Most Popular Reinsurance Headlines This Year

The most viewed headlines from our Reinsurance Topic Page over the last year.

#1 AIG’s Zaffino Talks More on Insurer-Reinsurer Balance as $200B Cat Year May Loom

Feb 13 2025 // American International Group CEO Peter Zaffino used the insurer’s fourth quarter earnings call to again talk about reinsurance attachments points, throwing in the possibility 2025 could be the year for $200 billion...

#2 Casualty Reinsurance Capacity Is Plentiful but Availability Crisis Could Be Looming

Feb 28 2025 // Reinsurers continued to provide ample casualty reinsurance capacity through the recent January 2025 renewal season – despite concerns about adverse reserve development — however, an availability crisis could be...

#3 Reinsurance Renewal Prices Moderate as Capacity Exceeds Cedent Demand: Brokers

Jul 3 2025 // Strong returns in the reinsurance sector are attracting capital and leading to favorable pricing outcomes for buyers — but underwriting discipline continues, according to renewal reports from three reinsurance...

#4 Reinsurers Hold Bulk of Jamaica’s Property Exposures From Hurricane Melissa: Reports

Oct 29 2025 // Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Jamaica as a powerful category 5 storm – a record for the Caribbean island nation — which brought storm surge, torrential rain, strong winds and massive damages. Making landfall...

#5 Property-Catastrophe Reinsurance Rates Will Stop Dropping Post Wildfires: Execs

Feb 3 2025 // RenaissanceRe expects to incur about $750 million in losses from the January 2025 California wildfires—and anticipates that industrywide impacts should halt the drop in property-catastrophe reinsurance prices observed at...

#6 Florida Citizens ‘Going Naked’ on Reinsurance Below Cat Fund Layer

May 2 2025 // Reinsurance prices have dropped since Florida’s 2022-2023 litigation reform measures were enacted, but the biggest rate reductions are mostly for reinsurance above what the Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund...

#7 Casualty Reinsurance Still Attractive: Arch Capital CEO

Feb 19 2025 // While writing primary casualty insurance is more appealing than writing casualty reinsurance, the chief executive of Arch Capital said casualty reinsurance business remains attractive for his company. Speaking during an...

#8 Markel Insurance Completes Sale of Reinsurance Renewal Rights to Nationwide

Aug 19 2025 // Global specialty insurer Markel Insurance reported that it has completed the sale of the renewal rights for its $1.2 billion global reinsurance business to Nationwide. This transaction was previously announced on July 30...

#9 Ex-AIG Chief Duperreault Secures $700M for Mereo Reinsurance Startup

Feb 11 2025 // Mereo Advisors, a Bermuda-based firm chaired by former American International Group Inc. Chief Executive Officer Brian Duperreault, has secured more than $700 million to fund its new reinsurance operations. The company...

#10 US Property/Catastrophe Reinsurance Rates Likely to Stabilize During Midyear Renewals

Mar 14 2025 // Reinsurance renewal rates continued dropping during this year’s January renewals, but US property/catastrophe reinsurance pricing is likely to stabilize during the coming midyear renewals, according to a report from...

#11 Swiss Re, Munich Re and Hannover Re Top List of 40 Largest Reinsurers in 2025: S&P

Sep 9 2025 // Swiss Re tops the list of the world’s 40 largest reinsurers in 2025, followed by Munich Re and Hannover Re, according to S&P Global Ratings. Berkshire Hathaway Insurance Group comes in at number four, while...

#12 Abu Dhabi’s IHC, BlackRock Start $1 Billion Reinsurance Firm

May 9 2025 // International Holding Co., Abu Dhabi’s largest listed company that’s overseen by a key member of the emirate’s royal family, is setting up a $1 billion reinsurance venture with BlackRock Inc. The...

#13 Senator Schiff Brings Back Idea of Federal Reinsurance Program

Aug 14 2025 // Sen. Adam Schiff recently reintroduced his Incorporating National Support for Unprecedented Risks and Emergencies (INSURE) Act to create a federal catastrophic reinsurance program. The insurance industry promptly...

#14 Governor Signs Bill That Ends One State-Backed Reinsurance Layer, Reduces Another

Jul 8 2025 // Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis last week put his signature on House Bill 5013, which ends one state-backed level of reinsurance and slashes another one, a move that could perhaps create a little more demand for private...

#15 Florida Reinsurance Buyers Found Ample Property Capacity at Mid-Year Renewals

Jul 8 2025 // Reinsurers have gained confidence and returned to the Florida market as a result of recent legislative reforms that have transformed the state’s risk landscape, according to brokers Aon and Gallagher Re in their...

#16 ‘Big Four’ Reinsurers Maintain Property-Cat Appetite, Despite Signs of Rate Softening

Aug 26 2025 // Europe’s four largest reinsurers – Swiss Re, Munich Re, Hannover Re and SCOR – are maintaining their appetite for property-catastrophe risks as well as their ambitious profit targets for 2025 – despite signs of...

#17 California Wildfires Had Little Impact on Reinsurers’ Risk Appetite During April Renewals

Apr 9 2025 // Property-catastrophe capacity remained adequate to meet demand during the April 1 renewals for US reinsurance buyers, despite the record losses from California’s January wildfires, according to Aon and Gallagher Re...

#18 Deadly Air India Crash Will Harden Aviation Reinsurance Market: GlobalData

Jun 16 2025 // The fatal crash of Air India flight AI171 on June 12, 2025 is expected to send ripple effects across the global aviation insurance market, significantly affecting insurers and reinsurers in India and globally, according to...

#19 AIG Joins Private Equity Firm Onex to Acquire Re/Insurer Convex Group

Oct 30 2025 // Convex Group Ltd., the Bermuda-based specialty insurer and reinsurer, announced a new, long-term ownership structure led by private equity firm Onex Corp., with American International Group becoming a minority equity...

#20 US Excess & Surplus Lines Boost London Market Re/Insurers’ Topline Growth

Apr 16 2025 // The U.S. excess and surplus (E&S) lines market continues to offer profitable growth opportunities for insurers and reinsurers in the London market – which could help counteract some possible headwinds, according to a...