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Renewals saw reinsurers keen to deploy capital, buyers focused on banking savings – Gallagher Re’s Kerton

2026-02-02T08:00:00+00:00By David Benyon

Three years of strong profitability left reinsurers comfortable with their risks despite softened rates, while cedants prioritised reduced cost over additional protection

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In Focus: The impending ‘peril’ of underinvesting in reinsurance talent

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Briefing: Overarching soft reinsurance market at 1/1 sets out insurer opportunities for 2026

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Opinion: The feedback disconnect – why managers are scared to talk to gen Z

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Insurance business middle managers are veering away from feedback conversations with younger staffers, but learning how to deliver professional advice successfully to this generation can unlock retention and performance benefits

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Briefing: Soft market supports succession of MGAs and protects against ‘day of reckoning’

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Market commentators predict that MGAs fare better in the current soft market cycle versus their insurer peers – but does this success have an end date or is ‘the rise of MGAs’ unstoppable?

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Hildur Smaradottir and Karsten Ries: How a Nordic IoT partnership has scaled proactive insurance

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Insurance Times talks with Ohma chief executive Hildur Smaradottir and Onics chief executive Karsten Ries, to discuss how a Nordic insurance partnership has capitalised on the technology behind the Internet of Things and what the UK might stand to learn from their successes