Specialist treaty and facultative reinsurance
Insights
Research and commentary on the risk themes Global RE considers when evaluating treaty and facultative proposals.
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Hyperscale data centre projects have grown so large that the insurance market can no longer cover many of them to full value. We look at the capacity gap, hail and heat exposure, and what engineering and property reinsurers need to see.
Engineering underwriting team - Global RE Underwriting
Surety capacity is still easy to find, and rates have barely moved. But higher material costs, delayed projects and bigger contracts are squeezing contractors. Here is how we read the surety market going into 2027.
Surety underwriting team - Global RE Underwriting
Property catastrophe reinsurance rates are heading lower again at January 1. Our treaty team explains why attachment points, wordings and exposure data will decide the quality of a programme more than the headline rate change.
Treaty underwriting team - Global RE Underwriting
Forecasters expected a below-average 2026 Atlantic hurricane season. Then Isaias made landfall on the US Gulf coast in October. We look at early loss estimates, aggregate covers and what it means for 1/1 property catastrophe renewals.
Property underwriting team - Global RE Underwriting
Marine war-risk premiums for Gulf transits have swung wildly through 2026 as the conflict around the Strait of Hormuz flared, calmed and flared again. Our marine team looks at accumulation, wordings and where reinsurance capacity is coming back.
Marine underwriting team - Global RE Underwriting
Artificial intelligence is changing how reinsurance submissions are read, cleaned and prioritised. It is also creating silent AI exposures in liability portfolios. We look at both sides.
Analytics team - Global RE Risk Science
Catastrophe bond issuance is running at a record pace again in 2026. We explain where insurance-linked securities compete hardest with traditional reinsurance, and where a specialist reinsurer still adds the most.
Retrocession and capital team - Global RE Capital Management
The Gulf project pipeline is still enormous, even after the 2026 conflict slowed contract awards. We look at accumulation, heat and flood exposure, contractor quality and how surety bonds fit alongside construction all risks cover.
Engineering underwriting team - Global RE Underwriting
A single cloud region failure can touch thousands of policies at once. We break down the dependency mapping behind our cyber accumulation view, and why we cap systemic exposure at portfolio rather than treaty level.
Analytics team - Global RE Risk Science
For the eighth consecutive year, so-called secondary perils contributed more to insured losses than named windstorms. We examine what that means for per-risk pricing and aggregate deductibles.
Property underwriting team - Global RE Underwriting
Risk-adjusted property rates softened modestly at 1 June and 1 July while liability terms tightened. Our view on where the cycle sits and which structures we are still prepared to write.
Underwriting committee - Global RE Underwriting
Large verdicts above $10M have grown at a compound rate far above wage or repair-cost inflation. We share the trend selections our liability underwriters are watching.
Casualty underwriting team - Global RE Underwriting
Construction and engineering portfolios are shaped by project stage, contractor quality, testing exposure, and documentation depth. Our underwriting team explains the controls we look for before supporting engineering programmes.
Engineering underwriting team - Global RE Underwriting
Reinsurance contracts held remain the most frequently restated element of insurer disclosures. Practical guidance for cedants preparing their year-end position.
Accounting and technical team - Global RE Technical Accounting
In markets where loss adjustment infrastructure is thin, index-based cover pays in weeks rather than years. Lessons from four sovereign and municipal programmes.
Specialty underwriting team - Global RE Underwriting
