January 2015/2

Multiple compression was rife across the P&C (re)insurance industry in 2014 as doubts over the sector's future profitability placed downward pressure on price-to-book (P/B) valuations.

P&C (re)insurance stock performance worsened in 2014 after deteriorating market conditions dampened investor sentiment and appetite for the sector.

Quindell hires; UK insurance wages lag; Lindt Café siege; UK motor turns; Hudson leaves Mitsui; Australian bushfire; Solvency II headache; PartnerRe Asia…

Brian Secrett, head of catastrophe reinsurance at PartnerRe, is leaving the Bermuda-domiciled reinsurer, The Insurance Insider can reveal

Samir Shah, the executive who overhauled American International Group (AIG)'s reinsurance purchasing, is moving to the new role of head of capital markets and catastrophe risk, The Insurance Insider has learned

A swift integration following the completion of the $4.2bn XL-Catlin deal could present rapid organic growth opportunities, according to Catlin chief executive Stephen Catlin.

Argenta began a sales process for its Names agent late last year, The Insurance Insider can reveal

The 1 January renewals saw rate softening almost across the board, with the UK motor market that was flat to +10 percent rather absurdly talked about as the hardest market in the world.

Let me tell you a story. The world is full of things that will certainly happen one day, but which probably won't occur in our lifetimes

Berkshire Hathaway has written 100 percent of QBE's global catastrophe aggregate and risk aggregate treaties, cutting out the rest of the market, The Insurance Insider can reveal

The 1 January renewal gave reinsurers a sense of collective déjà vu as hopes of improved conditions were confounded by a near re-run of the 2014 renewals, with much of the industry now resigned to a long soft market