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Reinsurance syndicate appeal a growth target for Lloyd’s
The carrier M&A cycle has started and reinsurance is a segment where acquisitions work better.
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Analysis
Analysis
The private ILS segment took losses from LA wildfires and Mid-West severe convective storms in H1 2025.
Reinsurers and their cedants are feeling their books are in better shape, although the market is still uneven.
The carrier M&A cycle has started and reinsurance is a segment where acquisitions work better.
Terms are expected to hold, underpinning the stronger recent performance of reinsurers.
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Scale is increasingly becoming a differentiator for reinsurance carriers, the broker noted.
Earnings covers do not need to equal aggregate reinsurance deals, the broker said.
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The CEO said the AHJ acquisition brought a ‘step change’ to Miller’s reinsurance growth.
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It is your people who differentiate you in a competitive reinsurance market, Klinger said.
While investors recently have favored the “instant gratification” of supporting brokers and MGAs, start-up reinsurer Mereo CEO David Croom-Johnson said he thinks capital will “fall back on love” with balance-sheet companies who deliver consistent profitable results.
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Named peril specific mass tort litigation coverage is a $5bn opportunity for reinsurers.
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Alternative capital can support M&A, says Eric le Mercier.
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The E&S market has “the same DNA as we do”.
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AI is fuelling MGA growth in Europe and the UK, Clausner says.
Paul Campbell details how the most profitable insurers act during a soft versus hard market.
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New technologies, including autonomous vehicles, are impacting loss trends already, said Charlie Bartlett, head of P&C for North, Central and Eastern Europe, SCOR, in the walk up to the annual RVS conference in Monte Carlo.
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While volatile stock markets and increased geopolitical strife may have dampened global Mergers & Acquisitions, transactions among brokers remain robust, said M&A Services Inc.’s Managing Director Chris Hughes and Senior Associate Stephen Scales.
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