Karn Saroya on The Rollup: How is Re Bringing Reinsurance Onchain at Real Scale?
Reinsurance underpins the global economy, and Re founder Karn Saroya explains why putting it onchain is not just logical, but inevitable:
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Reinsurance Basics
Most people only ever see the surface of insurance. You buy a policy. You pay a premium. If something goes wrong, you file a claim and…
The State of the Reinsurance Market at Year-End 2025 — And How Re Is Navigating It
In 2025, the reinsurance market grew significantly in size, but returns became more constrained.
How Empires Learned to Survive Risk
Today, large systems are surprisingly resilient. Ships sink, cities flood, companies fail, and yet trade continues, with food still moving…
Re’s Year in Review: Scaling Reisurance Risk Onchain
The third quarter of 2025 established Re as a leading onchain reinsurance protocol. With a 92% combined ratio, $168.8M in written premiums…
Building Trust in Onchain Reinsurance: Inside Re’s Independent AUP Review
Re is built to bring reinsurance risk onchain and connect it with capital in a transparent and disciplined way. The infrastructure behind…
Inside Re’s Capital Stack: How reUSD and reUSDe Unlock Insurance Yield
The Re protocol is a decentralized reinsurance platform that bridges the reinsurance market with blockchain technology. This enables…
How Re Scales Reinsurance Capacity Through Selective, Capital-Gated Growth
Re has evaluated 187 potential reinsurance programs representing more than $18.3 billion in premiums so far this year. That figure…
GENIUS Sets the Standard, Strengthening Re’s Stablecoin Onramp
The GENIUS Act, passed in July 2025, is the U.S.’s first law focused on regulating payment stablecoins. Unlike broader crypto legislation…
The Predictable vs. The Catastrophic: Why Re Bets on Frequency, Not Severity
In DeFi, we’ve learned to distinguish between different types of risk. There’s a world of difference between providing liquidity to a…
Fed Printing Money: What It Means for Re, Crypto, and Onchain Reinsurance
The Federal Reserve is expanding the money supply again. On December 1, 2025, the Fed will officially end quantitative tightening, the…
Re Authorizes $134M in Reinsurance Heading into Peak Renewal Season
As we enter the busiest time of year in reinsurance, Re is moving forward with significant momentum: we’ve authorized $134 million in…