August 2019/4

Hard market watch: CIAB edition

The CIAB methodology makes the survey headline numbers less interesting than they might appear.

Dan Lukpanov, 27 August 2019
Platform broking buys are machines for M&A execution and that explains their valuations

An important distinction is emerging in the broker and MGA world that is driving a two-tier system of valuations.

Adam McNestrie, 27 August 2019
Making interest rates grate again

Far from making interest rates great again, rates have returned to levels likely to make investment income grate on returns again.

Dan Lukpanov, 27 August 2019
US D&O rate rises accelerate amid spiralling loss costs

Derivative actions and social inflation have created a significant uptick in claims activity.

John Hewitt Jones, 27 August 2019
Axis takes third-party capital above $2bn

The carrier’s current total of $2.1bn has grown from $300mn at the start of 2015 and is up $100mn since the start of the year.

Fiona Robertson, 27 August 2019
We should remind clients that a lot of insurance’s value is intangible

In insurance we always think our worst clients are the ones who don’t really need us.

Mark Geoghegan, 27 August 2019

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