Property cat down double digit 1/1 even as cedants add cover: Guy Carpenter

Global property cat treaty may have seen a 12% rate reduction at the 1/1 renewals, with abundant reinsurer capacity “easily” handling both renewal limit and a 5% to 10% increase in cedant demand, reinsurance brokerage Guy Carpenter said of its rate on line renewal index calculations.

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