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As equity analysts digested the disappointing renewal rates from 1 January, there was a growing sense that further price increases could be seen during the mid-year US renewals.
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The rate increases in property direct and facultative business were one of the more headline-grabbing outcomes of what was perhaps a more muted 1.1 renewal season than anticipated.
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Rate increases achieved by the property direct and facultative (D&F) market at 1 January could herald the beginning of a slow recovery in the class, which has been one of the greatest victims of the prolonged soft market.
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Reinsurers are weighing up a complex position with a lot of moving parts as they start trying to assess their prospects for 2018.
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Reinsurers were able to achieve modest rate increases on loss-free marine accounts at 1 January despite a growing consensus that third quarter cat losses had fallen short of early fears.
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As the dust settles on the 1 January reinsurance renewals, further evidence has emerged of improving conditions for underwriters of US casualty and professional lines treaty business.
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Property catastrophe reinsurance renewal pricing came in below the levels hoped for by reinsurers, as the relative attractiveness of the class for traditional players and the efficiency of the ILS funds in reloading dampened post-loss rate rises.
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The commercial insurance market experienced a market-changing year in 2017 that should drive a broad turn in pricing, according to Sompo International global insurance CEO Jack Kuhn.
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After a mixed 1 January renewal for reinsurers, signs are emerging of improving prospects for underwriters in the US commercial insurance sector as traction begins to build slowly on pricing.
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The marine (re)insurance market's loss from the 2015 Alpine Eternity accident has increased by $65mn to $340mn after the claim estimate was revised upwards a second time, The Insurance Insider can reveal
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Underwriting rooms at property cat reinsurers may have been best avoided this week as executives came to terms with a miserable 1 January renewal that fell well short of expectations
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Zurich North America has placed a new consolidated casualty quota share that pays a ceding commission of 27 percent, The Insurance Insider can reveal.
