July 2017/1

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

Famous writer and thinker George Orwell once wrote an essay about killing an elephant.

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.

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

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