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Speaking during the firm’s briefing at the 2026 Rendez-Vous de Septembre (RVS) in Monte Carlo, Stefan Golling, a Member of the Board of Management of Munich Re, suggested that the industry has not done enough to close the significant cyber protection gap, while also flagging the major business opportunity in doing so as Munich Re The post […]

Compre Group Holdings Limited (Compre), the Bermuda-domiciled international specialty reinsurance group, has reached an agreement on a retrospective structured adverse development cover (ADC) transaction with a Lloyd’s syndicate. The transaction covers the syndicate’s 2023 and prior Years of Account on a whole-account basis, spanning a […]

Speaking at their firm’s briefing in Monte Carlo today, Brandan Holmes, SVP at Moody’s Ratings, and Joe Melly, Head of Casualty and Financial Lines at Moody’s Insurance Solutions, warned that insurers are navigating an increasingly interconnected and uncertain emerging-risk landscape. They said risks are crossing traditional lines of […]

According to the International Underwriting Association’s (IUA) latest report, just over 26% of premiums written in London in 2025 were treaty reinsurance, with direct and facultative contracts making up the remaining 74%. These proportions are almost unchanged from the previous year and consolidate a steady increase in the relative importance […]

AM Best, a global credit rating agency specialising in the insurance sector, says the Latin American reinsurance market has remained resilient despite weaker economic growth, significant catastrophe exposures and a prolonged soft market. Its September 2026 Market Segment Report highlights continued premium growth, abundant reinsurance capacity and […]

S&P Global Ratings, a global provider of credit ratings, research and financial analysis, expects the international reinsurance sector to remain strongly capitalised and profitable through 2026 and 2027. The company said reinsurers should have sufficient financial strength to absorb significant losses, although the market continues to face […]

Following Marco Capital’s agreement to acquire Pro Global, we spoke with Marco Capital Group CEO Simon Minshall and PoloWorks CEO Paul Andrews about the combination of Pro Global and PoloWorks. The executives highlighted the strong complementarities between the two businesses, with the combination also bringing greater geographic reach and […]

HDI Global UK & Ireland (HDI) has announced that it has received approval in principle from Lloyd’s to establish a new Lloyd’s syndicate, marking a key milestone in its wider Xcelerate29 growth strategy. The approval in principle enables HDI to continue progressing through the remaining regulatory and operational stages required before it […]

Speaking in an interview during the 68th edition of the Rendez-Vous de Septembre (RVS) in Monte Carlo, David Govrin, SiriusPoint’s Group President and CEO of Global Reinsurance & London Market Specialty, discussed the outlook for the January 1 reinsurance renewals, including rate movements, terms and conditions, and underwriting discipline. […]

Combined gross liabilities of the non-life insurance run-off market reached an estimated $2.57 billion in 2026 year to date, driven by 18 publicly announced deals across eight acquirers, according to data from PwC. The YTD figures demonstrate a robust recovery following a slow start to the year. Only two run-off transactions were made public […]