All of our news and analysis on the retrocessional reinsurance marketplace.
Retrocession is effectively reinsurance for reinsurers, so a tertiary layer of risk transfer away from the original risk, if you consider primary, reinsurance and then retrocession.
As reinsurance is insurance for insurers, retrocessional, or retro, protection is reinsurance for reinsurers.
The retrocession reinsurance market has increasingly come to depend on the capital markets and insurance-linked securities (ILS).
As of mid-year 2022, global retrocession capacity has been estimated to be as high as $60bn, around $20bn of which is indemnity based and the rest in other formats.
The alternative capital markets and ILS funds, or investors, play a significant role in global retrocession, as too do instruments such as catastrophe bonds and industry-loss warranties (ILW).
Of the $29 billion of total retrocessional reinsurance capacity tracked by broker Aon, an estimated $9 billion, or 31% is collateralised and either completely blown or trapped as a result of recent catastrophe events, according to Robert Bisset, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Global Re Specialty, Aon Benfield.
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Markel CATCo Investment Management Ltd., the collateralized reinsurance and retrocessional investment fund manager, has raised over $1.8 billion of new capital from investors to ensure continuity for its ceding clients and meet renewal demand for its products.
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XL Catlin and its subsidiaries latest catastrophe bond, the $150m Galileo Re Ltd. (Series 2017-1) transaction, having been the first to market following the recent hurricanes is a good test of investor appetite and while investors are keen to take on more risk the coupon shows that this is not at any cost.
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The entry of the capital markets and their growth into the reinsurance industry has increased the sectors “capital elasticity” resulting in a softening of the reinsurance cycle, according to global reinsurer PartnerRe.
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Insurance and financial services giant Markel Corporation reported a dip in investment management fees generated by the collateralized reinsurance and retrocession linked investment activities of specialist manager Markel CATCo Investment Management, in the wake of recent catastrophe losses.
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Despite the significant catastrophe losses facing the reinsurance industry, French reinsurer SCOR has reported a profit for the first none months of 2017, as support from its retrocession providers helped the firm to better manage its losses.
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XL Catlin and its subsidiaries are the first sponsor to return to the catastrophe bond market after the recent hurricane losses, according to sources, launching a $150 million Galileo Re Ltd. (Series 2017-1) transaction with pricing that looks a little higher than other recent similar multi-peril cat bond issues.
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Reinsurance and retrocessional reinsurance investment manager Markel CATCo Investment Management has implemented loss reserves for hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria amounting to 20% of net asset value for its listed retrocession strategy, the CATCo Reinsurance Opportunities Fund Ltd.
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The third of the Bermudian insurance and reinsurance firms to announce its third-quarter catastrophe losses yesterday was Arch Capital Group Ltd., which said that it expects to suffer up to $345 million of impact from hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria, the Mexican earthquakes and other Q3 events around the globe.
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The retrocession market has helped Bermudian re/insurer AXIS Capital to reduce its losses from third-quarter catastrophe events, including hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria, as well as the Mexico earthquakes, to $578 million, with the firm set to claim $136 million back from retrocessionaires.
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