The big issues: Rendez-Vous 2013

The industry is warming up for the start of yet another busy renewals schedule, and the mood is perhaps different from previous years. With no big catastrophe losses to cope with (at the time of going to press), more fundamental issues are likely to be the main discussion points at this year’s Monte Carlo Rendez-Vous—most notably potential changes in the capital structure of the industry caused by the ever-growing influx of alternative capacity.