October 2017/1

Uncertainty over the cost of hurricanes Irma and Maria has put the brakes on the recovery of the secondary cat bond market, which had initially rebounded.

Markel Catco has said recent catastrophe events mean its 2017 annual return could fall anywhere between up 5 percent to down by as much as 15 percent.

Cyber has taken the prime spot as the most important emerging risk for underwriters, according to an International Underwriting Association (IUA) poll of its members

(Re)insurance stocks climbed by 3.8 percent in the third quarter to hint at investor confidence in carrier balance sheets, despite an onslaught of natural catastrophes that threaten to wipe out the year's reinsurance premium intake.

Alex Jomaa of CFC Underwriting has been voted the top cyber underwriter in the London market for the second year running, according to The Insurance Insider's 2017 cyber rankings survey

Lloyd's posted a better combined ratio for the first half of 2017 than for the prior-year period, but this wasn't enough to prevent a drop in pre-tax profits.

John Sutton and Toby Humphreys, who led Integro's UK operation for more than a decade until their exit in March this year, are planning to launch a new brokerage, The Insurance Insider understands.

For a long time the traffic has been going in the other direction. Independent brokers were selling up, accepting the inevitable march of consolidation.

Once again, there was little joy to be found in the headline numbers of Lloyd's first half results.

Lloyd's has pushed back the approvals process for Barbican's special purpose arrangement (SPA) with Toa Re and Apollo's venture with Mark Rayner, The Insurance Insider understands.

Let me take a wild guess - I bet you're glad it's not Q3 2017 anymore.

Competition among InsurTech start-ups to join so-called accelerators is keen, with 10 of the market's most high-profile firms receiving more than 8,500 applications to join their programmes, according to a report from Celent and Guy Carpenter.