July 2019/3

Delegated authority expansion deemed ‘unjustified’ in market survey

The Insurance Insider’s Market Sentiment Survey, in association with EY, found that the majority of market figures think growth will be difficult to sustain.

Samuel Casey, 16 July 2019
Excessive focus can make industries terrible at adapting to new phenomena

A Financial Times interview with Pat Gallagher made me long for the summer break and the chance to read and digest a book I have been recommended.

Mark Geoghegan, 16 July 2019
BGC, McGill & Partners to challenge aviation broking oligopoly

They face a Herculean task but the two start-ups could break the stranglehold of MMC, Willis and AJG in the aviation market.

John Hewitt Jones, 16 July 2019
Scor begins claiming $26mn cat bond recovery

The firm’s 2015 Atlas cat bond has triggered, following loss creep from the 2017 hurricanes.

Sofia Geraghty, 16 July 2019
ProSight IPO: Leverage-driven ROE improvement may be hard sell to investors

Financials show recent results driven by leverage and lower quality earnings improvement.

Gianluca Casapietra, 11 July 2019

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