July 2017/1
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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.
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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
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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
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Final regulations for a London market insurance-linked securities (ILS) regime are likely to address issues the industry raised with previous drafts
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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Former Dual CEO Talbir Bains is in the early stages of working to establish a new underwriting business, The Insurance Insider can reveal.
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Willis Re's 1st View report on the June and July renewals provided further evidence that the property catastrophe market is yet to reach an inflection point on pricing
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India's state-owned reinsurer GIC Re is poised to realise its long-held Lloyd's ambitions next year with the launch of a full syndicate, The Insurance Insider can reveal.
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USI's recent acquisition of Wells Fargo's insurance broking arm highlighted the solid interest of private equity-backed investors in the high-margin US retail broking industry
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Coverys, which announced the acquisition of Randall & Quilter (R&Q)'s Lloyd's managing agency late last month, bought the business as the first step in driving growth within the London market, according to its CEO.
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Surplus capacity caused by "blatant over investment" by capital providers is to blame for the persistent rate reductions in the upstream energy market, according to JLT
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Wholesale giant AmWins is launching a new facility to offer additional shared and layered property insurance limit with capacity from Munich Re, The Insurance Insider can reveal.
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Famous writer and thinker George Orwell once wrote an essay about killing an elephant.
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Nephila's property cat-focused MGA Velocity Risk Underwriters is working with some of the largest US personal lines carriers on an initiative that could see it write a significant portfolio of coastal exposure, The Insurance Insider can reveal.
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Fairfax put the Latin American reinsurance market to the test as it sought up to $200mn of cover for a number of businesses in the region that it acquired from AIG late last year, The Insurance Insider understands
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London Market Group (LMG) CEO Chris Beazley has offered to carry out on-site visits to London market practitioners to improve the sector's understanding of the trade body's goals
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