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Atrium takes Westfield’s Connellan as it rebuilds aviation unit
Mark Connellan is the latest addition to Bassel Matta’s team.
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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.
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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.
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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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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.
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MGA’s can be challenging but cost effective and “we use them to expand our footprint in new markets and new lines of business”.
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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 in 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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