Reinsurance renewals news

Heritage Insurance Holdings, Inc. has now finalised its catastrophe excess-of-loss reinsurance renewal for the coming year and the top of its reinsurance tower stretches to $1.3 billion, with increased protection for the southeast US, while shrinking coverage for the northeast US and Hawaii.

According to Joachim Wenning, CEO and Chair of the Board of Management at Munich Re, the positive trends experienced in reinsurance over the last year are not expected to weaken during the remaining renewals of 2024.

Universal Insurance Holdings, the Florida headquartered insurer, has already completed its June reinsurance renewal and its CEO said that the company added more multi-year protection this time, while also adding more reinsurers to its panel.

In what is perhaps a reflection of an insurance and reinsurance marketplace with more catastrophe risk capital available, broker Marsh has for the first time in a while cited a slowing level of rate increases for catastrophe exposed commercial property accounts in the United States, with even some rate decreases reported.

Catastrophe reinsurance pricing for programs in the United States is seeing “material softening” in minimum rates-on-line, broker Gallagher Re has said, as reinsurers “abandon” the need for top-layer pricing to exceed the risk-free rate.

Early signs suggest that the Florida catastrophe reinsurance renewals at June 1st 2024 will see improved conditions for cedents, as capital has flowed in and reinsurer appetites have recovered, according to Marsh McLennan CEO John Doyle.

Broking giant Aon is anticipating a “significant increase in demand” for property catastrophe reinsurance capacity at the upcoming mid-year renewals, with market conditions expected to continue developing favourably for buyers.

Florida’s property insurer of last resort, Citizens Property Insurance Corporation, has said that its sees market conditions as especially positive in the capital markets, as it looks to progress its $5.5 billion reinsurance renewal for 2024.

Target allocation ranges have been adjusted for some of the investments that make up the giant insurance-linked securities (ILS) portfolio managed by PGGM, the Dutch pension fund investment manager, on behalf of its end-client the Dutch pension PFZW.

The level of insurance-linked securities (ILS) capital reached new heights in 2023 on the back of record issuance in the catastrophe bond market, and while collateralised reinsurance has so far failed to rebound, there are signs of growth, according to James Vickers, Chairman of International, Gallagher Re.