October 2017/2

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.

RK Harrison (RKH) has let go of two members from its three-strong Bermuda team, including Bermuda head of specialty Russell Williams, as part of a change in strategy for the island office.

Former Dual CEO Talbir Bains is set to return at 1 January with a start-up MGA known as Volante that will look to commence underwriting operations across four continents, The Insurance Insider can reveal.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

The mutual marine insurer Norwegian Hull Club has warned reinsurers of a large loss from Hurricane Irma, The Insurance Insider can reveal.

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.

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.