New capacity to stabilise hard D&O market after tumultuous 2020 by Samuel Casey | January 15, 2021 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 by Rachel Dalton | January 13, 2021 Economic headwinds combine with high valuations to create greater impetus for intermediary sales.
Ten themes for 2021 in (re)insurance by Catrin Shi, Adam McNestrie, Fiona Robertson | January 11, 2021 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 by Anna Sagar | January 11, 2021 The AJ Gallagher report says multiple potential claims could take current loss levels well above the $330mn already known about.
The great StarStone migration by Catrin Shi and Anna Sagar | January 8, 2021 Nearly 75% of StarStone International senior underwriting staff are now in new roles.
Global property catastrophe reinsurance up 6% at 1.1: Howden by Kit Heren and Rachel Dalton | January 4, 2021 Retro rates are at an eight-year high, according to the broker.
Willis Re: 1.1 renewals ‘arrested and reversed’ downward drift by Jeff Kuntz and Fiona Robertson | January 4, 2021 The broker’s 1st View report said rate change may have disappointed some reinsurers but remediation focused on specific stressed pockets of business.
Exclusions negotiations divert focus in subdued 1.1 renewals by Fiona Robertson and Rachel Dalton | December 22, 2020 US cat renewals are outpacing European increases, but as signalled earlier this month, the level of rate hikes has fallen back.