All the headlines from our Reinsurance Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 6 2025 // There are certain traits of hard reinsurance market cycles: prices rise, terms and conditions tighten, and new Bermuda reinsurers are formed to help fill capacity needs–known in the past by the market as the...
Oct 2 2025 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Aon plc and AXIS Capital Holdings.A summary of these new hires follows here. Aon Names Srivastava as Reinsurance Global Chief Broking OfficerAon plc, a...
Oct 1 2025 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at AXA XL Reinsurance and Aon.A summary of these new hires follows here. AXA XL Reinsurance Appoints Kopf From Swiss Re as Senior Underwriter AviationAXA XL...
Sep 16 2025 // During the upcoming renewals, S&P Global Ratings expects a moderate decline in pricing for short-tail lines but that global reinsurers will hold firm on terms and conditions.Risks arising from geopolitical tensions...
Sep 15 2025 // There are certain traits of hard reinsurance market cycles: prices rise, terms and conditions tighten, and new Bermuda reinsurers are formed to help fill capacity needs — known in the past by the market as the...
Sep 10 2025 // Pricing and returns in the reinsurance market are expected to gradually come off recent highs, with the market facing moderately weaker, but still sound, operational and business conditions in 2026.Abundant capacity and...
Sep 9 2025 // Swiss Re tops the list of the world’s 40 largest reinsurers in 2025, followed by Munich Re and Hannover Re, according to S&P Global Ratings.Berkshire Hathaway Insurance Group comes in at number four, while...
Sep 8 2025 // A softer reinsurance market will prevail during the Jan. 1 reinsurance renewals. The only question is how much more softening will happen and how fast, leaders of Guy Carpenter said during a recent media briefing.Laurent...
Sep 8 2025 // As natural catastrophes become more frequent and destructive, a key backstop intended to help cover losses has gotten harder to access.The reinsurance industry, which exists to help primary insurers cope with losses when...
Sep 8 2025 // Sound risk management, strategic use of technology and a maturing partnership with alternative capital have subdued the cyclical nature of the reinsurance market. To achieve or reach beyond the cost of capital, reinsurers...
Sep 8 2025 // Reinsurance underwriting remains disciplined, with terms and conditions and attachment points largely intact, despite signs of rate moderation, according to an AM Best report.During the January 2023 renewals, the global...
Sep 5 2025 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Everest Reinsurance and Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI).A summary of these new hires follows here. Everest Promotes Voralia as CUO, Global...
Sep 3 2025 // Fitch Ratings has revised its outlook for the global reinsurance sector to “deteriorating” for 2026 from “neutral” for 2025, reflecting its expectation that underlying operational and business...
Aug 28 2025 // “We must maintain underwriting discipline.” This phrase is arguably the most repeated mantra in the reinsurance industry over the past two years, and you will struggle to find anyone in the market who would...
Aug 26 2025 // Europe’s four largest reinsurers – Swiss Re, Munich Re, Hannover Re and SCOR – are maintaining their appetite for property-catastrophe risks as well as their ambitious profit targets for 2025 – despite signs of...
Aug 22 2025 // Reinsurance underwriting remains disciplined, with terms and conditions and attachment points largely intact, despite signs of rate moderation, according to an AM Best market segment report.During the January 2023...
Aug 19 2025 // Global specialty insurer Markel Insurance reported that it has completed the sale of the renewal rights for its $1.2 billion global reinsurance business to Nationwide.This transaction was previously announced on July 30...
Aug 18 2025 // Swiss Re tops the list of the world’s 50 largest reinsurers as a result of its adoption of the IFRS-17 accounting standards, which also led to a shuffle among the top-tier reinsurers, according to AM Best.Swiss Re...
Aug 15 2025 // B.P. Marsh & Partners Plc, the specialist private equity investor, announced it is investing in a new collateralized reinsurer that aims to support growth in its long-time investee company XPT Group, the U.S. wholesale...
Aug 15 2025 // Dan Loeb has won a vote to turn his UK investment trust into a life and annuity reinsurance company, defying a fierce backlash from some shareholders.A majority of investors backed a plan for London-listed Third Point...