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.
A new report from Autonomous suggests that reinsurers are broadly keen to defend against any further loosening of terms and conditions (T&Cs), amid industry debate over the robustness of the response, leading the firm to note that T&C’s are now the new battleground.
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The catastrophe bond market continued its strong momentum in 2026 driving another record period of issuance in the first-half of the year and analysis from global reinsurance firm Swiss Re’s Capital Markets division shows that since 2021 the outstanding cat bond market has been expanding at a roughly 15.5% compound annual growth rate.
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RenaissanceRe’s property catastrophe reinsurance portfolio remains rate adequate at today’s pricing, CEO Kevin O’Donnell said today, laying out the shift in tactics the reinsurer employed in response to market conditions at the mid-year renewals.
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Demand for industry-loss warranty (ILW) protection saw progressive momentum throughout Q2 2026, culminating in a peak during the mid-year reinsurance renewals. At the same time, after a record opening half to the year, catastrophe bond activity is expected to be very active in Q4, a new commentary from SCOR Investment Partners has highlighted.
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US primary insurer Travelers increased its catastrophe bond coverage in 2026 to a staggering $750 million, while the carrier’s Northeast Property Catastrophe Excess-of-Loss Reinsurance July 1st renewal remains unchanged from the prior year in terms of coverage and retention.
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A new restricted special purpose insurer (SPI) named Huygens Re Ltd. has been established in Bermuda, which we understand will become the dedicated structure for the insurance-linked securities investment into a quota share with reinsurance firm PartnerRe for PGGM, the Dutch pension fund investor.
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Reinsurance sidecars remain a key theme in 2026, with third-party capital deployment holding broadly stable despite a rapidly evolving landscape of perils and structures, according to Aon Securities, the broker-dealer and investment banking arm of the broking firm.
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Market conditions remained generally favourable for buyers of non-marine retrocession at the July renewals, according to reinsurance broker Gallagher Re, who highlights in its latest 1st View report, that catastrophe rates fell by up to 20% for loss free accounts.
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In the current softening market environment where reinsurance capital is abundantly available, primary carriers are benefiting from a greater diversity of protection options, across traditional reinsurance, insurance-linked securities and a growing availability of aggregate covers, rating agency KBRA has explained.
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The insurance-linked securities (ILS) market remains in a strong position, but expanding into international markets and less conventional perils will be critical for the market’s next stage of growth, according to executives at reinsurance broker Howden Re, who note that this expansion is vital both to unlock diversification benefits and to help close global protection […]
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