Lloyd's has set out what London market firms will need to do to transition from decades-old systems to new central services in July next year, in a crucial step of several modernisation milestones to come in 2024.

Despite a return to profitability in marine classes, the market is operating in an increasingly uncertain environment.

The worst-case scenario of a $12bn-$15bn claim looks to have been taken out, but there are lots of complex, vexed negotiations still to come.

As the curtain comes down on the millionth Monte Carlo Rendez-Vous, and the prices in the cafes and restaurants are presumably reset to their customary levels, the conference has again done its main job.

Insurance Insider explores how insurers can manage the dual, polar-opposite pressures of a litigious anti-ESG movement and net-zero climate activism.

Industry sources view the letters of credit (LOC) fraud scandal at Vesttoo as a specific rather than systemic failure, with further scrutiny likely on LOC providers.

Despite a successful upstreaming of cat risk to primary insurers, reinsurers still have multiple factors to worry about in the run-up to 1 January 2024.

An 85% combined ratio and 22% top-line growth are a deserved boost for Lloyd’s – the question is what comes next.

A webinar and report from the Geneva Association has explored the barriers and prospects for the growth of blockchain insurance.

Key trends the credit agencies will be monitoring include inflation, redistribution of losses and the investment bounce-back.

Warehouse or science lab? Those tend to be two of the diverging views on Swiss Re, the oldest reinsurer, with a 160-year history.

Hurricane Idalia is still live, but the storm’s track reassured market participants that it will be a relatively minor loss, although one potential wild card is the damage it will cause to Georgia and South Carolina.

After Apollo announced a collaboration marking the latest milestone for algorithmic underwriting-led follow capacity in the London market, Insurance Insider explores how such partnerships can proliferate.

The story will play out through bankruptcy court filings, but other exposed players and segments will be on watch for ratings agency findings and legal action.

Swiss, Munich, Hannover and Scor all delivered optimistic messages on pricing for next year.

Ongoing rate rises in property are expected to be offset by decreases in specialty lines and casualty.

Most forecasters now predict above-average storm activity for the Atlantic as a result of record-high sea-surface temperatures.

London’s major carriers have projected bullish messages on a prolonged hard market for property, while acknowledging other classes are in very different cycles.

A fire aboard a car carrier last week raised fresh concerns about the transportation of lithium-ion batteries in electric vehicles.

The hammering of hailstorm losses that US homeowners’ carriers reported for H1 will drive positive change in property markets.

The first year of data collected in our interactive database of industry people moves is analysed.

This publication examined how London market firms are managing post-Covid-19 working practices and found a reluctance to impose mandated office days, but increasing soft pressure to return to the City.

New data on the FCA's operational performance shows improvements in some aspects, though response rates are still slow on senior appointment casework.

Insurers are messaging that they are able to offset rising reinsurance costs, but will a high-cost tornado season leave them pushing back in the run-up to 2024?