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The firm's reinsurance CEO John Doucette said the firm saw “select opportunities” to grow its retro book.
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Dan Bailey will join the intermediary's London office next month.
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Scor Global P&C CEO Jean-Paul Conoscente said the reinsurer’s main retro programme is expected to be placed within a fortnight.
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The significant pricing difference between the reinsurance and retrocession markets does not make a lot of sense, TigerRisk president Rob Bredahl said.
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Market participants are expecting little new capacity to come from a slew of start-ups.
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Aggregate retro lock-ups will be a major point of focus for the ILS market.
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The ILS Capital Management managing partner also sees opportunities in taking business from Lloyd’s.
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The Reinsurance Opportunities Fund also repurchased $43.4mn of shares in September.
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Reconstruction in the ILS market continues, with ongoing concerns about investor sentiment, capacity growth and the impact of retro rates
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A slew of new retro vehicles were mooted at the Monte Carlo Rendez-Vous and existing players are keen to expand.
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The retro market needs to deliver better transparency to attract investors, but a roundtable of senior executives was split on the outlook for the roughly $20bn market.
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Ratings agencies remain positive on reinsurers boosting their use of retrocession to grow, despite this year’s capacity crunch in the retro segment.