The Rendez-Vous de Septembre in Monte Carlo may have been cancelled for the first time – due to COVID-19 – but the re/insurance industry has long and proud traditions. For more than 60 years, executives have travelled to Monte Carlo in September to start the process of negotiating the year-end renewals.

Despite there being no event, that same ritual will take place this year – in a virtual setting. Press conferences and roundtables are going ahead; and senior executives are giving interviews putting their markers down in terms of their expectations for changes in rates and terms and conditions.

On this basis, we are publishing our Monte Carlo newsletter Monte Carlo Today – usually distributed live at the event – as we have always done. We will interview senior executives, attend the virtual events and ensure our readers have their finger on the pulse of the industry at this critical and unprecedented time.

We hope you find the content in the following pages as useful and insightful as you have always done. We miss seeing the industry face to face as well, but we will still do what we have always done: report on the most important events, news stories, opinions and debates to keep our readers informed and ahead of the game as they make decisions.

Wyn Jenkins
Managing Editor
Intelligent Insurer