Issues

Insurers are hoping that the pan-European data protection advisory body will intervene to safeguard the sector's ability to handle sensitive consumer data across the bloc after the General Data Protection Regulation takes effect.

Insurance Ireland has renewed calls for existing contracts spanning the post-Brexit border to be recognised after March 2019 amid signs of European Commission intransigence on the issue.

Global commercial cyber liability premium is set to hit $6.2bn by 2020, with the services sector likely to be the biggest buyer of the standalone product in that timeframe, according to a report by data analytics firm Verisk.

Capital management trends at the US-listed companies we follow were disrupted in 2017 by higher catastrophe losses and M&A activity.

Markel Catco's London-listed Reinsurance Opportunities Fund had to put two-thirds of its year-end 2017 asset base into side pockets, much higher than the typical 5-15 percent that it puts on hold each year, sister publication Trading Risk reported.

The Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund said its losses from Hurricane Irma were expected to reach $2.04bn, less than half its previous estimate of $5bn.

Shareholders feel "blindsided" by the abrupt change in Axa's strategy signalled by its $15.3bn purchase of XL Group, analysts have said.

The competitive landscape for independent wholesale brokers in London looks set to evolve rapidly over the next 12 months as Beach launches a new platform and Integro at last nears the consummation of its deal with Tysers.

I read two great articles in the last week. Both were pieces of analysis.

AIG has purchased a new $75mn xs $25mn international casualty treaty as it continues its strategic pivot towards buying more reinsurance, The Insurance Insider can reveal.

The new global capital framework for insurers is likely to be delayed beyond the planned late-2019 introduction date, according to the Association of British Insurers (ABI)'s director of regulation Hugh Savill.

Specialty carriers in the P&C and run-off segments will experience the most transaction activity in the insurance sector over the coming year, according to professional services firm Deloitte.