European cedants should use the softening reinsurance market to improve catastrophe protection rather than simply negotiate ...

Estimates from McKinsey suggests data centres will require $6.7 trillion worldwide to keep pace with the demand for computer power by 2030. Data centres equipped to handle AI processing loads are ...

Insurance regulators worldwide are tightening rules for asset-intensive reinsurance (AIR) – so-called “funded reinsurance” – ...

That’s the view of Jennifer Braney, head of international cyber at Gallagher Re, who argues that the market needs “more ...

As catastrophe rates come under pressure, buyers and reinsurers are set to diverge over how recent performance, programme ...

Reinsurers will need to offer more than competitive pricing to stand out at the January 1 2027 renewals, as excess capacity and a relatively benign catastrophe environment continue to put pressure on ...

Secondary perils are no longer sitting at the edge of European catastrophe portfolios. Flood, hail and severe storms are ...

Yet even in a well-capitalised market, shock losses are being watched most closely, as a single large event, or clusters of ...

Isaias was the ninth named storm in the 2026 Atlantic hurricane season but the first to reach hurricane strength, making it the latest first hurricane of a season on record. Insured loss estimates ...

The range of expectations separating buyers, brokers and reinsurers has narrowed considerably since Monte Carlo, setting up a ...

Mapfre Re is folding its arms at brokers pushing for lower attachment points when it comes to aggregate covers for higher ...

Bridgehaven Europe, the newly established Dublin-based arm of hybrid fronting carrier Bridgehaven, says that ...