The head of the upstart Texas Stock Exchange said the state is making a serious play to reshape the US financial landscape, using new pro-business laws and a proposed ban on trading taxes to take on longtime power centers on the East Coast. Governor Greg Abbott signed legislation this week aimed at strengthening legal protections … Read more
Attachment points for property catastrophe reinsurance have not slackened in 2025 with the risk-sharing remaining stable between primary markets and reinsurers, but with more loss-affected renewals at the mid-year, Beazley’s CEO Adrian Cox believes the outcome may be a little stronger than earlier contract signings.Speaking today during an analyst call after announcing Beazley’s first-quarter 2025 … Read more
Having reported another quarter of double-digit revenue growth for its catastrophe bond and insurance-linked securities (ILS) related activities, Greg Case the CEO of broking giant Aon also highlighted parametric risk transfer as another area he sees activity levels as exceptional in.Reporting its first-quarter results today, Aon disclosed 4% organic revenue growth in its Reinsurance Solutions … Read more
Conduit Re, the pure-play Bermuda reinsurance company, has announced its intention to purchase more retrocession to protect its earnings from volatility due to secondary peril loss impacts, while the company has also announced that CEO Trevor Carvey is stepping down.The company reiterated its expectation that the California wildfires in January 2025 will generate a $100 … Read more
RenaissanceRe, the Bermuda headquartered global reinsurer and third-party reinsurance capital manager, has built a “deep and persistent moat” around its fee income business, CEO Kevin O’Donnell believes, saying that demand from investors for access to its Capital Partners strategies is often greater than it can satisfy.Writing in his annual letter to shareholders, Kevin O’Donnell explained … Read more