December 2016/3

Elements Property Insurance Company (Epic) has been put on the block as its trade backers look for an exit amid an increasingly challenged Florida homeowners' market, The Insurance Insider can reveal.

The arts of successful underwriting and broking both have a surprising amount in common.

Fresh from buying Brit last year for less than would perhaps have been expected, Fairfax chairman and CEO Prem Watsa looks set to walk off with Allied World after the company's board accepted a bid that investors are likely to vote for reluctantly rather than wholeheartedly.