Positioning window open
Trend, participation and relative evidence are sufficiently aligned for selective exposure.
Defensive81/100Position
Insurance - Reinsurance
For the week ending 28 August 2026, Insurance - Reinsurance advanced 2.78% with 22 advancing, 7 declining, and 2 unchanged constituents.
Industry positioning posturePositioning window open
Trend, participation and relative evidence are sufficiently aligned for selective exposure.
Industry evidence score81/100Position
Index value1733.39
Weekly return2.78%
Measured equities31
Sibling rank1 of 15
156 completed weeks
Insurance - Reinsurance trend architecture
Price, Activity Lines, Trend Line and current Fair Value, with the recognized architecture behind each completed week.
ArchitectureUpward Expansion
Index vs Trend8.4%
13-week persistence12.1%
Advancing participation71%
Index Value
Trend Line
Fair Value
Activity Lines
Constructive Transition Defensive
Positioning and relative evidence
Is Insurance - Reinsurance earning a place in the portfolio?
Technical evidence determines the posture. Sentiment remains a separate confirmation layer.
Five-pillar evidence
81Quality of the positioning case
Trend
82
Breadth
68
Persistence
85
Relative
86
Risk quality
95
Parent-relative performance
Composite rank 1 of 15Returns versus Financial Services
1 week2.8%1.9 pts
4 weeks3.8%1.6 pts
13 weeks12.1%7.3 pts
26 weeks8.9%4.3 pts
52 weeks14.7%5.3 pts
Relative leadership path
ImprovingInsurance - Reinsurance versus Financial Services
Evidence ledger
Confirmation and conflict
+The index remains above a constructive Trend gate.
+Participation is broad enough to support the index move.
+Constituent trends show positive multi-horizon persistence.
+Relative performance is improving within its parent hierarchy.
!The index is extended well above current Fair Value, increasing chase risk.
!Positive contribution is concentrated in a small leadership cohort.
Decision boundaries
What would change the posture?
1A completed weekly close below the Trend Line at 1,598.54 would weaken the constructive case.
2Breadth falling below 45% while the index holds up would signal narrowing leadership.
3A turn to negative 13 and 26-week parent-relative performance would remove the rotation edge.
Trend state and durability
Architecture, persistence and constituent regimes
The industry index path is tested against the securities beneath it.
Index architecture
10 weeksUpward Expansion
The activity fan is positively ordered above a rising Trend Line with price accepted above it.
Trend gateUpFan width4.22%Accepted above fan67%Accepted below fan0%
Six completed weeks of price acceptance relative to the full Activity Line fan.
Index persistence
100% agreementPositive across every horizon
The 13, 26, 39 and 52-week trends all point upward, giving the advance broad horizon agreement.
13-week
12.1%
26-week
8.9%
39-week
17.7%
52-week
14.7%
Regime age104 weeks52-week flips052-week boundary1511.76
Constituent trend persistence
97% coverageHow broadly durable is the move?
73%positive
Coherent positive63%
Coherent negative7%
Horizon agreement91%
Weakening positives1
Repairing negatives3
30 constituents measured as of 28 Aug 2026.
Custom stage map
94% coverageWhere covered constituents sit in the cycle
55%Stage 2
Stage 1 Basing14%4
Stage 2 Advancing55%16
Stage 3 Distribution14%4
Stage 4 Declining17%5
Re-acceleration0Transition watch4Fair Value repairs2
Stage coverage is shown explicitly and is not substituted for full-universe persistence coverage.
Geographic diffusion
Where Insurance - Reinsurance strength is developing
Country returns, participation and Trend position show whether the global result is widely shared or locally concentrated.
