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Several structural factors, including the pricing cycle, make insurers more insulated from US activist states. -
High-yielding alternatives are taking away attention from this sector, with its complex narrative around recent losses, and diversification only goes so far in selling its story.
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Announcements and interviews at the UN conference have shed light on the tools emerging to help carriers decarbonise their underwriting portfolios.
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Major questions confront the industry after Hurricane Ian, but no matter the answers, certain outcomes are inevitable.
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Buyers are more open than ever to different sources of capacity, but the timing of entry will not be on the industry’s terms.
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Some are suggesting a rotation of the investor base may be underway, with a move back towards more opportunistic funds.
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Ratings agencies suggest that carriers must do better on controlling volatility – but diverging risk appetites give the lie to the idea that the industry is walking away from risk.
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As the ILS market heads back to the office after summer breaks to get stuck into a busy conference season, we recap our top summer features and news coverage that you won’t want to miss.
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In the absence of a major tactical shift from Demotech, will the reinsurers become the de facto selection party determining which domestics survive?
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Market orthodoxy suggests cross-class reinsurers secure more leverage – but are there too many implicit offsets in this game?
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Collaboration should help protect against greenwashing fears but the industry should start with leaving behind the issue of the sector’s “inherent ESG” appeal.
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With reinsurance availability scarce and costs rising, several carriers have called an interim halt to new homeowners’ business.
