20 October 2015Alternative Risk Transfer

Reinsurers may have to draw line in sand on rates

Rates on some lines of business in Europe are now so low that some reinsurers will need to make tough decisions during this renewals and, potentially, draw a line in the sand, Andrew Barnard, managing director, head of international property catastrophe and retro reinsurance for Markel Global Reinsurance, told Baden-Baden Today.

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