Opinion

Aon has handed promotions to Marcelo Munerato and Marcelo Homburger with its Latin American commercial risk business.

That’s settled it then. JLT Re and Willis Re’s 1 January renewal reports have finally put one of the oldest insurance myths to bed.

Working in and around the commercial (re)insurance industry during the festive period is a little different to how things go in other sectors, even within financial services.

I can’t help but think that when it comes to the Next Big Thing in technology, in (re)insurance the old aphorism that “a fool and his money are easily parted” holds true.

Settle in for The Insurance Insider’s 12 days of Insurancemas.

Perhaps it’s time for the London Market Group to weed out the dinosaurs in EC3.

Be warned brokers, if you’re not already electronically placing business in London, you’ll have to be by next summer – or face having your Lloyd’s licence taken away.

Munich Re has been a long way ahead of its competitors in this game.

The speedy outcome of bilateral negotiations leading to the US/UK covered agreement is an encouraging sign for the UK (re)insurance sector.

What makes a good (re)insurance counterparty?

If you are reading this from the UK or Europe, it is likely that your political attention the last few weeks has homed-in on certain rumblings in that peculiar part of central London where reality recently seems to have become a relative concept.

Throughout AmTrust and Maiden’s histories, both rating agencies and regulators have constantly turned a blind eye, looked for ways to kick the can down the road, or passed the buck.