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The Insider 50 increased for the second consecutive week, climbing 1.6 percent week-on-week to 1,070.2 index points - the highest level in the index's history and 3.6 percent up for the year-to-date
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Gross written premium (GWP) growth at Bermudian carriers slowed significantly in the first quarter by 24.6 percentage points year-on-year to 4.3 percent as reinsurance growth stalled.
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With the $1.7bn purchase of White Mountains' specialty insurer OneBeacon, Canada's Intact is returning to big-ticket M&A after a string of small domestic broker purchases.
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Increased capacity, further competition, falling rates and dwindling premium income continue to characterise the current state of the offshore energy market. Inside FAC asks whether we are any closer to a reversal of fortune
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Increased capacity, further competition, falling rates and dwindling premium income continue to characterise the current state of the offshore energy market. Inside FAC asks whether we are any closer to a reversal of fortune
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OneBeacon's 1.65x multiple in its sale to Intact Financial represents a premium valuation for the business given its low historic returns on equity (RoEs) relative to its peer group, data compiled by The Insurance Insider shows
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Share price data on The Insurance Insider's universe of P&C (re)insurers
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The number of companies in our coverage universe that exceeded market consensus forecasts in their first quarter results was slightly lower than the number that missed, with five carriers outperforming Wall Street estimates while six posted worse results than anticipated by equity analysts.
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Many firms bemoaned rising loss cost trends in the first quarter, with the vast majority of carriers posting deteriorations in their accident-year ex-cat loss ratios as rates fell or positive movements failed to keep pace.
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There was an uptick in catastrophe losses in the first quarter, with severe US weather events and Cyclone Debbie generating claims greater than those initially anticipated by the market and above the same period of last year.
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Organic growth figures posted by Marsh & McLennan Companies' (MMC) broking business ran ahead of those posted by its early-reporting smaller rivals in the first quarter after revenue increased in its international operations.
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The Insider 50 index of (re)insurance stocks rose 0.57 percent week-on-week amid news of unexpectedly high first-quarter catastrophe losses and a surprise UK election
