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SiriusPoint to launch 'sidecar-like' retro vehicle

The company expects reinsurance to provide 78% of its $2.5bn gross written premium target.

Aviva’s Tiernan to take Lloyd’s chief of markets role

The executive is currently managing director for UK commercial lines and global corporate and specialty at the carrier. 

Former Apollo marine and energy liability head given community order after assault conviction

Howard Burnell’s sentence also includes court and compensation costs, a restraining order against his former partner and a tagged curfew.

ILS capacity rebounds heading into 2021​​​​​​​

Alternative capital providers have benefited alongside the “class of 2020” with post-pandemic growth, as specialist ILS assets grew 3.7% in the half year to 1 January.

• FCA urges fast BI claims payment following Supreme Court verdict
• Marine MGA Lavaretus lands ex-Argo hull underwriter Thompson
• The Week in 90 Seconds: Canopius mulls IPO; PIB nears deal; Acacia takes root
• Aviva partners with VC firm Anthemis to expand InsurTech investment
• Catalina adds Mason and Shaw to UK boards
• ‘Clarity and closure’ for Hiscox following Supreme Court ruling: Berenberg

Opinion

BGCI’s relaunch as Corant is a logical next step in cementing its identity

A Canopius IPO this year may well not happen but the early talks suggest a liquidity event is drawing closer

The Supreme Court BI ruling is a judicial catastrophe, but one where XoL reinsurance recoveries look uncertain

Lloyd's Europe's imminent regulator-mandated overhaul is not an unmitigated disaster but will add cost and complexity

In Brief

PwC predicts up to £120mn insured Christoph losses

Covea signs UN-backed ESG investment principles

Hamilton’s Goldsmith joins Chaucer as PV e-trading underwriter

Miller makes trio of hires to start new private client team

Pro MGA Solutions makes trio of hires

Oxford Insurance Brokers enters cargo with Stafford hire

Analysis

New capacity to stabilise hard D&O market after tumultuous 2020

Conditions remain favourable for underwriters but uncertainty remains on whether the recession will lead to a flood of claims.

Recession and capital gains tax reforms boost broker M&A momentum

Economic headwinds combine with high valuations to create greater impetus for intermediary sales.

Ten themes for 2021 in (re)insurance​​​​​​​

This publication looks at 10 issues that will shape the industry in the year ahead, from rate sustainability to start-up progress to the post-Covid recovery.

Space market expected to break even in 2020: Plane Talking

The AJ Gallagher report says multiple potential claims could take current loss levels well above the $330mn already known about.

Allen and St.Pier lead the inaugural Aviation Rankings

Insurance Insider launched its first-ever talent survey aimed at the aviation insurance market and some 165 professionals made it to the overall ranking

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