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Postcard from Baden-Baden: new battlegrounds emerge ahead of 1.1
As the event draws to a close today, The Insurer brings you the key takeaways from our team in Baden-Baden…
Keese: Solid pricing on both sides of balance sheet “for first time in decades”
Lloyd’s CFO and COO Burkhard Keese told Baden-Baden delegates the market was seeing solid pricing conditions on both the underwriting and investment side of the balance sheet “for the first time in decades”, with a clear opportunity “for those able to innovate and adapt to uncertainty”.
Retro driving named perils pressure in 1.1 renewal discussions at Baden-Baden
Multiple reinsurers are reviewing all risks covers within property cat treaties, with several underwriters canvassed on the ground in Baden-Baden privately telling this publication they are pushing for a shift to named perils at the 1 January renewals.
E+S Rück begins quoting but warns of late renewal with FOTs still “some way off”
E+S Rück CEO Michael Pickel has warned German cedants to expect a late renewal with firm order terms (FOTs) still “some way off” as the challenge of embedding inflationary impacts into pricing slows down the renewal process.
E+S Rück calls for higher German reinsurance rates at 1.1 citing losses and inflation impact
E+S Rückversicherung AG, the Hannover Re subsidiary responsible for German business, has said it expects significant improvements in risk-adjusted prices and conditions for P&C reinsurance following continued heavy claims expenditure and rising inflation.
European cat reinsurers delay 1.1 quoting in renewal stand-off
Expectations are growing of a late 1 January renewal as reinsurers are cautious of quoting in another year of $100bn+ of cat losses.
GC Symposium: European cat capacity situation "markedly different" from US but restructures inevitable
European cedants are not facing the same capacity constraints at the upcoming 1 January renewals as their US counterparts but buyers should expect significant restructuring of their property cat treaties, industry leaders warned at the Guy Carpenter Baden-Baden Reinsurance Symposium.
Hurricane Ian: the view from across the Atlantic
While Baden-Baden marks the first major European industry gathering since Hurricane Ian’s landfall, a meaningful shift in sentiment around property cat reinsurance has been evident at the major US conferences that have taken place this month.
Swiss Re: German reinsurance buyers seek additional €2.5bn of 1.1 cat capacity
Swiss Re says most of its European clients are looking to buy more reinsurance next year to counter the impacts of inflation, with German cedants alone expected to be seeking €2.5bn of additional cat capacity.
SiriusPoint withdraws from Baden-Baden amid 1.1 capacity uncertainty
Bermuda-headquartered SiriusPoint has made the last-minute call to reduce its presence at the Baden-Baden reinsurance meeting amid a general lack of clarity from the market on the pricing and availability of cat/all risks capacity at the forthcoming 1 January renewals, The Insurer can reveal.

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Postcard from Baden-Baden: new battlegrounds emerge ahead of 1.1

Keese: Solid pricing on both sides of balance sheet “for first time in decades”

Retro driving named perils pressure in 1.1 renewal discussions at Baden-Baden

E+S Rück begins quoting but warns of late renewal with FOTs still “some way off”

E+S Rück calls for higher German reinsurance rates at 1.1 citing losses and inflation impact

European cat reinsurers delay 1.1 quoting in renewal stand-off

GC Symposium: European cat capacity situation "markedly different" from US but restructures inevitable

Hurricane Ian: the view from across the Atlantic

Swiss Re: German reinsurance buyers seek additional €2.5bn of 1.1 cat capacity

SiriusPoint withdraws from Baden-Baden amid 1.1 capacity uncertainty

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Baden-Baden

Postcard from Baden-Baden: new battlegrounds emerge ahead of 1.1

Keese: Solid pricing on both sides of balance sheet “for first time in decades”

Retro driving named perils pressure in 1.1 renewal discussions at Baden-Baden

E+S Rück begins quoting but warns of late renewal with FOTs still “some way off”

E+S Rück calls for higher German reinsurance rates at 1.1 citing losses and inflation impact

European cat reinsurers delay 1.1 quoting in renewal stand-off

GC Symposium: European cat capacity situation "markedly different" from US but restructures inevitable

Hurricane Ian: the view from across the Atlantic

Swiss Re: German reinsurance buyers seek additional €2.5bn of 1.1 cat capacity

SiriusPoint withdraws from Baden-Baden amid 1.1 capacity uncertainty

Is London still the capital of insurance arbitration?

Automation and AI: an underwriter’s friend or foe?

The power of inclusion

ABI’s Gurga: A healthy cyber future is in our hands

2023 North Atlantic hurricane season: Tug of war continues between El Niño and SSTs

Opportunity realised with strategic management of global volatility

At a turning point

The role of technology in the future reinsurance paradigm

Meeting the cyber challenge

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