Opinion

The question is whether the inherent value in CFC was in fact concentrated in departing executives David Walsh and Graeme Newman, or if the business can trade forward as it did.

The 200-year-old firm is not the only one to be caught up in watchdogs’ investigations into corruption and bribery controls.

Does one party – the carrier or the cedant – have to lose out for the other to succeed?

London’s insurance market is booming in some ways yet still has multiple challenges to address.

Lloyd’s has been trying to simplify its story for external investors, but it has more work to do judging by the outcome of the London SPAC vehicle which was planning a new syndicate investment launch.

Trading at just 0.6x book, the firm is a cheap option for an insurer which is looking to enter E&S, or is underweight in the sector.

Variations between the casualty and cat markets mean 2024 cat outcomes may be far less uniform than they were this year.

At a point when cyber rates are falling and capacity is plentiful in high excess layers, the mutual plans have the wider cyber market somewhat perplexed.

The 3x3 plan takes the things about the firm over the last decade that have been distinctive and intensifies them.

With new leadership at some of the largest continentals, there will be close attention to how their tactics in changing lines of business will evolve.

Halfway through a complex restructuring is not the time for a CEO (and CFO) change.

As the algorithmic syndicate has diversified its capital base, the risk-modelling world provides a parallel with regard to how these initiatives could develop.