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.
Optimism over reinsurance renewal rate increases is said to be rising, as the market deals with a significantly delayed renewal timeline, for which a lack of aggregate retrocession capacity and trapped insurance-linked securities (ILS) capital are two of the drivers.
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The California Earthquake Authority’s (CEA) reinsurance and catastrophe bond based risk transfer program shrank slightly by December 1st 2021, but with forecasts suggesting it could need to buy as much as $6 billion more in limit over just the next 5 years, further growth seems likely.
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The global reinsurance market outlook remains stable, thanks to positive pricing momentum, improved market discipline and rising demand, according to rating agency AM Best.
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Property catastrophe reinsurance rates are forecast to rise by more than 10% at the upcoming January 2022 renewal season, according to rating agency Fitch.
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Gallagher Re looks set to win a major new reinsurance broking client thanks to its acquisition of Willis Re, as the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association (TWIA’s) Actuarial & Underwriting Committee continues to make the recommendation for a change.
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Reducing or controlling exposure to catastrophe risks is seen as the most important driver of reinsurance buying decisions for the January 2022 renewal season, according to hundreds of respondents to our recent market survey.
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For our latest Artemis Live video interview we wanted to understand how the industry loss from Hurricane Ida has been developing and explore the complexities in the reconstruction and recovery that could impact just how high the insurance and reinsurance market loss could rise.
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RenaissanceRe Capital Partners has made another key hire, adding Manjit Varwandkar as a Portfolio Manager for the firm’s catastrophe bond investments focused Medici Fund strategy.
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Some insurance-linked securities (ILS) funds have reported their third and in some cases have, or are set to report a fourth negative month of returns in a row, as greater clarity over the magnitude of losses from the European flooding and hurricane Ida continues to emerge.
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Attitudes on pricing are generally seen as “bullish” as the January reinsurance renewals approach, with capacity availability and risk appetite seen as key factors, according to Head of Analytics at Howden unit HX, David Flandro.
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