Issues

In praise of Bermuda reinsurance as hub

A reader survey by The Insurance Insider hands 42 percent of the vote to the outgoing chief experience officer at XL Catlin.

Reinsurers may hold less risk in the long term as they look to cut costs and originate risk for other investors, Nephila co-founder Greg Hagood forecast.

PE interest in brokers is currently intense, with multiples for insurance fee businesses now sky high.

Underwriters are beginning to grapple with AI and behaviour pattern analysis as the market faces a final reckoning.

Chairmen of Lloyd’s and Hispanic maidens have much in common.

ILS participation may well be approaching saturation point in the catastrophe market.

During Inga Beale’s leadership, a combination of soft market pressures and rising costs have pushed Lloyd’s return on capital to zero.

Pricing has dropped by 6 percent on the single-tranche Northshore Re II 2018-1 transaction.

Pricing in the terrorism market is showing signs of levelling out, with rate cuts at a far lower level than in previous years.

The carrier has posted a combined ratio under 100 percent only once since 2013.

A soaring combined ratio and plummeting profits present challenges for prospective owners.