The Best of Europe Revealed - Part 2

Reinsurers

Client Service

Best Reinsurer for Client Service (GWP of More than $2bn)			Best Reinsurer for Client Service (GWP of Less than $2bn)
Rank	Reinsurer	Average	Rank	Reinsurer	Average
1	Swiss Re	7.58	1	QBE Re	7.48
2	Hannover Re	7.16	2	Amlin	7.17
3	XL Catlin	7.05	3	AXIS Re	7.08
4	Munich Re	7.00	4	Sirius International	6.70
5	SCOR	6.88	5	Arch Re	6.55
6	PartnerRe	5.86	6	Tokio Millennium Re	6.50
7	Everest Re	5.68	7	CCR	6.33
8	Gen Re	5.63	8	Hiscox	6.08
	Cat. average	6.82	9	Allianz Re	6.00
			10	Validus Re	5.47
				Cat. average	6.79

Innovation

Best Reinsurer for Innovation (GWP of More than $2bn)			Best Reinsurer for Innovation (GWP of Less than $2bn)
Rank	Reinsurer	Average	Rank	Reinsurer	Average
1	Swiss Re	7.71	1	QBE Re	6.80
2	Hannover Re	7.29	2	AXIS Re	6.72
3	XL Catlin	7.11	3	Sirius International	6.56
4	Munich Re	6.89	4	Arch Re	6.36
5	SCOR	6.78	5	Tokio Millennium Re	6.19
6	Berkshire Hathaway	6.50	6	NewRe	5.79
7	PartnerRe	6.02	7	Allianz Re	5.64
8	Gen Re	5.40	8	Validus Re	5.23
	Cat. average	6.91	9	Polish Re	5.05
			10	Deutsche Rück	4.78
				Cat. average	6.29

Market Knowledge

Best Reinsurer for Market Knowledge (GWP of More than $2bn)			Best Reinsurer for Market Knowledge (GWP of Less than $2bn)
Rank	Reinsurer	Average	Rank	Reinsurer	Average
1	Swiss Re	7.77	1	QBE Re	7.26
2	Munich Re	7.29	2	Amlin	7.20
3	XL Catlin	7.25	3	AXIS Re	6.72
4	Hannover Re	7.22	4	Hiscox	6.38
5	SCOR	7.16	5	CCR	6.34
6	Mapfre Re	6.53	6	ACE Tempest Re	6.33
7	PartnerRe	6.47	7	Arch Re	6.24
8	Berkshire Hathaway	6.17	8	Allianz Re	6.13
	Cat. average	7.16	9	Aspen Re	6.12
			10	Validus Re	5.62
				Cat. average	6.71

Ability to Pay Claims

Best Reinsurer for Ability to Pay Claims (GWP of More than $2bn)			Best Reinsurer for Ability to Pay Claims (GWP of Less than $2bn)
Rank	Reinsurers	Average	Rank	Reinsurers	Average
1	Swiss Re	7.72	1	CCR	7.26
2	Munich Re	7.36	2	QBE Re	7.20
3	SCOR	7.28	3	Amlin	7.14
4	Hannover Re	7.23	4	AXIS Re	6.82
5	XL Catlin	7.08	5	Markel Re	6.70
6	Mapfre Re	7.00	6	Aspen Re	6.61
7	Gen Re	6.41	7	Tokio Millennium Re	6.57
8	Berkshire Hathaway	6.11	8	NewRe	6.42
	Cat. average	7.24	9	Liberty Specialty Markets	6.40
			10	Validus Re	6.00
				Cat. average	6.81

Reinsurance Brokers

Client Service

Best reinsurance broker for Client Service (Turnover of more than $1Bn)			Best reinsurance broker for Client Service (Turnover of less than $1Bn)
Rank	Brokers	Average	Rank	Brokers	Average
1	Guy Carpenter	5.83	1	JLT Re	6.63
2	Aon Benfield	5.81	2	Matrix Brokers	6.58
3	Willis Re	5.78	3	Lockton	6.21
	Cat. average	5.87	4	Miller	6.19
			5	RFIB	6.17
			6	UIB	6.04
			7	König & Reeker	6.04
			8	Hogo	5.70
			9	Malakut	5.62
			10	TigerRisk Partners	5.32
				Cat. average	6.19

Innovation

Best reinsurance broker for Innovation (Turnover of more than $1Bn)			Best reinsurance broker for Innovation (Turnover of less than $1Bn)
Rank	Brokers	Average	Rank	Brokers	Average
1	Aon Benfield	6.00	1	Matrix Brokers	7.17
2	Guy Carpenter	5.93	2	JLT Re	6.97
3	Willis Re	5.68	3	Lockton	6.85
	Cat. average	5.92	4	RFIB	6.80
			5	König & Reeker	6.60
			6	TigerRisk Partners	6.57
			7	Miller	6.41
			8	Malakut	6.30
			9	Beach & Associates	6.09
			10	Cooper Gay	5.90
				Cat. average	6.69

Market Knowledge

Best reinsurance broker for Market Knowledge (Turnover of more than $1Bn)			Best reinsurance broker for Market Knowledge (Turnover of less than $1Bn)
Rank	Brokers	Average	Rank	Brokers	Average
1	Aon Benfield	6.63	1	JLT Re	7.14
2	Guy Carpenter	6.35	2	Matrix Brokers	6.92
3	Willis Re	6.27	3	Lockton	6.87
	Cat. average	6.45	4	UIB	6.84
			5	Howden	6.72
			6	Miller	6.71
			7	Price Forbes	6.50
			8	RK Harrison	6.46
			9	BMS	6.37
			10	Cooper Gay	6.30
				Cat. average	6.78

* The scores show the average score out of ten that each company received in the 2015 survey. The shortlist was presented to respondents in a random order.

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