Interviews

The Canopius MGA has reached $130mn of premium, but is moving to secure third-party support to scale up further.

Fidelis chairman Richard Brindle said a shift towards named cat perils and away from complex structures is underway, but that carriers need more unity between inwards and outwards teams to navigate the harder market.  

The Gallagher UK chair has been nominated as an Aldermanic Sheriff for 2023, which involves closer work with the Lord Mayor on trade and investment matters.

The Corporate Risk and Broking head of global lines of business said staff and client attrition has been reversed – and cast doubt on predictions of further specialty market hardening.

The reinsurer is ready to “walk away from business” where it feels pricing and terms and conditions are not good enough.

Richard Dudley, global head of climate strategy at Aon, says existing products such as IP coverage can help insurers take a leading role in opening up investment for new climate transition technology.

The impact of Ian losses on SiriusPoint’s total equity was ~3.5%, lower than RenRe and Everest, and in line with Axis.

The Gulf Coast state is keen to distance itself from Florida’s insurance woes but is resistant to some underlying changes.

Chaucer CEO John Fowle also set out to Insurance Insider the rationale for the carrier’s new ESG scorecard comprising 158 data points.

London Market Group chair Matthew Moore has set out the aims of a campaign to pro-actively engage with universities and schools to broaden the industry’s talent pool for recruitment.

The incoming CEO said growth areas would include the middle market, Asia, LatAm and MGAs.

The business has retained Evercore to advise on future funding options.