Comment
  • Singapore’s reinsurance premium base grew 31 percent to S$27.6bn ($20.9bn) last year, according to Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) data, representing around 21 percent of Asia’s overall reinsurance market.

  • Welcome to the first of The Insurer’s daily editions from this year’s Singapore International Reinsurance Conference.

  • As the industry’s most senior executives descended upon Colorado Springs beginning late last week, early discussions at the CIAB event largely centred on the relative tranquillity of market conditions, ongoing casualty concerns, and the paucity of M&A and recap activity among privately held brokers.

  • It was less than two weeks ago as Hurricane Helene was making its path towards a US landfall that industry executives on a panel discussion hosted by cat MGA AmRisc were asked what kind of loss event could alter the trajectory of the E&S property market.

  • Plenty has been said and written on the subject of social inflation – or legal system abuse, as is the mot du jour – and its impact on loss cost trends in US casualty.

  • While not exactly a drawing of battle lines, most reinsurers are making their position clear on maintaining retentions and first-layer attachment points ahead of what is expected to be a relatively stable property catastrophe renewal season.