This content is copyright to www.artemis.bm and should not appear anywhere else, or an infringement has occurred. The softening of the property catastrophe reinsurance market seen at the key January 2025 renewals has been “entirely rational”, according to broker Gallagher Re, despite the fact the decline in risk-adjusted pricing was greater than many reinsurers had…

This content is copyright to www.artemis.bm and should not appear anywhere else, or an infringement has occurred. At the January 2025 reinsurance renewals broking group Howden estimates that risk-adjusted pricing for property catastrophe treaty business declined by 8%, while retrocession pricing fell further by 13.5%. The company titles its latest renewals report “Past the Pricing…

This content is copyright to www.artemis.bm and should not appear anywhere else, or an infringement has occurred. An easing of conditions in the retrocession market has helped to bolster capacity in advance of the January 1st 2025 reinsurance renewals, resulting in a situation where capital was more than adequate to meet growing client demand, broker…

This content is copyright to www.artemis.bm and should not appear anywhere else, or an infringement has occurred. Dedicated reinsurance capital grew by 6.9% over the course of 2024, but alternative capital that largely represents the capacity deployed by insurance-linked securities (ILS) fund managers and through other ILS structures expanded slightly faster by 7% to reach…

This content is copyright to www.artemis.bm and should not appear anywhere else, or an infringement has occurred. Strong appetites from traditional reinsurance and alternative capital providers have resulted in excess capacity that has served to drive loss-free property catastrophe rates down between 5% and 15% at the January 1st 2025 renewals, according to Guy Carpenter….

This content is copyright to www.artemis.bm and should not appear anywhere else, or an infringement has occurred. Analysts at Keefe, Bruyette & Woods (KBW) are the second group to say that the returns generated from catastrophe reinsurance risk underwriting and capital allocation can remain strong, just so long as the industry remains disciplined on attachments,…

This content is copyright to www.artemis.bm and should not appear anywhere else, or an infringement has occurred. After a field trip to Bermuda analysts at TD Cowen have concluded from their discussions with reinsurance and insurance-linked securities (ILS) market participants on the island that property catastrophe rates are coming under some pressure from retained earnings…

This content is copyright to www.artemis.bm and should not appear anywhere else, or an infringement has occurred. The Board of the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association (TWIA) has today approved a $485 million budget line item for ceded reinsurance and catastrophe bond spend for 2025, which is up 22% on the $397 million spent on protection…

This content is copyright to www.artemis.bm and should not appear anywhere else, or an infringement has occurred. After a trip to Bermuda to speak with reinsurance executives on the island, analysts from BMO Capital Markets said the expectation seems to be that 2025 renewals will see property catastrophe reinsurance rates fall between 5% and 10%,…