Proceedings of the Researchers‘ Corner for the 18th Annual Meeting of the Sponsoring Group Reinsurance 2025

The 18th Annual Meeting of the Sponsoring Group Reinsurance [Förderkreis Rückversicherung] was held 4 July 2025 in Niederkassel, near Cologne. Some 90 representatives of the (re)insurance companies involved in the Sponsoring Group took part in the meeting, along with guests. Offered for the eleventh time as part of the Annual Meeting, the Researchers’ Corner gave the seven academic researchers at the Cologne Research Centre for Reinsurance an opportunity to deliver a presentation on the research project in which each is involved in 2025. Over the course of three sessions, the most important results of the scientific studies by the Cologne Research Centre for Reinsurance were presented and discussed. The heterogeneity of the topics presented reflects the dovetailing of Cologne Research Centre with reinsurance practice. Session 1 a) Dr. Frank Cremer (PhD, FCII): International IT security analysis: Comparing enterprise vulnerabilities and risks b) Lihong Wang (M.Sc., FCII): Shanghai Insurance Exchange Center (SIEC): Innovation and global influence Session 2 a) Justine Klute (M.Sc.): Cat bonds vs. traditional reinsurance – A comparison of market trends and performance b) Jörg Dirks (M.Sc., FCII): Loss of biodiversity – How can reinsurers adapt their underwriting? c) Adrian Hamm (M.Sc.): The role of the SII review in calculating volatility adjustments Session 3 a) Erik Winkler (LL.B, M.Sc.): The marine liability market post-Baltimore – Missed opportunity or used chance? b) Fabian Lassen (M.Sc., FCII): Tariff policy and reinsurance: A European view of US trade measures With the publication series, ‘Proceedings of the Researchers’ Corner’, the Cologne Research Centre for Reinsurance meets the desire for publication of the research results of our researchers along with the related discussions. The titles are reproduced in keeping with the above agenda of the Researchers’ Corner for the 18th Annual Meeting of the Sponsoring Group Reinsurance.