4+ day, 10+ hour ago   (101+ words) Intelligent Insurer - Reinsurance value chain will shorten as battle for capital intensifies The traditional reinsurance value chain is likely to shorten over the next few years as the boundaries between brokers, underwriters and capital providers become increasingly blurred, according to…...

4+ day, 16+ hour ago   (111+ words) Intelligent Insurer - Reinsurers can see softening coming, but not what will end it: Conduit Re Conduit Re is prioritising margin and capital protection over growth as competition intensifies, arguing that the next test for the reinsurance market will be whether…...

4+ day, 10+ hour ago   (136+ words) Intelligent Insurer - Reinsurers eye ‘least worst’ casualty lines as rates soften As abundant capital forces further softening in property lines through 2026 and 2027, reinsurers able to easily move capital around could increasingly be drawn into writing more in the currently more…...

4+ day, 13+ hour ago   (737+ words) Reinsurers remain in a position of strength, but the tailwinds are fading. BCG executive explains why the next phase will be defined by discipline, capital allocation and repeatable returns. Reinsurers are entering an “inflection point” where the favourable market cycle…...

4+ day, 13+ hour ago   (132+ words) Intelligent Insurer - Hold the line on retentions: Munich Re will walk away when pushed on structure Structures, especially retentions, as opposed to rates, will represent more of a line in the sand for Munich Re in this renewals, as the…...

5+ day, 12+ hour ago   (655+ words) More capacity and softer pricing are intensifying competition across Europe’s MGA sector, but Augment Risk executive says that pressure should be viewed positively. Competition for reinsurance capacity is intensifying across Europe’s fast-growing MGA sector, but that may prove a healthy…...

5+ day, 8+ hour ago   (101+ words) intelligentinsurer.com - UK insurers maintain reinsurance edge over EU peers UK insurers have consistently ceded a substantially greater proportion of their non-life premium to reinsurers than their EU counterparts over the past decade – and the presence of Lloyd’s does not…...

5+ day, 8+ hour ago   (96+ words) intelligentinsurer.com Brace vows to hold underwriting discipline The managing general agent (MGA) market is unlikely to be a growth market over the next few years as softer conditions put greater pressure on underwriting discipline, Brace Underwriting’s chief executive officer…...

5+ day, 17+ hour ago   (1001+ words) Reinsurance rates are falling despite an elevated risk environment, giving buyers an opportunity to build protection just as reinsurers edge closer to the point where further softening could begin to affect economic value creation. Reinsurance buyers can use today’s abundant…...

6+ day, 8+ hour ago   (92+ words) Intelligent Insurer - Canopius targets London reinsurance growth as specialty opportunities emerge Canopius is targeting further selective growth in reinsurance, with specialty classes in London among the areas where it sees the greatest opportunities. To request a FREE 2-week trial subscription,…...