Sep 24, 2026 · 19 min · 7 segments
With another Rendez-vous de Septembre wrapped up and renewal negotiations under way, Insurance Day podcast host Francis Churchil sits down with editor Michael Faulkner to talk about the key themes of…
Michael FaulknerGuest
Francis ChurchillHostSo obviously, Monte Carlo's kind of like the kickoff for, uh, for, for the renewal negotiations.
It's well known for being, uh, a, an opportunity for the, for the executives to, you know, set their stall out.
When are we gonna have a better idea of, uh, of, I guess, what shape the market's in and what, what one more might look like?
It is where people, uh, there's a lot of posturing, a lot of, uh, s- some people might say hot air.
We are still midway through a very quiet hurricane season, but something could happen, um, that might change the market.
It's going to be, you know, it's gonna be some, some months, I think, before, you know, we get a sense how firm reinsurers will be, how, how red will their red lines be.
To what extent will brokers be successful at getting price reductions or moving the structures? I think, you know, it's gonna t- It's, it will be, it will be, um, will be some time before we get a, get a real sense of how, how the market's changing.
But I think it's gonna be really interesting to see, you know, what ultimately comes out, when we start to get a feel for things in, you know, like December as to how things are, uh, how things are progressing.
And, uh, look forward to talking again in January and, you know, discuss about how things have, how things have turned out.
So obviously, Monte Carlo's kind of like the kickoff for, uh, for, for the renewal negotiations.
It's well known for being, uh, a, an opportunity for the, for the executives to, you know, set their stall out.
When are we gonna have a better idea of, uh, of, I guess, what shape the market's in and what, what one more might look like?
It is where people, uh, there's a lot of posturing, a lot of, uh, s- some people might say hot air.
We are still midway through a very quiet hurricane season, but something could happen, um, that might change the market.
It's going to be, you know, it's gonna be some, some months, I think, before, you know, we get a sense how firm reinsurers will be, how, how red will their red lines be.
To what extent will brokers be successful at getting price reductions or moving the structures? I think, you know, it's gonna t- It's, it will be, it will be, um, will be some time before we get a, get a real sense of how, how the market's changing.
But I think it's gonna be really interesting to see, you know, what ultimately comes out, when we start to get a feel for things in, you know, like December as to how things are, uh, how things are progressing.
And, uh, look forward to talking again in January and, you know, discuss about how things have, how things have turned out.
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