DiscoverInsurance Insider - Behind the HeadlinesBehind the Headlines: Aon's Alfonso Valera and Steve Hofmann pre-Monte Carlo briefing
Behind the Headlines: Aon's Alfonso Valera and Steve Hofmann pre-Monte Carlo briefing

Behind the Headlines: Aon's Alfonso Valera and Steve Hofmann pre-Monte Carlo briefing

Update: 2025-09-04
Share

Description

What’s next for the reinsurance market as Monte Carlo approaches?

Conference season is here, and reinsurers are preparing to descend on Monte Carlo for the annual Rendezvous de Septembre — the traditional starting gun for 1 January renewal discussions.

In this week’s Behind the Headlines, Aon Reinsurance Solutions International CEO Alfonso Valera says an influx of reinsurance capital has tipped the scales firmly in buyers’ favor. His colleague, Steve Hofmann, CEO of Americas, highlights the resilience of reinsurer performance, with carriers absorbing the major California wildfire loss and still reporting underwriting profits.

Plus, Insurance Insider US director of research Amit Kumar breaks down Sompo’s $3.5bn acquisition of Aspen in our news review.

Comments 
In Channel
loading
00:00
00:00
x

0.5x

0.8x

1.0x

1.25x

1.5x

2.0x

3.0x

Sleep Timer

Off

End of Episode

5 Minutes

10 Minutes

15 Minutes

30 Minutes

45 Minutes

60 Minutes

120 Minutes

Behind the Headlines: Aon's Alfonso Valera and Steve Hofmann pre-Monte Carlo briefing

Behind the Headlines: Aon's Alfonso Valera and Steve Hofmann pre-Monte Carlo briefing

Sam Casey