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Lloyd's 2025 gross written premium reference
- Country / market
- United Kingdom
- Company / market body
- Lloyd’s
- Metric type
- Gross written premium
- Reference type
- Market scale reference
- Line / segment
- Lloyd's insurance and reinsurance marketplace
- Reporting period
- 2025
- Value
- GBP 57.9 bn
- Source type
- Official market body source
- Source title
- Lloyd's market delivers strong full year performance; very strong balance sheet; increased capital
- Source publication date
- March 19, 2026
- Reviewed
- June 22, 2026
- Status
- Source-reviewed
- Summary
- Lloyd's reported FY2025 gross written premium of GBP 57.9 billion, up 4.2% from FY2024.
- Why it matters
- Premium scale gives readers a public reference for the size of a major specialty risk marketplace that includes reinsurance activity.
- Methodology note
- Treat gross written premium as a scale indicator, not as capacity committed to a specific line.
- Source note
- The source also notes pricing pressure and volume growth in the market.
- Reader caution
- This item does not identify retained risk, ceded risk, or placement availability.
- Official source
- Lloyd's market delivers strong full year performance; very strong balance sheet; increased capital
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Lloyd's 2025 market-wide solvency coverage reference
- Country / market
- United Kingdom
- Company / market body
- Lloyd’s
- Metric type
- Market solvency coverage ratio
- Reference type
- Solvency reference
- Line / segment
- Lloyd's insurance and reinsurance marketplace
- Reporting period
- 2025
- Value
- 200 percent
- Source type
- Official market body source
- Source title
- Lloyd's market delivers strong full year performance; very strong balance sheet; increased capital
- Source publication date
- March 19, 2026
- Reviewed
- June 22, 2026
- Status
- Source-reviewed
- Summary
- Lloyd's reported a market-wide solvency coverage ratio of 200% for FY2025.
- Why it matters
- The ratio helps readers separate broad market balance-sheet strength from individual underwriting appetite.
- Methodology note
- Read this alongside Lloyd's central solvency ratio and its notes on capital and solvency.
- Source note
- The value is shown in Lloyd's FY2025 financial highlights.
- Reader caution
- A solvency ratio does not indicate class-level or region-level reinsurance supply.
- Official source
- Lloyd's market delivers strong full year performance; very strong balance sheet; increased capital
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Lloyd's 2025 total capital reference
- Country / market
- United Kingdom
- Company / market body
- Lloyd’s
- Metric type
- Market capital base
- Reference type
- Capital and solvency reference
- Line / segment
- Lloyd's insurance and reinsurance marketplace
- Reporting period
- 2025
- Value
- GBP 49.8 bn
- Source type
- Official market body source
- Source title
- Lloyd's market delivers strong full year performance; very strong balance sheet; increased capital
- Source publication date
- March 19, 2026
- Reviewed
- June 22, 2026
- Status
- Source-reviewed
- Summary
- Lloyd's reported total capital, reserves, and subordinated loan notes of GBP 49.8 billion at 31 December 2025.
- Why it matters
- Lloyd's is a major specialty insurance and reinsurance marketplace, so its disclosed capital base is a useful public anchor for capacity context.
- Methodology note
- Use Lloyd's own definitions for total capital, reserves, subordinated loan notes, and market solvency when comparing this item with company balance-sheet figures.
- Source note
- The figure is a market-level Lloyd's disclosure for FY2025.
- Reader caution
- This is not a measure of available capacity for any individual placement, class, syndicate, or cedant.
- Official source
- Lloyd's market delivers strong full year performance; very strong balance sheet; increased capital
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Artemis catastrophe bond and ILS market reports reference
- Country / market
- Global
- Metric type
- Catastrophe bond and ILS market report reference
- Reference type
- Public ILS market reference
- Line / segment
- Insurance-linked securities and alternative risk transfer
- Reporting period
- Current market reports page
- Source type
- Open public industry source
- Source title
- Artemis, Catastrophe bond and ILS market reports
- Source publication date
- January 1, 2026
- Reviewed
- June 22, 2026
- Status
- Source-reviewed
- Summary
- Artemis maintains a public page for catastrophe bond and insurance-linked securities market reports, with page metadata showing a 2026-01-01 modification date.
- Why it matters
- Catastrophe bonds and ILS are an important public lens on alternative reinsurance capital.
- Methodology note
- Use each Artemis report's own period and definitions before comparing ILS issuance or outstanding figures.
- Source note
- The source page was used as a public report reference page, not as a copied transaction list.
- Reader caution
- This item is a source reference and does not present a current InsureSouk ILS total.
