Archive

  • Smaller decline in reinsurance rates seen at April renewals

    03 April 2017

    Market particularly challenging for new entrants as retentions stable

  • The surprising inconsistency of risk appetite and risk tolerance statements

    02 March 2017

    Dave Ingram explains how Willis Re's study of insurers' risk appetite and risk tolerance statements revealed wide differences in the concepts they express

  • Reinsurance remains buyers' market in January renewals

    03 January 2017

    Trend of price declines and higher combined ratios suggests bleak outlook for reinsurers in 2017

  • Pool Re hires RenRe's Stephen Burr as head of actuarial

    24 November 2016

    He replaces external consultant

  • Willis Re updates cyber risk modelling tool

    11 September 2016

    Now covers outage as well as privacy breach

  • Cyber risk: cat modelling's biggest challenge yet

    28 June 2016

    Cyber risk is growing, unavoidable and ripe for insurance solutions. But can the industry really get to grips with such a rapidly evolving risk? Christopher Cundy reports

  • Regulatory capital top driver of EU reinsurance buying

    21 March 2016

    US firms more concerned with rating agency capital, says Willis Re

  • Reinsurance buying evolves as Solvency II kicks off

    12 January 2016

    The arrival of Solvency II has not dominated the 1 January reinsurance renewals, but it is having a fundamental effect on buying strategies, according to brokers. Christopher Cundy reports

  • Reinsurance pricing drops again at 1 January renewals

    04 January 2016

    Solvency II impacted behaviour but did not dominate renewal, says Willis Re

  • Stable PPO patterns to prompt reinsurance transactions

    17 November 2015

    Number of periodic payment orders awarded is falling, according to report