February 2018/1
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InsurTech funding volumes leapt by 36 percent to $2.3bn in 2017, according to data from Willis Towers Watson.
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Carriers and brokers have published their best estimates for natural catastrophe losses across the 2017 calendar year, with figures ranging from Swiss Re's $131bn to JLT Re's $140bn.
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Reinstatement premiums and increased demand for back-up covers in the aftermath of last year's North Atlantic hurricanes boosted reinsurance brokers' organic revenues in the fourth quarter.
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Early reporters within The Insurance Insider's coverage universe have so far mostly beaten consensus estimates for the fourth quarter, with share prices rising in reaction to the wins.
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Underlying loss ratios in the fourth quarter increased at all but one of the P&C (re)insurers in our study, highlighting the prevalent trend of loss-cost inflation running ahead of earned rate.
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Recent commentary from early reporters points to optimism that growth momentum is improving.
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Though a small sample size, the initial data points from early reporters point to more pressure at Bermudians and better trends at US carriers.
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Validus' AlphaCat asset management unit contributed more than half of the group's $120.8mn of fourth quarter notable losses.
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Fourth quarter expense ratios at early reporters have shown some year-on-year improvement, although the US tax reforms had a negative impact at some firms.
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The P&C (re)insurance industry experienced another cat-heavy quarter in the three months to 31 December, as a series of wildfires ravaged California.
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The themes that have emerged in the early part of the Q4 reporting season have been in line with expectations.
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RenaissanceRe's third-party capital platforms have engaged in substantial fundraising following hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria, the carrier revealed in its Q4 results.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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On a wall of the Insider offices is a framed piece of original artwork that was published on the front cover of the fourth issue of the then London Insurance Insider.
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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.
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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.