- Official source
- Artemis, Catastrophe bond and ILS market reports
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Guy Carpenter January 2026 renewal capacity reference
- Country / market
- Global
- Company / market body
- Marsh McLennan
- Metric type
- Dedicated reinsurance capital growth
- Reference type
- Renewal capacity commentary
- Line / segment
- Property catastrophe and multi-line reinsurance
- Reporting period
- January 1, 2026 renewals
- Value
- 9 percent growth in 2025
- Source type
- Open public industry source
- Source title
- Guy Carpenter, Reinsurance buyers experience market softening as reinsurers grow capital following strong returns
- Source publication date
- December 29, 2025
- Reviewed
- June 22, 2026
- Status
- Source-reviewed
- Summary
- Guy Carpenter said expanded reinsurance capacity at January 1, 2026 contributed to accelerated price softening and estimated dedicated reinsurance capital growth of 9% in 2025.
- Why it matters
- Renewal commentary is one of the clearest public signals for capacity availability when official market-wide capacity statistics are limited.
- Methodology note
- Treat the capital-growth figure as Guy Carpenter's estimate and read it with the stated renewal-period scope.
- Source note
- Guy Carpenter is a Marsh business; the item uses the public press release, not gated material.
- Reader caution
- This is broker market commentary and does not establish terms for any buyer, line, or region.
- Official source
- Guy Carpenter, Reinsurance buyers experience market softening as reinsurers grow capital following strong returns
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Guy Carpenter 2025 ILS outstanding limit reference
- Country / market
- Global
- Company / market body
- Marsh McLennan
- Metric type
- Catastrophe bond notional outstanding limit
- Reference type
- Alternative capital reference
- Line / segment
- Insurance-linked securities and property catastrophe risk transfer
- Reporting period
- 2025
- Value
- USD 58 bn-plus
- Source type
- Open public industry source
- Source title
- Guy Carpenter, Reinsurance buyers experience market softening as reinsurers grow capital following strong returns
- Source publication date
- December 29, 2025
- Reviewed
- June 22, 2026
- Status
- Source-reviewed
- Summary
- Guy Carpenter said catastrophe bond issuance continued to reach all-time highs and total notional outstanding limit exceeded USD 58 billion in 2025.
- Why it matters
- Insurance-linked securities can supplement traditional reinsurance capital for peak catastrophe risks.
- Methodology note
- Use the source wording as a market signal; do not treat the value as an InsureSouk-maintained ILS total.
- Source note
- The reference is limited to the public press release's ILS statement.
- Reader caution
- Notional outstanding limit is not the same as immediately available capacity for a specific cedant or peril.
- Official source
- Guy Carpenter, Reinsurance buyers experience market softening as reinsurers grow capital following strong returns
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Munich Re 2025 group equity reference
- Country / market
- Germany
- Company / market body
- Munich Re
- Metric type
- Group equity
- Reference type
- Reinsurer capital reference
- Line / segment
- Munich Re group
- Reporting period
- 2025
- Value
- EUR 33.421 bn
- Source type
- Official annual report
- Source title
- Munich Re Group Annual Report 2025
- Reviewed
- June 22, 2026
- Status
- Source-reviewed
- Summary
- Munich Re's 2025 group annual report lists group equity of EUR 33.421 billion.
- Why it matters
- Group equity is a public capital reference for a major global reinsurer.
- Methodology note
- Use Munich Re's IFRS basis and report notes when comparing this figure with other reinsurers.
- Source note
- The annual-report PDF was used because it exposes the line-item table; the checked annual-report page did not display a separate publication date.
- Reader caution
- Group equity does not translate directly into line-specific reinsurance appetite.
- Official source
- Munich Re Group Annual Report 2025
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Munich Re 2025 reinsurance insurance revenue reference
- Country / market
- Germany
- Company / market body
- Munich Re
- Metric type
- Reinsurance insurance revenue from contracts issued
- Reference type
- Reinsurer scale reference
- Line / segment
- Reinsurance
- Reporting period
- 2025
- Value
- EUR 38.731 bn
- Source type
- Official annual report
- Source title
- Munich Re Group Annual Report 2025
- Reviewed
- June 22, 2026
- Status
- Source-reviewed
- Summary
- Munich Re's annual report lists 2025 reinsurance insurance revenue from contracts issued of EUR 38.731 billion.
- Why it matters
- The figure gives readers a public scale reference for Munich Re's reinsurance field of business.
- Methodology note
- Insurance revenue from contracts issued is an IFRS 17 reporting measure and should not be compared mechanically with gross written premium.
- Source note
- The source separates reinsurance from ERGO and lists reinsurance key figures in the annual report.
- Reader caution
- Revenue scale is not a promise of renewal capacity or pricing.
- Official source
- Munich Re Group Annual Report 2025
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