July 2017/3

When Peter Zaffino joins AIG as chief operating officer next month, the carrier will gain a tough but ruthlessly efficient business leader, sources have said.

No one could accuse AmTrust CEO Barry Zyskind and his team of shying away from a challenge.

In inking a multi-hundred million dollar adverse development deal with Premia, AmTrust has sought to provide investors with further clarity over its financial position.

Underwriters - are you scared of big bad brokers threatening to cut off your dwindling supply of profitable business if you don't do what they want?

Axis' proposed £468mn ($603mn) acquisition of Novae is just the latest example of the ineluctable drive towards consolidation in the sector, as the smaller publicly traded carriers are picked off by their larger rivals.