Issues

As deadline day for SBF feedback looms, Lloyd’s appears to have stuck to its hard-line rhetoric on profitability.

The additional $700mn in equity committed by Apollo is a huge vote of confidence in Catalina and the legacy market.

State Farm writes more than a quarter of homeowners’ cover in the state.

Analysts expect Q3 cat losses to be manageable for their covered (re)insurance companies.

Reinsurers must be prepared for how much work is required to be an asset manager, said the Hiscox Re & ILS COO.

The over-estimation of losses by modellers led the ILS market to raise capital amid anticipation of higher rates.

The 1.3x book valuation allows Munich Re a graceful exit and the chance to focus on its other syndicate.

Michael losses are likely to fall on the reinsurance market due to the low attachment points of the Floridian homeowners’ insurers.

InsurTech’s very own Burning Man festival.

Parsyl tracking device to monitor insured goods in $4tn cargo market.

The broker said increased pressure to improve profitability across the class had led to unpredictable behaviour by carriers.

Cedants seeking to recall collateral that had been released and commuted are demonstrating “unrealistic” behaviour, Horseshoe Group CEO Andre Perez said.