 billion, with catastrophe bonds at the time providing $2.875 billion of that.
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The target investment allocation range for the Mt. Logan Capital Management, Ltd. quota share structure named Scenery Re has been increased for the insurance-linked securities (ILS) portfolio managed by PGGM, the Dutch pension fund investment manager, on behalf of its end-client pension PFZW.
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Howden Re estimates that risk-adjusted property catastrophe reinsurance rates-on-line decreased by as much as 25% on a weighted-average basis at the June 1st renewals, while the broker also highlights greatly improved appetites for lower layers of Florida towers and broader coverage terms being secured for protection buyers.
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HCI Group, Inc., the insurance holding company, has completed its catastrophe reinsurance programs for the 2026-2027 treaty year, securing a meaningful $4.06 billion in aggregate excess of loss (XoL) limit for the period, marking a 16% increase from the prior treaty year.
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