European casualty business is not exposed to the challenges of the US market, with its social-inflation pressures, Aon co-CEO of reinsurance solutions EMEA Tomas Novotny reiterated during a video interview with Insurance Insider at this year’s Baden-Baden conference.

A recent panel discussion at the WSIA Annual Marketplace in San Diego highlighted how speed, creativity, and relationships are driving growth in the E&S market despite challenges including talent retention, social inflation, and natural catastrophes. Speakers included Stephen Buonpane, President, Everest Evolution; Brenda Austenfeld, President - RT Specialty / CEO - National Property; Jeff McNatt, President, AmWINS Brokerage; Andrew Grim, Executive Director of Specialty, Brown & Riding; and Kristyn Smallcombe, Casualty Practice Group Director, CRC.

Marko Ninkovic, Head of Claims Specialty at Brit, explains the growing challenges of war risk claims and modern piracy at the International Association of Claims Professionals Conference in Orlando.