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14 September 2016Insurance

Top reinsurers to lead push-back on pricing: SCOR

Because of existing earnings pressure due to a soft market and low interest rates, all major reinsurers will shed business if there are further rate decreases in the upcoming renewals season, Benjamin Gentsch, deputy chief executive officer, SCOR, told Monte Carlo Today.

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