Julian Alovisi
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'The reinsurance market has reached a tipping point'
Major macroeconomic and geopolitical realignments this year have exacerbated pressures and changed assumptions around capital, loss costs and yields. The signs of stress have already started to emerge
'Market's mindset has taken a battering from this year's catastrophes'
Total claims from catastrophe events this year are unlikely to significantly reduce the level of excess capital in the market, but the impact on reinsurers’ 2017 earnings will be sizeable and will reset expectations at the January renewals
Rebooting the re/insurance industry
While insurtech brings with it the risk of disruption to the way insurers and reinsurers go about their business, it does not necessarily disrupt the re/insurance business model
Reinsurers close in on pricing floor
Increased levels of loss activity, reserve strengthening and other pressures on reinsurers’ profitability are beginning to impose a degree of underwriting discipline, unprecedented in recent years, on the market
Power50: New model army
The reinsurance market is experiencing a period a massive structural change, driven by the influx of new capital into the sector. David Flandro and Julian Alovisi examine the implications of these changes and how they will shape the reinsurance business model of the future