CONTENTS

EDITOR’S LETTER


Never mind hardening rates, climate change is top of the agenda now

This shift has been propelled largely by tangible losses that increasingly seem to be driven by climate change.

NEWS


The Rendez-Vous recap

A quick overview of the latest industry updates.

INTERVIEW: MOSES OJEISEKHOBA, SWISS RE


Renewals will mean a rethink on what passes for adequate pricing

With talks for the crucial 1/1 renewal season set to kick off at the Monte Carlo Rendez-Vous (albeit virtually), will the upward trajectory in pricing persist?

INTERVIEW: MARCO SORDONI, UNIPOLRE


Quantifying climate change: Unipol mulls using a climate index

Marco Sordoni of UnipolRe and the Unipol Group is looking at ways of factoring the increasing uncertainty into its reinsurance programme.

INTERVIEW: ADAM PODLAHA, AON’S IMPACT FORECASTING


Modelling risks in a shifting environment

Can risk modellers find solutions to some of the key issues facing the insurance industry today? Adam Podlaha discusses how Aon is addressing the industry’s challenges.

INTERVIEW: CCR RE


How can new reinsurers weather the current storms?

Going into renewal season, how does a relatively young reinsurer see things? Intelligent Insurer spoke to two executives from CCR Re.

INTERVIEW: KATHLEEN REARDON, HISCOX RE & ILS


Rosier outlook for pricing set to continue through 1/1

Hiscox Re & ILS’s CEO sat down in the Re/insurance Lounge to discuss the latest developments.

CLIMATE CHANGE


The shifting foundations of the Atlantic hurricane season

Climate change is one of the most pressing issues facing the global re/insurance industry, and nowhere more so than in Atlantic storm cover, a panel discussed.

HURRICANES


A heavy Atlantic hurricane season is ahead, panel finds

There has already been one significant storm in the US season as Hurricane Ida ripped through large parts of the Gulf Coast, causing widespread flooding and damage.

INTERVIEW: KAREN CLARK


Insurers can no longer avoid climate change

By using the right catastrophe models, insurers can account for climate change in a very clear way, explains cat modelling pioneer Karen Clark.

RENEWALS


The insurance industry’s changing post-pandemic assumptions

Greg Dickerson of AM Best outlines for Monte Carlo Today the biggest issues on the horizon.

POST-PANDEMIC


Climate change and increased rates: today’s menu for re/insurers

What’s in store for the industry after the pandemic? Miller’s Mike Papworth shares his thoughts.

NEWS


SCOR looks ahead

SCOR CEO Rousseau warns not to expect radical changes from the group’s current strategy.

NEWS


Pandemic will bolster demand in APAC

Fitch sees opportunities emerging in the Asia-Pacific region for the sector.

NEWS


A game of two halves

Nat cat losses could derail reinsurance bounce-back: Aon.

NEWS


All change

Property coming to dominate P&C as premiums double, Swiss Re predicts.

NEWS


Clarity needed

Munich Re calls for industry to clarify systemic cyber risk.