February 2018/1

Pockets of hardening have emerged in the commercial property sector for US primary habitational and coastal hotel risks in the wake of 2017 catastrophes and mounting attritional losses.

Total return reinsurers have been caught off guard as changes in US tax law threaten to redefine offshore affiliates as investment managers and not reinsurers.

As another earnings year draws to a close, we take a look at some of the big issues concerning top underwriting executives, as outlined on their Q4 calls with analysts.

Markel Catco has placed 41.5 percent of net assets in its London-listed Reinsurance Opportunities Fund into side pockets connected to the 2017 losses, the retro manager said in an update on its 2018 portfolio.

RenaissanceRe's third-party capital platforms have engaged in substantial fundraising following hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria, the carrier revealed in its Q4 results.

Inga Beale's statement yesterday that Lloyd's was willing to mandate the use of Placing Platform Limited (PPL) was not quite the go-it-alone pronouncement it seemed, with the move agreed by the London market's modernisation group early last week.

Several Latin American countries are set to benefit from $1.36bn of combined earthquake reinsurance from a new cat bond, sister publication Trading Risk reported.