November 2017/4

The slow encroachment of the Canadian pension funds into (re)insurance is one of the phenomena of the prevailing low interest rate environment.

The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB)'s backing of Bermudian reinsurer Ascot Re is a further $1bn commitment to the (re)insurance industry by the pension fund.

An expected hardening in (re)insurance pricing may not be enough to offset pressure from high expenses and lower reserve releases at London market carriers, Fitch Ratings has warned.

For a medium supposed to set people free, it is amazing how the development of the worldwide web has corralled us into various silos.

The first European catastrophe reinsurance renewals have priced, and may point the way towards low single-digit rate increases for international cat accounts at 1 January.