November 2016/2

Aviation underwriters are becoming increasingly confident that the international airlines market is approaching a floor, with the major rate reductions of last year confined to the largest accounts.

As the third quarter results season unfolds, so the forcible separation of underwriting "men" from underwriting "boys" continues

Continental reinsurer Hannover Re and Matt Fairfield's start-up Exin are among the bidders for Lloyd's managing agent and members' agent Argenta, The Insurance Insider can reveal.