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There are early signs of bifurcation between rates on cat-exposed or loss affected business, and clean accounts.
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The senior underwriter has worked at Sirius, Novae, Mitsui Sumitomo and Chaucer.
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Sources described the deal as a collegiate agreement, and long term the carrier is still understood to be committed to the US property market.
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Former head of D&F at Geo Specialty David Leathem and his colleagues first joined the Ardonagh-backed MGA in 2017 to establish its international property book.
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Head of property John Roberts-West and senior commercial property underwriter Katie Hunter have both left the business, with Hunter set to join Beazley at the end of the month.
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Head of Continental Europe facultative Nicola Fraccalvieri will lead the combined team.
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The prospect of higher reinsurance costs, an inflationary environment and concerns over cat pricing are fuelling the underwriter argument for more rate in 2022.
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The notification comes after a $100mn filing from Tulane University reported by this publication earlier this month.
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John Brown will be joining former colleague Simon Jackson at the ERS-owned syndicate.
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Experienced brokers Matthew Sinclair and David Pratt-Sinclair are to head up the new division.
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The exit in London comes at a time of wider market discussion around the adequacy of cat pricing.
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The rebrand follows a last-minute acquisition of the firm by Aquiline-owned Lloyd’s syndicate ERS, in December of last year.