February 2018/3
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Pricing for directors' and officers' (D&O) insurance is getting firmer, albeit slowly and in distinct areas, while industry executives are heartened that market leaders are walking away from business if they have to.
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Spiralling incurred loss ratios from non-appearance risks have put the contingency market under the spotlight, prompting a scaling back in lines being put down and three market exits since last summer.
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Underlying results at Bermuda-based (re)insurers worsened in the fourth quarter of 2017, as the group's accident-year ex-cat loss ratio deteriorated year on year.
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The six listed Bermudian (re)insurers all reported higher premium growth in the fourth quarter of 2017, as their top lines were bolstered by a combination of M&A, reinstatement premiums, back-up covers and positive rate momentum.
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Although Q4 was another messy and loss-hit quarter for Bermudian carriers, when looking at the group's results it is perhaps more important to step back and observe the full-year and longer-term trends
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Global credit and political risk insurance capacity has increased by nearly a third since 2015, with the market increasingly willing to take on financial risks without trade collateral.
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Protection and indemnity club leaders canvassed by The Insurance Insider have raised concerns that double-digit year-to-date returns from equity investments are allowing clubs to hide imprudent underwriting.
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Centerbridge's acquisition of Lloyd's carrier Canopius is poised to close early next month, The Insurance Insider understands.
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John Sutton and Toby Humphreys, previously co-heads of Integro's UK operation, have shelved plans to launch a new brokerage and look set to join RFIB instead, The Insurance Insider understands.
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In some ways, the problems facing the contingency market are no different to those facing other specialty insurance lines.
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Insurance is a really simple business. You take in premiums and you use them to pay out claims. Anything left over is profit.
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