Issues

With two consecutive years of heavy catastrophe losses, it’s clear why Swiss Re won’t throw caution to the wind – even though the days when it went cap in hand to Warren Buffett are long gone.

Losses from Hurricane Irma loss have crept up by between 58 percent and 140 percent for Floridian specialist carriers.

The Insurance Insider dissects the rationale for Aon’s aborted interest in Willis Towers Watson.

Countering the increased demand for public reinsurance, Demotech is seeking to require more overall coverage.

Beazley, Hiscox and Lancashire fared better in 2018 than the prior year but profits could mask deteriorating fundamentals

Hannover and Scor wrote more P&C business last year but Swiss Re held back

Forging CTMA and the Standard Syndicate into a dedicated Lloyd's run-off player would add useful new capacity.

Probable maximum loss figures fall to the lowest levels in at least six years.

Aviva’s Tulloch confronts existential questions amid Brexit fears.

One market representative is understood to have raised the issue with Lloyd’s performance management director Jon Hancock last week.

The transaction will help quash concerns in the aviation market over the MMC-JLT merger.

Further significant deals will likely follow AJG's planned purchase of JLT Aerospace.