Here's our latest Friday wrap-up of key news from the week.
This week we held our Artemis London 2024 conference and speakers are anticipating a competitive reinsurance renewal at the end of this year.
Broker Aon set out its stall for the reinsurance renewals, calling on reinsurance capital providers to run towards risk instead of away from it, else risk the industry becoming less relevant.
In a video interview in advance of the Monte Carlo Rendez-Vous (look forward to seeing some of you there), we spoke with Urs Baertschi, CEO of P&C Reinsurance at Swiss Re, who told us that market discipline is expected to be maintained.
Beazley is back in the cat bond market to expand its cyber reinsurance with a third 144A PoleStar Re cyber deal.
The mood in reinsurance has shifted somewhat, with the Big Four European reinsurers now focusing on taking advantage of higher pricing while it lasts, rating agency AM Best believes.
In an interview, Niraj Patel of AXA XL ILS told us it continues to innovate as it looks to bring returns from across risk classes to investors through aligned structures.
We also discussed the reasons cat bond returns are a little lower so far this year, something overlooked by media sources.
We launched a new interactive chart that allows our readers to analyse the upcoming cat bond maturity schedule.
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In other news this week, Cambridge Associates is acquiring Swiss alternative asset and ILS specialist advisory SIGLO Capital Advisors AG.
New sponsors should continue to come to the catastrophe bond and insurance-linked securities (ILS) market, according to Guy Carpenter's Laurent Rousseau.
Lloyd's delivered stellar profits and we reported that our sources say the pipeline for London Bridge 2 PCC is unsurprisingly strong.
The broad benchmark index for insurance-linked securities (ILS) funds, the Eurekahedge ILS Advisers Index, has reported its strongest July performance on record.
Moody's turned positive on reinsurance, saying highlighting the deepening alternative capital partnership.
Fitch Ratings said it believes the reinsurance pricing cycle has now most likely passed its peak, but returns from the sector "should remain very strong by historical standards in 2025."
Moody's took a significant step in acquiring Praedicat, a specialist in casualty and liability risk modelling.
Finally, if you haven't seen them, Artemis has a wealth of data and analytics on the catastrophe bond and broader ILS market. View our charts and Deal Directory.
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We'll be back next week with more regular coverage.
We hope you have a safe & relaxing weekend.
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