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Mid-year renewals: A second year of rate relief for Florida reinsurance buyers
As with 2024, pricing pressure has been most acute on top layers.
Research
Research
Third-party litigation financing remains the thorn in the sides of casualty insurers.
Inflation indices fell in April, but some items related to P&C are still elevated.
Growth and returns on equity fall, but most of the industry is still profitable.
P&C held up better than the S&P 500, but there are causes for longer term concern.
Opinion
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Latest News
A quick roundup of today’s need-to-know news, including Brown & Brown, Risk Strategies, Mercury General and more.
Tornadoes have killed at least 32 people in three states.
The targeted uplift comes after Mercury ceded nearly $1.3bn of wildfire losses to reinsurers in Q1.
Sources said that negotiations are proceeding well with a path to do a cash deal.
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Featured
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Perspectives: Berkshire after Buffett – Excess cash and an end to ‘double-time’ capital
Unpacking how much excess capital there really is and dissecting the source of its returns.
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Perspectives
Perspectives
Here’s the five-pillar playbook for insurers ready to move from pilots to profit.
Despite elevated ROEs, insurers have remained disciplined.
Insurers and distributors must adapt or risk irrelevance.
The first round of the E&S boom has already played out, but this is a long game.
Interviews
Modeling wildfires is particularly challenging compared to primary perils like hurricanes.
This in turn gives carriers on a tower a little more liberty and less risk to optimize claim outcomes.
The result has been a sharp increase in the use of captives.
The exec said if he were a carrier CEO, now is the time he would start looking for deals.
Analysis
Analysis
Rates have fallen an average of 10%, though changes can be highly specific to each property.
Litigation funding is a frequent bogeyman for the insurance industry. The feeling isn’t mutual.
During first quarter earnings calls, insurers argued that they can mitigate volatility.
Insurers haven’t announced concrete steps – yet.
Insider on Air
Insider on Air
Jack Kuhn, President of Westfield Specialty, discusses the shifting market cycles and changing landscape at RISKWORLD 2025.
Alliant is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year, and is the ‘furthest thing from a serial acquirer,’ Greg Zimmer, CEO, Alliant, said at RISKWORLD 2025.
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Today’s casualty market is “challenging” driven by shrinking capacity and tightening excess layers, said Pete McGuinness, EVP, national accounts casualty, for Arch.
Uncertainty around political climate, weather and a possible recession is firming the market, said Wendy Houser, President, wholesale and specialty, Markel.
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