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Late 1.1 renewal will extend U-shaped dynamic pricing

European cat is flat, as US casualty pricing improves and expectations of sequential rises through 2020 grow.

Commercial aviation rates rise by 20-30% at key Q4 renewals

Sources said airline premiums have increased by around 40 percent on average.

CFC targets £400mn in premium for coming year

In an interview with sister publication Insider Quarterly, CEO David Walsh said growth would be achieved organically rather than via M&A.

UK review sparks new calls for ‘competitiveness’ mandate for regulators

The (re)insurance industry argues that the cumulative impact of rules disadvantages the UK compared with peers.

• MGU Victor to launch Lloyd's syndicate
• Lloyd’s sells £300mn of debt to finance Blueprint One
• Argo sets 8 January record date for determining proxy vote eligibility
• Axa XL shrinks scope of new Galileo cat bond
• US commercial price growth doubles in Q3 from year earlier: Clips
• PG&E takes extra $4.9bn charge from wildfire claims settlement

Opinion

Swiss Re’s stellar capital position is diminishing in importance, but things can change.

This is not so much a sudden burst as a slow deflation of the MGA bubble

The hardening market doesn’t mean the death of facilities

Lloyd's needs fewer underwriting entities and fewer underwriters

In Brief

Miller hires Aon’s Green for wind energy fac role

Liiba establishes electronic placing committee

AIG names Todd as Asia Pacific commercial property head

Goldman Sachs-backed Aston Lark makes second Irish purchase

Burns & Wilcox hires HNW underwriter Alphabet

Chubb promotes Joyce to head of UK industry practices

Analysis

I50 edges lower despite US specialty growth

The index slips 0.1 percent.

Hard market watch: CIAB Q3 edition

Data from the Q3 CIAB pricing survey provides solid evidence the market today is well beyond anything seen since the turn of the decade.

Insider 50 posts record growth in November

London carriers held their position at the top of the index for the second consecutive week.

Stand-off in Lloyd’s as casualty XoL reinsurers push for rate hikes

Loss deterioration, interest rates and capacity reduction lend weight to reinsurers’ case for rate rises.

Prendergast and Layzell lead the 2019 Cyber Rankings

Changes in leading positions point to a fluid market for cyber talent.

• Cyber
• US Property Cat
• Political Risk
• Political Violence
• D&O