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…
Month: December 2024
Alternative reinsurance capital grew 7% to $107bn in 2024: Guy Carpenter, AM Best
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…
Excess capacity drives loss-free property cat rates down 5% to 15% at renewal: Guy Carpenter
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….
Sustained strong catastrophe reinsurance profits ahead, if terms/attachments stick: KBW
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,…
Retained earnings, cat bond and ILS capital pressuring property cat rates: TD Cowen
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…
Healthy ILS demand expected in 2025, but pricing less certain: Gibson, Schroders Capital
This content is copyright to www.artemis.bm and should not appear anywhere else, or an infringement has occurred. The catastrophe bond and insurance-linked securities (ILS) market is expected to see healthy demand from investors in 2025, but the firmness and trajectory of pricing in the sector, and more broadly in reinsurance, remains less certain, according to…
TWIA Board approves $485m ceded reinsurance budget for 2025, 22% up on 2024 spend
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…
Property cat renewal rates seen down 5% – 10%, retro could fall 10% – 20%: BMO analysts
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%,…
Reinsurance pricing base case for 2025, a reversion to ~2023 levels: J.P. Morgan
This content is copyright to www.artemis.bm and should not appear anywhere else, or an infringement has occurred. Analysts at J.P. Morgan believe that the reinsurance market may simply wind back the clock one year at renewal seasons in 2025, with the firm’s base case for reinsurance pricing being for a reversion to roughly 2023 levels….
Florida Citizens lifts reinsurance and cat bond risk transfer target to $4.5bn for 2025
This content is copyright to www.artemis.bm and should not appear anywhere else, or an infringement has occurred. Florida’s Citizens Property Insurance Corporation, the state’s insurer of last resort, is currently projecting a need to budget for a larger tower of reinsurance and catastrophe bonds in 2025, with almost $4.5 billion of risk transfer being discussed….