Reinsurance
Empowering brokers to deliver enhanced risk solutions through tailored reinsurance programmes that optimise capacity and mitigate exposure.
Reinsurance is a crucial tool for insurers, enabling them to manage risk, stabilise their portfolios, and protect against catastrophic losses. For brokers, offering reinsurance solutions provides the opportunity to deliver innovative capacity support and improve client resilience in an increasingly complex risk environment.
Our reinsurance services focus on helping brokers create customised programmes that address unique client needs. From treaty and facultative reinsurance to alternative risk transfer mechanisms, we work with brokers to secure optimal terms, access specialised markets, and deliver tailored solutions. By leveraging our expertise, brokers can build long-term relationships, enhance their market offerings, and ensure their clients are well protected against volatility and uncertainty.
Our expertise. Reinsurance.
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Customised Reinsurance Programme Design
We partner with brokers to design bespoke reinsurance programmes that align with their clients’ risk profiles and operational goals. This includes identifying appropriate structures, such as treaty or facultative reinsurance, and negotiating favourable terms with reinsurers.
Our tailored approach ensures that brokers can offer solutions that mitigate exposure and optimise capital efficiency for their clients. By addressing specific needs, we help brokers differentiate themselves and provide exceptional value to insurers.
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Access to Global Reinsurance Markets
Navigating the global reinsurance landscape requires deep market knowledge and strong relationships with reinsurers. We provide brokers with access to an extensive network of reinsurers, ensuring they can secure the capacity and expertise needed to meet their client’s requirements.
From traditional markets to innovative alternative risk transfer solutions, our team helps brokers explore opportunities that deliver both stability and flexibility. This ensures their clients benefit from comprehensive protection and competitive pricing.
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Risk Transfer and Capital Optimisation
Reinsurance plays a critical role in transferring risk and optimising capital. We assist brokers in structuring solutions that reduce exposure to catastrophic events, stabilise loss ratios, and improve financial resilience for their clients.
By helping insurers free up capital, brokers can position themselves as trusted partners in driving growth and sustainability. Our expertise ensures that every reinsurance programme is designed to balance risk and reward effectively.
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Claims Support and Dispute Resolution
Managing claims in reinsurance requires precision, transparency, and expertise. We support brokers in ensuring that all claims are handled efficiently, from initial notification to resolution.
Our proactive approach minimises delays and fosters trust between brokers, insurers, and reinsurers. In cases of disputes, we provide guidance to ensure fair outcomes, protecting the interests of all parties involved.
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Ongoing Programme Optimisation and Monitoring
Reinsurance is a dynamic process that requires regular evaluation and adjustment. We help brokers monitor the performance of their clients’ reinsurance programmes, ensuring they remain aligned with evolving risk profiles and market conditions.
By providing detailed analytics and insights, we enable brokers to refine their strategies, adapt to new challenges, and maintain the long-term effectiveness of their reinsurance solutions.
We partner with brokers to design bespoke reinsurance programmes that align with their clients’ risk profiles and operational goals. This includes identifying appropriate structures, such as treaty or facultative reinsurance, and negotiating favourable terms with reinsurers.
Our tailored approach ensures that brokers can offer solutions that mitigate exposure and optimise capital efficiency for their clients. By addressing specific needs, we help brokers differentiate themselves and provide exceptional value to insurers.
Navigating the global reinsurance landscape requires deep market knowledge and strong relationships with reinsurers. We provide brokers with access to an extensive network of reinsurers, ensuring they can secure the capacity and expertise needed to meet their client’s requirements.
From traditional markets to innovative alternative risk transfer solutions, our team helps brokers explore opportunities that deliver both stability and flexibility. This ensures their clients benefit from comprehensive protection and competitive pricing.
Reinsurance plays a critical role in transferring risk and optimising capital. We assist brokers in structuring solutions that reduce exposure to catastrophic events, stabilise loss ratios, and improve financial resilience for their clients.
By helping insurers free up capital, brokers can position themselves as trusted partners in driving growth and sustainability. Our expertise ensures that every reinsurance programme is designed to balance risk and reward effectively.
Managing claims in reinsurance requires precision, transparency, and expertise. We support brokers in ensuring that all claims are handled efficiently, from initial notification to resolution.
Our proactive approach minimises delays and fosters trust between brokers, insurers, and reinsurers. In cases of disputes, we provide guidance to ensure fair outcomes, protecting the interests of all parties involved.
