Property cat XoL reinsurance rates expected to fall by at least 10% at 1.1 2027, reports KBW

KBW, a financial services firm providing research and advisory services across the insurance and reinsurance sectors, expects property catastrophe excess-of-loss (XoL) reinsurance rates to fall by at least 10% at the 1 January 2027 renewals. The outlook comes from KBW’s commentary following the 2026 Rendez-Vous de Septembre (RVS), where the firm met with 16 companies…

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Bloc Cyber launches as new cyber insurance and technology E&O brokerage

Bloc Cyber, a specialty cyber insurance brokerage, has officially launched as an independent, carrier-agnostic firm aiming to serve regulated industries nationwide. The firm, headquartered in The Woodlands, Texas, provides access to over 100 specialty cyber carriers and delivers quote turnarounds in under 24 hours. With compliance-mapped programmes addressing HIPAA, CMMC, PCI-DSS, FERPA, GLBA, and SOC…

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Significant pressure required to change pricing direction, market remains rate-adequate: Berenberg

Significant pressure would be required to push reinsurance pricing to change direction from a continued easing to a hardening signal, nevertheless, the consensus at the 2026 Monte Carlo Rendez-Vous de Septembre (RVS) was that pricing remains adequate, according to Berenberg. At RVS 2026, Berenberg analysts met with representatives of Hannover Re, Hiscox, Munich Re, SCOR,…

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Ascot bolsters US senior leadership team

Global specialty re/insurance company Ascot Group has bolstered its US Regional Executive Leadership team, expanded the North America Distribution role, and consolidated seven US business segments into five product verticals. Together, these changes aim to align underwriting expertise and regional leadership more closely around the exposures, geographies, and client segments Ascot serves. The appointments and…

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US commercial insurance prices saw an aggregate increase of 0.5% in Q2’26: WTW

In the second quarter of 2026, U.S. commercial insurance prices continued to grow, with an aggregate price increase of 0.5%, according to WTW’s latest Commercial Lines Insurance Pricing Survey. The survey compares premiums for policies underwritten during the quarter with those for the same coverage in the prior year. The aggregate price increase in Q2’26…

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