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Industry must prepare for energy business shift: Marsh-JLT’s Clarke

Lucy Clarke said insurers must better understand risks as energy firms move from finite to renewable sources.

Commodities firms face third-party liability gap: panel

Supply chain sub-contracting agreements are watering down liability cover, according to some insurance executives.

Specialty lines market grew 11.2% in 2018: AM Best

Amid growth, the E&S market showed a combined ratio of 104.5 percent for 2017, according to AM Best.

Former Verto 2689 CEO seeking support for new treaty MGA

Peter Mills teams up with Tim Griffiths to launch London-based Pyrrhic Re.

• Ex-Aspen CEO Vitale recruited for Peter Thiel-backed Arceo
• Axis Insurance appoints new chief claims officer
• Darag hires Zurich legacy specialist Hill for new COO role
• AIR predicts Faxai insured losses of up to $7bn
• Marsh hires for two new senior financial lines roles
• BP Marsh-backed XPT secures $40mn financing from Madison Capital

Opinion

Franks' departure offers TMK a chance to draw a line under the past

Does the value of relationships make (re)insurance’s cost problem structural?

Choice of language is crucial as Lloyd’s looks to modernise its culture

We come to Monte Carlo to experience controlled disruption

In Brief

Axa XL names new UK client and distribution managers

Insurance Ireland chief to become CEO of RSA Ireland

London market veterans launch Commonwealth insurance initiative

Israeli InsurTech Kovrr raises $5.5mn in Series A round

BMS names Priority co-founder Prior as global risks director

Marsh confirms Smith as chairman and CEO of UK aviation

Analysis

Insider 50 hits 18-month high

The total return reinsurers and the Floridian carriers in the index came out on top last week.

Lloyd’s trade capital crunch threatens weaker syndicates

Scor and PartnerRe are not alone in signalling reduced appetite for the £2bn corporate member market.

Inside the fight for fourth place in the broker race

The Insurance Insider lays bare the dynamics in the $4.5bn market in the wake of the MMC-JLT deal.

Floridian carriers rebound as Dorian risk retreats

Shares in Floridian insurers jumped last week but, for the year so far, they are down more than 21 percent.

Jordan and Horner win the 2019 Political Violence Rankings

Meanwhile, Canopius’ George Connell and Tysers' Charlie Skipworth-Button have emerged as rising stars.

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