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Aon-Willis merger: Executive picks highlight reinsurance value​​​​​​​

Aon’s decision on its post-deal reinsurance leadership shows it has moved past tactics of its Benfield-era integration.

Cyber market is fighting, not fuelling, ransomware surge: CFC’s Newman

The executive responds to claims that cyber insurance “funds organised crime”.

London market ‘not out of woods’ on underwriting remediation: Insider London Live

Panellists at the event say new capital in the market has yet to dampen rate momentum.

InsurTech funding reaches all-time annual high of $7.1bn in 2020: Willis Re

Fourth-quarter funding recovers to $2.1bn, but remains 17% lower than the previous quarter.

• Axis Q4 underlying margin improvement overshadowed by Covid-19 losses
• Post-deal Aon leadership team make ‘personal’ pledges to the firm
• Aon reveals combined post-deal executive committee
• RenRe forecasts $1bn NWP expansion in 2021
• Lloyd’s underwriting room ‘will eventually go’: Fosh
• Ki targeting $400mn in 2021 premiums: CEO Allan

Opinion

Lloyd's has hired a universally respected rising star for a role that is 'Hancock + Vandendael'

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

In Brief

Gossmann & Cie names former Darag Germany COO Rindermann among new hires

BP Marsh flags jump in coverholder ATC’s valuation

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

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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