Rethinking renewals: optimizing your reinsurance purchasing webinar.

February 10, 2026
Matt Coleman

At a time when many traditional catastrophe (cat) reinsurance treaties have seen a welcome rate reduction, the renewal environment presents unique opportunities and challenges. How can your organization ensure it achieves optimal protection across its reinsurance program? Are additional covers needed to help maintain company ratings and capital resilience throughout the year—particularly in light of the ongoing threat of severe convective storms (SCS)?

Webinar Highlights

  • Carrier perspective: Assessing the financial impact of cats versus severe convective storms over the last several years, with Jake Black (CEO, Innovated Holdings).
  • Rating agency insight: Hear how rating companies reflect losses, combined ratios, and reinsurance protection when determining overall ratings, with Joe Petrelli (President, Demotech).
  • ROI deep-dive: Discover what recoveries you can expect from traditional cat reinsurance versus working-layer SCS solutions, and learn how budget saved at renewal can still be redeployed to fund SCS coverages, with Matt Coleman (President, Reinsurance for Demex).
  • Summary and Live Q&A with the panel