Perspectives is our leadership team’s latest thinking within the industries we operate in.
Reinsurers have found a new source of strategic leverage — and it is digital. As their platforms mature into full-scale risk solutions, they are not just supporting underwriting. They are starting to shape how reinsurance is placed, priced, and grown.
Over the last 18 months, ESG has become a lightning rod — challenged politically, questioned commercially, and diluted by overuse. In response, some asset owners have reclassified assets. A few managers have stepped back from public commitments. And more than a few headlines have declared ESG’s demise. But our most recent Study suggests something else entirely.
While the age of ‘gentlemen’s agreements’ has long since passed, trust remains at the foundation of all reinsurance partnerships. It follows that trust associations of reinsurer brands offers a valuable lens on current (and future) performance.
Our 2024 Global Top 50 P&C Re Brand Rankings highlight the differentiated brand experience of reinsurers, offering insights into overall brand performance.
Specialist managers excel in private markets, while diversified firms leverage strong brands to dominate retail alternatives. With rising competition, the landscape is shifting as firms expand product availability and outreach.
Today’s winning asset managers differentiate themselves by contemporary products, captive distribution, and a strategic focus on core capabilities despite a challenging marketplace.
In the dynamic realm of US Group Life & Disability insurance, insurers continuously adapt to challenges. Key priorities include modernising technology, embracing data analytics, and understanding customers.
The anticipation is for a moderation in the number of IFA firms selling to Consolidators in 2023. Strategic buyers, aligning their offerings with the more comprehensive requirements of selling adviser-owners, are likely to experience a renewed influx in their prospect pipelines.
Good brands bring competitive benefit. This is especially true in reinsurance, an industry where partnerships and capabilities are critical to out-performance longer term. Our 2023 Top 50 global brand rankings for Property & Casualty reinsurance offer insight into overall brand performance.
Specialist alternatives managers have taken the lion’s share of alternatives inflows and enjoyed the associated high margins, but the shift to focus on retail demand for alternatives plays right into the hands of traditional asset managers.
