{"id":193765,"date":"2026-02-20T09:03:52","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T09:03:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.reinsurancene.ws\/?p=193765"},"modified":"2026-02-23T12:03:20","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T12:03:20","slug":"qbe-sees-strong-sustainable-outcome-at-jan-1-as-retentions-fall-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reinsurancene.ws\/qbe-sees-strong-sustainable-outcome-at-jan-1-as-retentions-fall-again\/","title":{"rendered":"QBE sees &#8216;strong &#038; sustainable&#8217; outcome at Jan 1 as retentions fall again"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Alongside its full-year 2025 results, QBE has also provided an update on its January 1, 2026, reinsurance renewal, where it secured a further reduction in retentions on its main catastrophe reinsurance tower amid favourable market conditions.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-157143\" src=\"https:\/\/www.reinsurancene.ws\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/qbe-sydney.jpg\" alt=\"qbe-sydney\" width=\"360\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.reinsurancene.ws\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/qbe-sydney.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.reinsurancene.ws\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/qbe-sydney-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.reinsurancene.ws\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/qbe-sydney-768x480.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.reinsurancene.ws\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/qbe-sydney-200x125.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.reinsurancene.ws\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/qbe-sydney-100x63.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/>QBE CFO Chris Killourhy said his firm delivered another strong and sustainable reinsurance outcome at the renewal, adding that QBE&#8217;s diversification across regions and lines of business makes it a highly sought-after proposition in the market.<\/p>\n<p>Killourhy added, \u201cGiven the support of our strong reinsurer relationships, we were again able to reduce the attachment point of our cat program now to $250 million, that\u2019s a reduction of almost 40% in just two years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is at a time when, in the market more generally, attachment points and terms and conditions are rarely moving. Ultimately, we see this as strong external validation of our approach to portfolio management and the initiatives we\u2019ve executed to reduce problematic exposures.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Readers may recall that at the January 1, 2025, renewal, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reinsurancene.ws\/qbe-able-to-meaningfully-reduce-cat-reinsurance-retentions-at-jan-1-renewal\/\">QBE\u2019s main catastrophe reinsurance retention fell by $100 million year-on-year to $300 million, which the firm attributed to portfolio optimisation initiatives<\/a>.<\/p><div class=\"reins-in-every-article\" id=\"reins-2121657187\"><div id=\"reins-257426132\" style=\"margin-bottom: 10px;\"><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.artemis.bm\/dashboard\/cat-bond-ils-market-statistics\/\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Artemis catastrophe bond market charts and visualisations\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.reinsurancene.ws\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/new-artemis-cat-bond-charts-dashboard-728x90-banner.jpg\" alt=\"Artemis catastrophe bond market charts and visualisations\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/www.reinsurancene.ws\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/new-artemis-cat-bond-charts-dashboard-728x90-banner.jpg 1456w, https:\/\/www.reinsurancene.ws\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/new-artemis-cat-bond-charts-dashboard-728x90-banner-300x37.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.reinsurancene.ws\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/new-artemis-cat-bond-charts-dashboard-728x90-banner-1024x127.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.reinsurancene.ws\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/new-artemis-cat-bond-charts-dashboard-728x90-banner-768x95.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.reinsurancene.ws\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/new-artemis-cat-bond-charts-dashboard-728x90-banner-200x25.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.reinsurancene.ws\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/new-artemis-cat-bond-charts-dashboard-728x90-banner-100x12.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1456px) 100vw, 1456px\" width=\"728\" height=\"90\"   \/><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<p>In the US, the retention reduced from $350 million at the January 1, 2024, renewal to $300 million for 2025, while in Australia it declined to $260 million from $325 million last year.<\/p>\n<p>For the rest of the world, QBE\u2019s retention dropped to $135 million for 2025, compared with $250 million in 2024, completing a broad-based reduction across its major regions.<\/p>\n<p>At January 1 2026, the Australian insurer continued this trend and reduced the attachment of its main catastrophe excess-of-loss reinsurance treaty to $250 million for the US and Australia.<\/p>\n<p>For the rest of the world, the main cat XoL reinsurance treaty now attaches at $200 million, with some differentiation and as low as $100 million for Asia Pacific and Latin America.<\/p>\n<p>You can see this in detail in the diagram below:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-193771\" src=\"https:\/\/www.reinsurancene.ws\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/qbe-reinsurance-attachments-2026.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"497\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.reinsurancene.ws\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/qbe-reinsurance-attachments-2026.png 638w, https:\/\/www.reinsurancene.ws\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/qbe-reinsurance-attachments-2026-242x300.png 242w, https:\/\/www.reinsurancene.ws\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/qbe-reinsurance-attachments-2026-161x200.png 161w, https:\/\/www.reinsurancene.ws\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/qbe-reinsurance-attachments-2026-81x100.png 81w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>According to QBE, 2025 underscored the resilience of its underlying business settings, a position further strengthened by the \u201cpleasing outcome\u201d achieved at the 2026 reinsurance renewal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese strong, and much improved foundations will support more consistent and predictable outcomes,\u201d QBE added.<\/p>\n<p>QBE CEO Andrew Horton commented on the January 1 2026 reinsurance renewal, \u201cWe achieved quite significant savings on the new program, and our cat budget will be a touch lower year-over-year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThrough the recent reinsurance renewal, we\u2019re also able to lower the retention for our risk excess of loss cover.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The coverage would generally attach for non-cat large claims of $50 million previously, and in many instances, that is now just $25 million. This will help manage large claim volatility.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>QBE&#8217;s simplified 2026 reinsurance programme is shown below:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-193772\" src=\"https:\/\/www.reinsurancene.ws\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/qbe-2026-reinsurance-program.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"437\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.reinsurancene.ws\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/qbe-2026-reinsurance-program.png 2012w, https:\/\/www.reinsurancene.ws\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/qbe-2026-reinsurance-program-300x165.png 300w, https:\/\/www.reinsurancene.ws\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/qbe-2026-reinsurance-program-1024x560.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.reinsurancene.ws\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/qbe-2026-reinsurance-program-768x420.png 768w, https:\/\/www.reinsurancene.ws\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/qbe-2026-reinsurance-program-1536x840.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.reinsurancene.ws\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/qbe-2026-reinsurance-program-200x109.png 200w, https:\/\/www.reinsurancene.ws\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/qbe-2026-reinsurance-program-100x55.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alongside its full-year 2025 results, QBE has also provided an update on its January 1, 2026, reinsurance renewal, where it secured a further reduction in retentions on its main catastrophe reinsurance tower amid favourable market conditions. 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