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Global Reinsurance Industry Profile & Value Chain Analysis

Global Reinsurance Industry Profile & Value Chain Analysis

Summary

Global reinsurance industry profile provides top-line qualitative and quantitative summary information including: market share, market size (value 2013-17, and forecast to 2022). The profile also contains descriptions of the leading players including key financial metrics and analysis of competitive pressures within the market.

The value/supply chain analysis reveals the business activities which comprise the global reinsurance market’s value/supply chain. All key stages are highlighted, along with examples of companies active, and assessments of the burning issues for every stage of the value/supply chain. Key value/supply chain stages analyzed include ICT suppliers, reinsurers, insurers, and policyholders

Synopsis

Essential resource for top-line data and analysis covering the global reinsurance market. Includes market size and segmentation data, textual and graphical analysis of market growth trends, leading companies and macroeconomic information.

Key Highlights

- The global reinsurance market is valued as the amount of direct insurance ceded to reinsurers according to that line of business.
- The global reinsurance market had total net written premiums of $180.4bn in 2017, representing a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 3.5% between 2013 and 2017.
- The US makes up a major portion of the global reinsurance market and stagnation within the US market is a major reason for the decline in 2015. Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, Maria and Nate caused devastation across the Americas in 2017 and resulted in a record for the most expensive hurricane season and most loss-affected year for reinsurers such as Munich Re. Areas in the Caribbean, such as Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic were hit repeatedly with storms while Louisiana and other Gulf Coast states faced multiple landfalls in August and September.
- Money collected in premiums by investors can be invested while waiting to pay out claims. As a result, many different investors, such as private equity firms and pension funds, as well as rival Asian firms looking to expand in the US and Bermuda, are interested in reinsurance. Although growth is not expected to reach 2017 levels in the next five years, unpredictable events could change the value of the market unexpectedly.
- Advances in blockchain systems further strengthen the bond between the largest ICT suppliers and reinsurers, leaving small companies behind
- Reinsurers are large financial companies with a risky substitute product, and a tendency to integrate throughout the value chain.

Scope

- Save time carrying out entry-level research by identifying the size, growth, major segments, and leading players in the reinsurance market
- Use the Five Forces analysis to determine the competitive intensity and therefore attractiveness of the global reinsurance market
- Leading company profiles reveal details of key reinsurance market players’ global operations and financial performance
- Add weight to presentations and pitches by understanding the future growth prospects of the Global reinsurance market with five year forecasts
- -Quickly and easily identify the key stages and sub-stages of the global reinsurance market value/supply chain
- See examples of companies active at each stage of the global reinsurance market value/supply chain
- Examine trends and burning issues impacting the global reinsurance market value/supply chain

Reasons to buy

- What was the size of the global reinsurance market by value in 2017?
- What will be the size of the global reinsurance market in 2022?
- What factors are affecting the strength of competition in the global reinsurance market?
- How has the market performed over the last five years?
- Who are the top competitors in the global reinsurance market?
- What are the key stages of the global reinsurance market value/supply chain?