News analysis
Names-backed syndicates’ profits set to rise for 2015 YoA
15 August 2017
The majority of Names-backed Lloyd's syndicates look set to report a profit for the 2015 year of account (YoA), with the group generating a simple average midpoint return on capacity of 6.0 percent… Read more
Q2 returns grow at US specialty insurers
15 August 2017
The Insurance Insider's group of US specialty carriers reported higher returns in the second quarter compared to the same period of last year, propelled by wider underwriting margins… Read more
US specialty combined ratios improve in Q2
15 August 2017
The Insurance Insider's group of US specialty (re)insurers reported better second quarter underwriting results than in the prior-year period, as lower catastrophe losses and core loss ratios offset weaker reserve releases and an uptick in expense ratios… Read more
US specialty top line grows in Q2
15 August 2017
Gross written premiums (GWP) at US specialty carriers rose by 4.9 percent year-on-year to $6.1bn in the second quarter on a weighted average basis, amid a continued push for growth in a difficult market environment… Read more
Aon Benfield leads organic growth increase in Q2
8 August 2017
The reinsurance arms of the world's leading P&C brokers all posted positive organic growth numbers for the second quarter, while market headwinds caused insurance underlying growth to stutter… Read more
Returns shrink at London carriers in H1
8 August 2017
London-based (re)insurers reported diminishing returns for the first half of the year, pressured by soft pricing conditions and narrow underwriting margins… Read more
London carriers’ combined ratios deteriorate in H1
8 August 2017
London-based carriers posted a worse underwriting result for the first half of the year, as lower contributions from reserve releases, elevated core loss ratios and higher expense ratios depressed margins… Read more
Top lines rise at London carriers in H1
8 August 2017
London carriers posted an 8.4 percent expansion in gross written premium (GWP) in the first half of the year as the group's combined top line reached $4.6bn, using five-year average exchange rates… Read more
Bermudians post healthy returns in low cat quarter
1 August 2017
Bermuda-based carriers generated high single-digit operating returns on equity (RoE) in the second quarter of the year as a benign level of cat losses allowed underwriting margins to widen… Read more
Bermudian Q2 combined ratios benefit from lower cat losses
1 August 2017
The absence of major catastrophes allowed second quarter underwriting margins to improve in Bermuda from the previous year, when heavy cat losses severely dented results… Read more
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