Countries measured415 represented in the full universe
Positive countries3 / 4Latest weekly return above zero
Above Trend Line100%4 country indexes
Return dispersion7.46 ptsCross-country opportunity and divergence
Asia Pacific17.80%
1 countries · 3 equities · 10% of measured coverage
North America0.74%
1 countries · 8 equities · 26% of measured coverage
Europe0.59%
2 countries · 6 equities · 19% of measured coverage
Country evidence map
Minimum 3 constituentsReturn, breadth and trend condition
🇹🇭TH3
17.80%
100% up · above Trend
🇩🇪DE3
1.40%
100% up · above Trend
🇺🇸US8
0.74%
75% up · above Trend
🇨🇭CH3
-0.23%
33% up · above Trend
11 thin country slices are excluded from comparative conclusions. Their securities remain in the global index.
Country leadership
Strongest confirmed tapes
🇹🇭Thailand3 equities17.80%
🇩🇪Germany3 equities1.40%
🇺🇸United States8 equities0.74%
🇨🇭Switzerland3 equities-0.23%
Country pressure
Weakest current tapes
🇨🇭Switzerland3 equities-0.23%
🇺🇸United States8 equities0.74%
🇩🇪Germany3 equities1.40%
🇹🇭Thailand3 equities17.80%
Sibling industry comparison
Where Insurance - Reinsurance sits inside Financial Services
Relative strength, acceleration and participation separate durable leadership from a one-week move.
Composite rank1 / 15
Leading4
Lagging3
Above Trend14 / 15
Return dispersion0.90 pts
Competitive-set rotation
Bubble size shows constituentsIs this industry gaining or surrendering leadership?
Improving
Leading
Lagging
Weakening
13-week relative strength4-week acceleration
Insurance - Reinsurance100Insurance - Life63Financial Data & Stock Exchanges94Insurance - Diversified85Banks - Diversified100Insurance - Property & Casualty100Capital Markets47Asset Management50Mortgage Finance5Banks - Regional70Insurance - Specialty51Financial Conglomerates46Shell Companies30Insurance Brokers90Credit Services46
Sibling ranking
Momentum with confirmation
1
Insurance - ReinsuranceLeading · 71% participation
1002Banks - DiversifiedWeakening · 76% participation
1003Insurance - Property & CasualtyLeading · 73% participation
1004Financial Data & Stock ExchangesLeading · 74% participation
945Insurance BrokersLeading · 52% participation
906Insurance - DiversifiedWeakening · 76% participation
857Banks - RegionalWeakening · 54% participation
708Insurance - LifeWeakening · 68% participation
639Insurance - SpecialtyWeakening · 68% participation
5110Asset ManagementImproving · 54% participation
5011Capital MarketsImproving · 59% participation
4712Financial ConglomeratesImproving · 49% participation
4613Credit ServicesLagging · 42% participation
4614Shell CompaniesLagging · 48% participation
3015Mortgage FinanceLagging · 41% participation
5Market internals and risk
Participation, momentum and payoff shape
The headline index is tested against participation, volatility, drawdown and the distribution of security returns.
Advancing participation71.0%14.2 points versus recent baseline
13-week positive weeks85%Index-level hit rate
Annualised volatility11.2%52-week index return volatility
Current drawdown0.0%From the 52-week index high
156-week max drawdown-9.8%Peak-to-trough index decline
Breadth impulse
Range -100 to +100Net advancing participation
Trend momentum
Positive or negative slopeTrend Line rate of change
Security return distribution
31 equitiesWhat the headline return conceals
Average loser-2.09%
Average winner+5.17%
Median equity1.13%The middle security, less sensitive to extreme movers
Interquartile range0.00% to 2.29%The central half of the universe
Security dispersion8.07 ptsCross-sectional opportunity and stock-selection risk
News and price confirmation
Does company news confirm the Insurance - Reinsurance tape?
Qualified sentiment coverage for this industry is still building.
Security leadership
The equities driving the result
Weekly leaders and laggards reveal whether the index move is broad, concentrated or vulnerable to reversal.
Leadership
Strongest weekly contributors
Pressure
Weakest weekly contributors
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Münchener Rückversicherungs-Gesellschaft Aktiengesellschaft in München
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