July 2017/1

Share price data on The Insurance Insider's universe of P&C (re)insurers

A white paper from a former Indian insurance regulator and the former Lloyd's general representative for India has called for the country's watchdog to "step up to the plate" and transform the national insurance market.

The Insider 50 index of global (re)insurance carriers edged up only marginally last week as gains at US specialty companies were largely offset by share price declines at UK and European firms

AmTrust Financial Services has joined the list of first-time cat bond sponsors in 2017 as it seeks to raise $100mn from Fortius Re II, according to Trading Risk sources

Final regulations for a London market insurance-linked securities (ILS) regime are likely to address issues the industry raised with previous drafts

Specialist cyber broker Safeonline is holding discussions with a number of US private equity firms to explore the prospect of finding a new backer, The Insurance Insider understands.

More than 6,000 risks have now been bound using Placing Platform Limited (PPL), the insurance exchange introduced a year ago as part of the London market modernsation programme.

The (re)insurance industry is lobbying to ensure the 80 or so EU carriers that underwrite risk in the UK through local branches can avoid policy disruption after Brexit.

One year on from the Brexit referendum, London market participants have named the threat to policyholder continuity around claims and in-force policies as the biggest issue arising from the UK's separation from the EU.

AmTrust at Lloyd's has hired Jahangez Chaudhery and William Waddell-Dudley from Talbot to enhance its accident and health (A&H) offering, The Insurance Insider can reveal.

The P&C (re)insurance industry once again proved to be a safe bet for investors as most companies in the sector posted share price increases during the second quarter

Former Dual CEO Talbir Bains is in the early stages of working to establish a new underwriting business, The Insurance Insider can reveal.