Opinion: Ukraine losses will expose the cracks in specialty (re)insurance

28 April 2022

Kyiv, Ukraine. 02nd Mar, 2022. View of a civilian sports club gym and sporting goods store damaged following a Russian shelling attack on the city of Kyiv as Russian forces launch full-scale invasion of Ukraine since February 24th. Credit: SOPA Images Lim

The ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine could prove to be a wake-up call not only for the way specialty insurers buy their reinsurance, but the way reinsurers balance specialty against their larger P&C portfolios.

The outbreak of war on land in Europe has brought specialty into sharp relief

Much attention in London reinsurance is focused on the market’s bread-and-butter business, natural catastrophe and casualty, with...

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Opinion Reinsurers Re/insurers London market

Rachel Dalton

Lead Reporter