Martin’s RVS gossip – IERM Weekly

<p>Fresh from Monte Carlo, Martin Assmann gives us the inside track from RVS 2026, from softening reinsurance rates and growing competition to alternative capital, data centres and the risks everyone was talking about behind closed doors.</p><p>Plus, Ronan McCaughey looks at what Lloyd’s top executives are saying about geopolitical risk and why insurers may still be underestimating its economic impact.</p><p>And <a href="https://www.insuranceerm.com/content/awards/insuranceerm-asia-pacific-awards-2026/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">entries are now open for the InsuranceERM Asia Pacific Awards 2026</a>, with 24 categories recognising the people, teams, firms and technology shaping insurance risk and capital management across the region.</p>