Issues

The six listed Bermudian (re)insurers all reported higher premium growth in the fourth quarter of 2017, as their top lines were bolstered by a combination of M&A, reinstatement premiums, back-up covers and positive rate momentum.

Although Q4 was another messy and loss-hit quarter for Bermudian carriers, when looking at the group's results it is perhaps more important to step back and observe the full-year and longer-term trends

Global credit and political risk insurance capacity has increased by nearly a third since 2015, with the market increasingly willing to take on financial risks without trade collateral.

Protection and indemnity club leaders canvassed by The Insurance Insider have raised concerns that double-digit year-to-date returns from equity investments are allowing clubs to hide imprudent underwriting.

Insurance is a really simple business. You take in premiums and you use them to pay out claims. Anything left over is profit.

John Sutton and Toby Humphreys, previously co-heads of Integro's UK operation, have shelved plans to launch a new brokerage and look set to join RFIB instead, The Insurance Insider understands.

Centerbridge's acquisition of Lloyd's carrier Canopius is poised to close early next month, The Insurance Insider understands.

In some ways, the problems facing the contingency market are no different to those facing other specialty insurance lines.

M&A activity among (re)insurance companies is likely to increase throughout 2018 as the release of trapped capital injects more money into the sector, according to JLT Re CEO Mike Reynolds.

Are we in insurance going against the gods?

US property claims from third quarter catastrophes and the sudden change in the UK's personal injury discount rate helped to nudge up reinsurance rates at the 1 January renewals.

A three-week period featuring the sale of Validus to AIG, a major profits warning from Aspen and reports that XL is in takeover talks with Allianz has placed the future of the Bermuda market front and centre.