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A roundup of all the news you need, including Atrium's latest aviation hire.
The carrier’s chief buyer urged a partnership approach from reinsurers.
Bazan Group’s refinery near Haifa was badly damaged by Iranian bombardment in June.
Lloyd’s has pursued a Big Game Hunting strategy to lure major insurers into the market.
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Reinsurer tactics diverge as frequency discussion ramps up

The carrier M&A cycle has started and reinsurance is a segment where acquisitions work better.
Analysis
Analysis
The aviation market may prove an outlier following a disastrous year of loss activity.
Apollo most recently received in-principle approval for Syndicate 1972.
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.
Interviews
Being conservative and stable is the name of the reinsurer’s game.
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.
Anticipation, motivation and inspiration are central to effective implementation.
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Behind the Headlines is a fortnightly podcast hosted by Insurance Insider's senior reporter Sam Casey.

Get the inside scoop on the major stories shaping the London market through discussions with the journalists who broke them. Plus, hear from industry professionals on what these developments mean for the (re)insurance sector.

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In Partnership With SiriusPoint
As the reinsurance industry “fought incredibly hard” for for its recent underwriting profits, SiriusPoint CEO Scott Egan remains hopeful that the market will remain disciplined coming into Jan. 1 renewals.
In Partnership With Active Re
MGA’s can be challenging but cost effective and “we use them to expand our footprint in new markets and new lines of business”.
In Partnership With Everest
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 in love” with balance-sheet companies who deliver consistent profitable results.
In Partnership With Moody's
Named peril specific mass tort litigation coverage is a $5bn opportunity for reinsurers.
In Partnership With Scor
Alternative capital can support M&A, says Eric le Mercier.
In Partnership With Everest
The E&S market has “the same DNA as we do”.
In Partnership With Xceedance
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.
In Partnership With Scor
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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