Issues

It is easy for senior management to get so caught up in the minutiae of managing their businesses that they forget the importance of their company having a strong narrative.

Insurance sector experts called for broader diversity initiatives and suggested practical solutions at the third Insider Progress event.

Despite early hopes of sizeable rate rises, reinsurers are frustrated that many accounts will renew with as-before terms.

Markets behave in brutal and slightly crazy ways that don’t always best serve the end consumer. They always undershoot on the downside and then overshoot on the upside – sometimes hugely and irrationally so.

The withdrawal of US domestic capacity for big-ticket property risks continues to bear fruit for the London market.

New deals have brought total year-to-date ILS volumes to $2.9bn, pointing to a shrinking of the market.

Fast-track plan approval for some along with limited pre-emption approvals points to differentiation.

The US market also lags the wider industry in its level of female representation at the top.

A rule-of-thumb calculation suggests Boeing’s grounding liability sub-limit may already have been breached.

In elite sport the top coaches ration their finite resources to give their best athletes the greatest chance of success.

Pension fund and PE buy-in demonstrates insatiable appetite of private money for broking assets.

One of two executives is expected to replace Dominic Addesso when he steps down later this year.