Insurance Insider New York conference 2026

Insurance Insider’s New York Conference brought 250 senior professionals to Convene on Park Avenue on April 23 for a sold-out day focused on U.S. property-casualty, reinsurance and insurance-linked securities. (events.insuranceinsider.com) The event page says attendees came from carriers, brokers, investors and regulators, with sessions on artificial intelligence, cyber risk, excess-and-surplus insurance and ILS innovation. (events.insuranceinsider.com) Insurance Insider framed the conference around a market “undergoing rapid transformation,” and its post-event recap said discussions ranged from AI and cyber risk to E&S growth and ILS innovation. (events.insuranceinsider.com 1) (events.insuranceinsider.com 2) One of the clearest themes was that pricing is no longer the only story. A CEO panel was billed around “plateauing rates and evolving capital dynamics,” with executives discussing growth, reinsurance and capital redeployment in a shifting property-casualty market. (events.insuranceinsider.com) Another track focused on excess-and-surplus insurance, the part of the market that covers harder-to-place risks outside standard admitted carriers. A conference session said E&S represented one in four commercial insurance premium dollars in 2024 and examined the forces behind its expansion. (events.insuranceinsider.com) The ILS agenda pointed to a second shift: more attention on where investor capital goes next. An opening keynote asked where returns are most attractive in 2026 and 2027 after two years of relatively benign catastrophe activity. (events.insuranceinsider.com) That same track also highlighted casualty, specialty and cyber ILS, where third-party capital is moving beyond catastrophe bonds into newer forms of risk transfer. Insurance Insider described that appetite as an “ongoing growth story” but said new ventures still face structural hurdles. (events.insuranceinsider.com) The speaker lineup underscored how broad the audience was. Greg Williams of Acrisure led the opening fireside chat, while later sessions featured executives from Vantage Risk, AXIS, Everest Evolution, Aon Securities, Stone Point Capital and Houlihan Lokey. (events.insuranceinsider.com 1) (events.insuranceinsider.com 2) (events.insuranceinsider.com 3) (events.insuranceinsider.com 4) Insurance Insider is now using the event page to collect interest for a 2027 edition. The 2026 message was that U.S. insurance leaders are talking less about pure scarcity and more about where capital, technology and underwriting discipline can still produce returns. (events.insuranceinsider.com)