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Viewpoint: Reinsurers Reach Peak Performance as Market Stabilizes; M&A on Hold

The reinsurance market has reached an equilibrium, with increased capital supply from accumulated earnings meeting higher demand for reinsurance protection from cedents. As such, margins will peak in 2024, although reinsurers should continue to produce a favorable return on equity …

Coalition Starts Reinsurance Intermediary Coalition Re Led by Aspen Capacity

Coalition today announced the creation of its reinsurance intermediary, Coalition Re, to provide capacity for cyber reinsurance treaties and expand on its mission to protect more unprotected businesses. Coalition Re provides capacity for non-proportional cyber reinsurance treaties, as well as …

Google Abusing Power Over Website Ads, UK Regulator Says

Britain’s antitrust regulator said on Friday it had provisionally found Alphabet’s Google had abused its dominant position in digital advertising to restrict competition. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said it believed Google was using anti-competitive practices in open display …

Brokerage Giants Aon, Marsh Unite In Call for Industry Aid to Ukraine

Highlighting the existence of blanket exclusions in reinsurance contracts for risks originating in the region impacted by the ongoing Russia Ukraine conflict, Aon and Marsh McLennan are jointly calling for their removal. In a joint statement issued on Sunday, the …

‘Sustainable’ Logging Operations Are Clear-Cutting Canada’s Climate-Fighting Forests

With its vast expanses of forest, Canada has the most “certified” sustainable timber operations of any nation, according to the nonprofit organizations that attest to the environmental soundness of logging practices. Such forestry-standards groups were born in the 1990s out …

London’s ExCel Centre Wins Insurance Appeal Over COVID-19 Losses

The owners of London’s ExCel conference center on Friday won an appeal brought by insurers, including Allianz, over pandemic-related losses, which its lawyers said could help thousands of other policyholders. London International Exhibition Centre Plc took legal action at London’s …

Fitch Ratings Shifts Global Re Outlook to Neutral; Pricing Past Peak

Fitch Ratings announced that it shifted its outlook on the global reinsurance sector to neutral yesterday but the downward shift came with an expectation of continued profitability—and a forecasted combined ratio around 90 in 2025. The revision—from a prior outlook …

Germany Cracks Down on China Green Fraud in Deepening Scandal

German authorities have rejected €18 million ($20 million) worth of carbon credits after finding “irregularities” in China-based projects that were meant to lower emissions. The initiatives, which were run by big international corporations and audited by European firms, allowed German …

Ex-CFO Says Royal Bank of Canada Manufactured Workplace-Romance Case

Royal Bank of Canada’s former chief financial officer, fired over allegations she had an undisclosed personal relationship with another executive, said the bank was trying to “manufacture” a reason to get rid of her, as both sides double down in …

Hard Market ‘Supercycle’ Likely to Be Prolonged: Lloyd’s CEO Neal

Now that the market has achieved a first-half profit of £4.9 billion with a combined ratio of 83.7—its best interim results in 17 years—does this mean the hard market cycle is ending? During a media briefing to discuss Lloyd’s results, …

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