October 2017/2

For a start-up, getting the timing right is often a key driver of success.

High net worth (HNW) start-up Vault is set to launch this month, having secured backing from Allied World and Mike Millette's Hudson Structured Capital Management.

Hurricane Nate may not go down in the annals along with Harvey, Irma and Maria when the history of this remarkable period of catastrophe losses is written, but the fourth US landfalling hurricane of the season has added fresh pain for already-suffering carriers.

State Farm had the most to lose from Hurricane Nate when it blew ashore in Louisiana over the weekend, based on the company's market share in the Bayou State.

Distributed ledger technology is here to stay, former XL Catlin deputy chairman Stephen Catlin told a gathering of London market chief executives.

Motor underwriters and their representatives are holding high-level talks with government officials and state agencies about vehicle-based terrorist attacks, as the prospect of unlimited industry liability threatens to force up reinsurance rates and tighten conditions at the 1 January renewals.

Average comprehensive motor insurance premiums in the UK fell by 1.1 percent to £838 ($1,105) in Q3, as insurers adjusted their prices in anticipation of a change to the Ogden discount rate, according to the latest pricing survey from Willis Towers Watson.

Homeowners' and commercial property insurers operating in northern California are braced for potential losses in the low billions of dollars after at least 15 wildfires spread across the wine-growing area of Sonoma and Napa counties.

Contract continuity and data issues arising from Brexit are climbing up regulators' priority list even as doubt remains about any transition period after the UK leaves the EU in March 2019.

Imagine that on your way home the urge suddenly takes you to gamble. You walk straight into a betting shop and place the biggest bet you can afford on a horse race.

US broker Integro was recently running a pro forma debt-to-Ebitda ratio in excess of 9x, numbers from Moody's show, as it enters exclusive takeover talks with independent London broking house Tysers.

Recent company pre-announcements for Q3 catastrophe events have surprised the market, with some loss numbers coming in well above analysts' expectations.