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The Australian carrier has a full-year natural peril budget of A$1.09bn.
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The depth of the retro market recovery will be an influential factor in the pace of the cat market slowdown from here.
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The segment has bounced back from its mid-2022 nadir, but its current zenith is not that much to shout home about.
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The LatAm telecoms company buys a sizeable protection triggered by windspeeds.
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Insurance competition remains vibrant in some of the segments that remain most exposed to persistent risks highlighted by the flagship World Economic Forum report.
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The carrier also signed down some Lloyd’s players due to differential pricing.
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The flight of reinsurers to mid- and upper layers of programmes is influenced by recent experience but softening at this level can be seen as a risky move.
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The broker’s report also hailed the best risk-adjusted margins for ILS investors in a decade.
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Reinsurers are looking to grow in top-layer cat risk, resulting in “variable” outcomes on sign-downs.
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The primary insurance subsidiary buys around EUR700mn of property cat protection from the wider market.
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Property cat and casualty pricing remain steady following chaotic 2023 renewal, with global cat rates rising 3%.