February 2019/2

A highlight of last week’s packed Insider London conference came when former Catlin COO Paul Jardine was asked a question from the floor about whether he felt his erstwhile colleagues (taken to mean Stephen Catlin and Paul Brand) were “crazy” to be capital-raising for a major new (re)insurance venture in today’s market.

UK rates are up by 100 percent in many cases.

Carriers are reluctant to expand their appetite in areas like cryptocurrency before D&O prices rise.

Report shows insurers are increasing scrutiny of sexual harassment risk.

The cyber market is on edge, waiting for changes that will impact pricing.

Panellists urge action on London expense ratios and digital innovation.

Rates softened slightly as buyers returned to the market.

The big three brokers expect group organic revenue growth in the mid-single digits for 2019.

Is it absolutely imperative to run everything out of EC3?