Reinsurance is a dynamic process that requires regular evaluation and adjustment. We help brokers monitor the performance of their clients’ reinsurance programmes, ensuring they remain aligned with evolving risk profiles and market conditions.
By providing detailed analytics and insights, we enable brokers to refine their strategies, adapt to new challenges, and maintain the long-term effectiveness of their reinsurance solutions.
The benefits of choosing Exance Reinsurance
Smarter
Solutions
A+ to unrated, we have paper to match your specific requirements
Proven
Track Record
A trusted reputation for excellence and long-term client success
Exceptional
Underwriting
Comprehensive coverage with flexible custom risk solutions
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Duncan UrquartHead of Construction and Surety
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Head of Construction and Surety
With over 35 years in construction insurance and surety, Duncan brings exceptional expertise to Exance. Most recently as Head of Construction Underwriting at Specialty MGA, he built a successful construction portfolio achieving USD 9.4M GWP. His career spans senior roles at Willis Towers Watson, Lockton, Marsh and Sedgwick, where he developed deep expertise in programme design, risk assessment and portfolio management. Duncan’s proven track record in building successful teams, implementing effective risk controls and maintaining strong loss ratios makes him ideally positioned to lead Exance’s strategic growth across multiple lines.
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Jordan CampHead of Operations and Distribution
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Head of Operations and Distribution
Jordan’s career began in niche insurance sales, building deep client relationships across diverse sectors. Over the past decade, he has helped insurers expand their distribution channels and product offerings in specialist markets. As Head of Operations & Distribution at Exance, he focuses on developing strong broker and insurer partnerships while ensuring our products meet market needs. His approach balances growth with operational excellence as we strategically expand our team.
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Mark Griffin Dip CII MCMICEO
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CEO
With over 30 years in insurance, Mark brings comprehensive leadership experience across underwriting, claims and strategic growth. Beginning at General Accident, he played a key role in the CGU and Norwich Union merger to form Aviva. During 11 years at NHBC, he focused on structural warranty products and building construction sector relationships. As CEO of Exance, Mark’s deep industry knowledge and track record in underwriting excellence drives our strategic growth and development of strong insurer partnerships.
Frequently Asked Questions
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What is reinsurance?
Reinsurance is a contractual agreement where an insurer transfers part of its risk to another insurance company (the reinsurer). This helps insurers reduce exposure to large losses, stabilise their portfolios, and manage capital more effectively.
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How does reinsurance benefit brokers?
Reinsurance allows brokers to offer tailored capacity solutions, enhance client risk management, and access global markets. By delivering reinsurance expertise, brokers can strengthen their value proposition and build long-term client relationships.
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What are the main types of reinsurance?
The two primary types of reinsurance are treaty and facultative. Treaty reinsurance covers a portfolio of risks under one agreement, while facultative reinsurance is arranged for individual risks. We help brokers determine the best approach for their clients.
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What is the role of brokers in reinsurance?
Brokers act as intermediaries, helping insurers identify their reinsurance needs, negotiate terms with reinsurers, and structure programmes that align with their goals. We support brokers by providing expertise, market access, and operational support.
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How can brokers access global reinsurance markets?
Accessing global reinsurance markets requires strong relationships and deep market knowledge. We provide brokers with direct connections to reinsurers worldwide, ensuring they can secure competitive and comprehensive solutions for their clients.
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What is alternative risk transfer (ART)?
Alternative Risk Transfer includes innovative solutions like insurance-linked securities (ILS), catastrophe bonds, and parametric reinsurance. These approaches offer additional flexibility and capacity for managing complex or non-traditional risks. We help brokers explore and implement Alternative Risk Transfer solutions.
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How does reinsurance support capital optimisation?
By transferring risk to reinsurers, insurers can reduce the capital they need to hold against potential losses. This frees up resources for growth and investment. Brokers play a critical role in structuring reinsurance programmes that maximise these benefits.
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What challenges do brokers face in reinsurance?
Challenges include navigating market cycles, negotiating terms, and ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements. We help brokers overcome these obstacles through tailored advice, market insights, and operational support.
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What are the regulatory considerations for reinsurance?
Reinsurance must comply with local and international regulations, including solvency requirements and reporting standards. We guide brokers in ensuring their clients’ programmes meet all necessary regulatory frameworks.
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How do brokers ensure reinsurance programmes remain effective?
Regular monitoring, performance reviews, and market analysis are essential to maintaining effective reinsurance programmes. We provide brokers with tools and insights to adapt strategies and ensure long-term success.