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As your reinsurer, we do not merely assume your risks – we help you manage them.

Transfer your severity exposure to Gen Re on an Individual Risk or Treaty basis, or a combination of the two. We will deliver the best solutions to meet your business objectives.

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Our Knowledge

With articles written by our senior executives, underwriters, claims managers, and actuaries, along with guest contributors, we share timely insights and information to help keep you and your team informed. Below is a recent selection from around the world.

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Child Development – An Overview From Birth to Adolescence From the Insurance Medicine Perspective
Child development is a complex process from prenatal stage to young adulthood. In some markets, children are insured early for disability, illness, and long-term care. This article outlines development stages to help assess delays, deviations, and relevant medical conditions.
Dr. Sandra Mitic, Dr. Sebastian Speicher January 22, 2026
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Using Technology to Cut Workers’ Compensation Costs
As advances in workplace safety evolve, technology is playing a key role in making workplaces safer for employees. Innovations such as smart personal protective equipment, special cameras, and wearable devices are helping to lower Workers’ Comp claims frequency and severity.
Kimberly Stewart January 14, 2026
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Individual Life Next Gen Underwriting Survey Summary Report
See survey results with topics including throughput rates, sources of underwriting evidence, mortality experience, and pre-/post-issue auditing tools. Carriers representing over 2 million paid policies and $827 billion in volume participated. Individual Life underwriting continues to evolve.
Nicole Conti December 17, 2025
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AI Agent Potential – How Orchestration and Contextual Foundations Can Reshape (Re)Insurance Workflows
When designing intelligent systems, a unified blueprint is needed. This article provides a practical example of two critical elements: observability and the information domain. Together these components enable scalable automation, human-in-the-loop decision-making, and organizational transformation.
Matthew Montero December 08, 2025
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Diabetes and Critical Illness Insurance – Bridging the Protection Gap
Diabetes affects millions and is often undiagnosed. It increases risk for critical illnesses. CI insurance is evolving to support prevention, wellness, and broader coverage – even for prediabetics and diabetics – helping close the protection gap.
Samuel Lim, Winncy Wong November 14, 2025
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Events

Our self-hosted events focus on practical and hands-on knowledge readily applicable to your everyday work. Gen Re experts often speak at insurance industry events, sharing knowledge with clients, prospective clients, and other industry participants.

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Why Gen Re?

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Our People

We are The People Behind the Promise® – and we value all our client relationships. Gen Re clients and their needs are at the forefront of our daily activities. 

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Our Expertise

Our insights and technical knowledge keep clients up to date to enhance their competitive advantage. It is our pledge to add our knowledge to yours.

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Our Financial Strength

We have been a member of the Berkshire Hathaway family of companies since 1998. We have consistently earned superior financial strength ratings from each of the major rating agencies. 

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Our Unique Shareholder

Berkshire Hathaway’s unique business culture and capital strength gives Gen Re the freedom to focus on long-term underwriting results – allowing us to more effectively navigate the volatility of the re/insurance business, now and in the future.

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Quick Facts

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our network at your service

2100 associates in 22 countries and 37 offices. Local service, with global expertise when you need it.

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100+

YEARS of service

In 2021 we celebrated 100 years of Service in the U.S. – and 175 years of the historical Cologne Re (now General Reinsurance AG) in Germany, the world’s first and oldest reinsurer.

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$19B

The difference is...the quality of the promise®

With $19.2 billion in capital and $14.5 billion in net premiums written, we only make promises we can keep.

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