May 2019/2

The Q1 pricing report provides further evidence that carriers are pushing for rate and attempting to manage exposures as loss-cost trends bite.

Insureds are resisting rate rises after another loss-free year for offshore wind risks.

This publication highlights four major industry trends to come out of the Willis Towers Watson quarterly InsurTech Briefing.

First-quarter combined ratios deteriorated at most Bermuda-based (re)insurers.

Centralised R&D, remote syndicates, max outsourcing, a 10 percent expense ratio and insurance as an asset class.

After the KRW storms of 2005, I remember interviewing a top reinsurance broker and making the casual remark that the major spike in property cat pricing must be making his bosses very happy. I envisioned bulging brokerage accounts and big bonuses all round at year end.

The Insurance Insider takes a deep dive into executive compensation in the industry, and presents a rundown of its top 50 earners.

The issuances from United Insurance Holdings (UPC), American Integrity Insurance Company and Safepoint point to a slight hardening of the market.