APCIA 2019: Sunday edition
Welcome to the first day of our coverage from the 2019 APCIA Annual Meeting!
We are delighted to provide you with the first electronic copy of The Insurer’s daily American Property Casualty Insurance Association (APCIA) Annual Meeting edition. Here you will find the latest news, analysis and intelligence from our team of journalists and analysts attending the event in Boston, Massachusetts.
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NEWS
Commercial flood MGA reThought secures Munich Re and Swiss Re support
Expansive US commercial flood-focused MGA reThought Insurance is looking for significant growth in 2020 after signing up reinsurers including Munich Reinsurance America and Swiss Re, The Insurer can reveal
Lloyd’s should write more casualty and reinsurance: Neal
Lloyd’s CEO John Neal on rebalancing the market’s portfolio of business to make it less vulnerable to multiple cat hits like HIM
ANALYSIS
Reinsurers make case for measured push on casualty pricing and terms
Reinsurers are increasingly optimistic about their prospects of achieving improved economics on proportional and non-proportional casualty business at the upcoming renewals but will need to tread a fine line to avoid leaning too hard on under-pressure insurers
INTERVIEWS
Re-evaluating retentions and reserves
Cedants are changing their behavior in response to the low interest rate environment and underwriting losses, according to Aon’s Tim Ronda and Kelly Superczynski
COMMENT AND OPINION
Low interest rates, retro costs and social inflation make a compelling case for reinsurers to push harder for improved pricing, terms and conditions
The Insurer’s State of the Market APCIA Q&A October 2019
Industry executives weigh in on reinsurance rate momentum and how reinsurers can support the cyber market’s growth
The future of reinsurance – Monte Carlo roundtable
Amongst the raft of topics discussed at The Insurer roundtable in Monte Carlo, the issue of the divergence between insurance, reinsurance and retrocessional pricing generated significant debate