Trading Risk January 2020
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Social inflation is not just a Florida issue – it's also top of mind in the casualty market.
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People moves in the ILS marketplace
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Rates jumped in aerospace after recent costly losses.
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Bermuda carrier tactics highlight increased reliance.
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The (re)insurance and ILS industry has headed into a new decade in a spirit of change – as can be seen across multiple lines of business.
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Quota share and aggregate-property cat contracts are under watch as a result of the recent Australian bushfires but occurrence covers will probably remain mostly unscathed, sources expect.
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New issuances fell to the lowest level since 2011, amid an uptick in risk levels and US exposures, according to Trading Risk data.
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Reinsurers pegged 2019 nat cat losses 23 percent lower than the 10-year average, but prior-year disasters created headlines.
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Cat bond fund returns rebounded in 2019, with widely divergent experience among ILS funds investing in private instruments.
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The reinsurance fund manager is targeting expansion outside the catastrophe space with private funds.
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Intermediaries called the renewal “asymmetric” and “divergent” as rates began to move up after a pressured few years.