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  • Bid target Hardy Underwriting has taken the highest proportional loss on the New Zealand earthquake among the international (re)insurers to report to date, with a £10mn hit representing nearly 7 percent of its half-year equity.
  • On the face of it, an impasse has been reached in the Beazley-Hardy courtship.
  • Lloyd's (re)insurer Beazley's Q3 interim management statement (IMS) `has reported 2 percent growth in gross written premiums (GWP) to $1.35bn in the nine months to 30 September.
  • Bermudian (re)insurers are more likely to deploy excess capital in the form of share buybacks than in a wave of consolidation.
  • Despite predictions of an uptick in (re)insurer M&A activity, fuelled by excess capital and cheap stocks, the motivation for deals was questioned by senior market figures gathered in Bermuda last week.
  • Tough trading conditions for (re)insurers amid soft pricing and stagnant investment returns has raised the question of whether the traditional sector target of a 15 percent return on equity (RoE) is sustainable.
  • Hardy Underwriting took the highest proportional loss on the New Zealand earthquake of the international reinsurers to report to date, with its £10mn hit representing nearly 7 percent of its mid-year shareholder equity.
  • A number of Lloyd's insurers are reining in capacity amid falling prices, despite excess capacity in most market lines.
  • Changes to Risk Management Solutions' (RMS) US hurricane model set for release in February 2011 could increase outputted average annual loss (AAL) figures by 25-30 percent for (re)insurers, The Insurance Insider can reveal.
  • QBE Insurance is attempting to buy a giant $1.3bn, multi-year global reinsurance programme that will test the state of the market as the key 1 January renewal date approaches, The Insurance Insider can reveal.