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  • Berkshire Hathaway does not own Equitas and never has done. However, it might as well do, as it controls its claims-paying strategies following the seismic 2006 deal where Warren Buffett's company provided a $7bn reinsurance contract for the Lloyd's vehicle.
  • The Berkshire Hathaway-controlled Lloyd's run-off vehicle disputes it is liable for US legacy liabilities. Where does this leave the policyholders and the Names who underwrote on pre-1993 syndicates
  • We track all the 2014 sidecars as Validus and Everest Re highlight the divergent strategies taken by carriers as the former's AlphaCat vehicle slims down while the latter expanded its satellite
  • While marine, energy and aviation rates typically dominated discussions in specialty reinsurance lines, there have also been significant rate movements in less common lines such as US surety and trade credit.
  • UK and European property catastrophe reinsurance rates are now close to the levels they reached at the bottom of the last soft market in 2000, according to the Guy Carpenter rate-on-line index.
  • The significant rate reductions achieved on property cat business at the 1 January renewals have triggered a displacement effect across other lines as reinsurers look to deploy capacity in profitable segments of the market, causing a cascade of overcapacity.
  • "This is about capital, capital, capital," said RSA chairman Martin Scicluna last week. Will it involve more reinsurance, a rights issue, asset sales or a dividend cut? We run the rule over the UK insurer's options...
  • Barclays' latest semi-annual survey of risk managers points to waning momentum in US commercial P&C pricing.
  • Double-digit declines in some lines at this year's 1 January renewals have cast a shadow over the outlook for the reinsurance sector, prompting several analysts to downgrade leading reinsurers amid concerns over future growth and profitability.
  • In another sign that confidence in the outlook for the US P&C industry is waning, Macquarie analysts have said that after strong share price performance in 2012/13, the coming year will offer investors stock picking opportunities but not a broader sector play.