September 2016/3

Peter Scales' start-up Blenheim is set to launch at 1 January amidst the most challenging market conditions seen in Lloyd's since the late 1990s, with the market running normalised combined ratios above 100 percent.

Shares in The Hartford climbed 2.3 percent last week following The Insurance Insider's revelation that it was seeking a buyer for its $4.7bn variable annuity business.

A fire at a warehouse belonging to US retailer Gap could generate a loss of $250mn-$400mn for the property direct and facultative (D&F) market, The Insurance Insider can reveal.

JLT is the only major London-based broker not to sign up to electronic trading system Placing Platform Limited (PPL), The Insurance Insider understands.

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Wholesale broker CRC has launched a new exclusive nationwide all risk and catastrophe facility underwritten by specialty managing general agency (MGA) V3 Insurance Partners, The Insurance Insider can reveal.