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Casualty Reinsurance Renewals See Modest Price Hikes Despite Social Inflation: AM Best
Reinsurers in general maintained adequate capacity for casualty programs, despite concerns about social inflation and some recent reserve strengthening actions, according to a report from AM Best. ...
Reinsurance Market Likely to Begin Softening in 2025 as Capacity Rises in 2024: Fitch
Reinsurers' underwriting margins are expected to peak in 2024 on the significant price rises and tighter terms and conditions achieved during 2023 and in the January 2024 renewals, which will likely ...
Amazon Pulls Plug on UK Home Insurance Venture
Amazon has pulled the plug on its UK home insurance venture – a comparison website – after launching in October 2022. "Over the last year, we have been evaluating various businesses and programs, ...
Reinsurers’ Casualty Appetites Varied, but Capacity Was ‘Ample’ During 1/1 Renewals
Reinsurers had varied appetites for casualty reinsurance during the January 2024 renewals; while capacity was sufficient, they still maintained underwriting discipline, according to reinsurance ...
Insured Price Tag for Natural Disasters Was $95B in 2023 With Economic Cost of $250B
Natural catastrophes in 2023 caused global economic losses of $250 billion, with insurers and reinsurers paying $95 billion of that amount, according to Munich Re.
A merger between Aon and NFP will be a win-win for both brokers, creating a company that will be greater than the sum of its parts. While those weren't the exact words ...
A Return to Balance: Brokers Say Reinsurance Renewals Were ‘Stable’
This year's January reinsurance renewals were described by brokers as "stable," "predictable," "orderly," "calmer," "disciplined," with "increased appetites" and a return to supply/demand balance. ...
Loss-Impacted U.S. Programs Among Those Seeing Biggest 1/1 Prop. Cat Re Price Hikes
While the reinsurance market indeed stabilized during the January 2024 reinsurance renewals (from the chaotic January renewals of last year), buyers with loss-affected programs experienced further ...
Aon-NFP Merger a Win-Win for Middle Market Segment, Aon Says
Parent of Key SiriusPoint Shareholder In Receivership; Ratings Impact Neutral
SiriusPoint Ltd., the Bermuda-based specialty insurer and reinsurer, announced that the parent company of a key shareholder has been taken into private receivership by its lenders in Singapore. CMIG ...