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Reinsurance demand-supply imbalance places focus on capital management, Gallagher Re says

Firms remain "keen to write" business but will "look to other options" if economics not acceptable

Australian cyclone and terrorism property reinsurer names next CUO

Current AI model evaluation techniques are a "market-shaping concern" for insurers

Evaluation methods need to test AI systems as they actually operate, with real-world input and under adversarial conditions, and over time

Life Re London 2026: Insurers need to approach private credit with "eyes open"

Asset sourcing, governance and valuation discipline will decide winners

ILS capacity set to increase as investors stay loyal to cat bonds

Popular lines of business include property & casualty, cyber and casualty

Reinsurers' rising payouts "not enough" to tackle excess capital

Growth via diversification, either by geography or line of business, could be key for reinsurers

Reinsurance capital hits high of $648bn in 2025

The growth was driven by retained earnings and alternative capital

Industry thinks the PRA's funded re plans are still "excessive"

The Prudential Regulation Authority's plans to introduce a higher counterparty risk charge on the use of funded reinsurance will likely limit the UK market. Ronan McCaughey and Christopher Cundy report

Structural factors, not storm intensity, fuel post-2008 rise in US SCS losses

Around 80% to 90% of annual nominal growth in such losses since 2000 has been due to "non-hazard related factors"

Global nat cat losses for Q1 2026 estimated at $20bn

There were five individual billion-dollar insured loss events, with two becoming multi-billion-dollar payouts