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More Market Pressures; Reinsurance Capital at $425 Bn: Willis Re Report

Willis Re’s latest Reinsurance Market Report notes that the “growth in global capital dedicated to reinsurance continues to exacerbate the challenge of oversupply, placing further pressure on already weak rating conditions for the remainder of 2015.” The report – based …

2013 Had Lowest Hurricane Count since 1982: Willis Re

The 2013 Atlantic storm season has proved one of the quietest in decades with the lowest number of hurricanes since 1982 and none of them considered ‘major’, according to insurance broker Willis Re. An unusually quiet hurricane season is significant …

Willis Re Sees No Rate Increases for Jan. 1 Renewals despite Sandy Impact

Willis Re’s Jan. 1 renewal report points out that 2012 natural catastrophe losses are estimated to be “50 percent less than last year’s losses of $120 billion.” As a result the report concludes that “most reinsurers are not facing any …