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State National’s UK launch: A new frontier in fronting
There are clear strategic advantages to the company’s London launch – but demand may not be as high as in the US.
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Aidan Flynn said that although different markets are expected to move at different speeds, the underlying trend is clear.
The follow-only algorithmic syndicate has stamp capacity of $925mn for next year.
The broker’s global marine team services global premiums of $3.9bn across marine classes.
Plus the latest people moves and all the top news of the week.
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COP28: Adaptation and resilience to shape the agenda for (re)insurance
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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Analysis
The voluntary carbon market reached $2bn in 2021, and is expected to grow to $10bn-$40bn by 2030, according to a report by Shell and the Boston Consulting Group published in January.
Growth opportunities at Lloyd’s no longer limited to top underwriting performers, Insurance Insider’s survey shows.
Growth slows from last year’s 20%, while QBE and TMK close the gap on Brit and Beazley.
The $10bn broking firm is progressing in its pivot towards specialty and international business, and an asset management model.
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Liberty Specialty Markets US terrorism head Rubin leaves for BHSI
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Interviews
Interviews
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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