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As downward pricing momentum builds in the wider US P&C sector, there is already evidence that competitive pressures are having a knock-on effect on the excess and surplus lines (E&S) market.
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With reinsurance rate decreases decelerating and low absolute pricing creating more reinsurance demand, the supply side of the equation was a focus of discussion during Monte Carlo.
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As the Monte Carlo Rendez-Vous came to an end, the sector's P&C equities analysts published notes with their key takeaways from the conference.
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The casualty sector has historically caged itself behind exclusions, but new ways of modelling the "unmodellable" could open the door to a wealth of underwriting opportunities, finds Adam McNestrie
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Market intelligence on the QT
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Business class updates for the global market
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When I was a broker I never understood why so many liability underwriters looked down on their property brethren.
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The first half of the year brought a mixed bag for returns among The Insurance Insider's composites as thinning underwriting margins and investment returns behaved differently for each group within our analysis.
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While investment yields remained roughly at the same low levels of a year ago for some carrier groups, there was a surge in yields for London-listed (re)insurers during the first half of 2016.
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Listed (re)insurers' underwriting results worsened in the second quarter of 2016 as carriers were bludgeoned by high cat losses while expense ratios continued to widen.
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The second quarter proved to be a messy one for (re)insurers, with the period witnessing the highest level of insured cat losses since Superstorm Sandy struck in Q4 2012.
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Profit forecasts for Names-backed Lloyd's syndicates in the 2014 year of account (YoA) improved during the second quarter of the year, aided by projected releases and exchange rate benefits
