A stale crème brulee
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A stale crème brulee

After "K", "R", and "W" had done their worst in 2005, the then-independent reinsurance broker Benfield coined a phrase to describe the "hard on top, soft underneath" market that followed at the 1 January 2006 renewals and beyond.

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