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Lloyd’s stamp capacity survey: Bottom quartile set for fastest growth in 2024
Growth opportunities at Lloyd’s no longer limited to top underwriting performers, Insurance Insider’s survey shows.
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The ratings agency said premium rate increases for specialty lines would be most pronounced in political risk, terrorism and political violence lines because of heightened geopolitical tensions.
The GBC in London will be led by Mark Parker, supported by Cynthia Beveridge, as Joe Peiser moves to London.
The company’s litigation was one of the most high-profile cases relating to Covid-19 business interruption.
The product is led by Canopius and IQUW, with support from three other Lloyd’s insurance company markets.
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Lloyd’s 2024 stamp capacity growth slows to 7%
With US third-quarter reporting season being well underway, the results so far highlight further runway for the hard property E&S market.
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The positive results in Q3 are starting to form a “track record” of improvement as the carrier moves away from “a place of underperformance”, the executive told this publication.
After moving into the rank of fifth-largest reinsurer, following its acquisition of Validus, RenRe said it would continue to take a leading role in the regional cat space and expected to be more able to trade through market cycles.
Clearer wordings for cyber cat risk would also help foster the development of the more capital-efficient event XoL reinsurance market in cyber, Kessler said.
Aon’s three-year plan will allow the firm to go “further faster” in serving clients with increasingly complicated needs, as well as creating additional operating leverage that will create the opportunity for Aon to deploy capital more broadly, CEO Greg Case told this publication.
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