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Clients have done a lot to track and combat the inflationary pressure of claims on property insurance, with some using buying power to lower costs, says Dirk Spenner, managing director of Gallagher Re.
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There were sober and disciplined renewals in Asia-Pacific despite chaotic world events. After continually fighting fires since the COVID-19 pandemic hit, however, the key question may be how the market will respond to a period of calm.
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Renewals in the region were disciplined and perhaps even dull, but the diversity of the countries and differing lines means that drama is never far away. Capacity, as ever, is key, says an Intelligent Insurer panel.
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The cyber insurance market remains one of the fastest-growing lines of business for carriers—and it remains set to become as large as the P&C sector.
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There has been increasing litigation in the D&O market and the exit of some big players, leading to a hardening of rates. Gallagher managing director David Ritchie spoke to Intelligent Insurer about how pessimism in this space may be too soon.
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While perhaps the most fraught negotiations were over property cat during the 1/1 renewals in Europe, casualty and specialty lines also had their areas of contention. As with property, the outcomes for insurers varied widely, said an Intelligent Insurer panel.
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Plentiful capacity didn’t save cedants from rising rates, and reinsurers showed discipline at the 1/1 renewals. But cedants saw wildly different outcomes, an Intelligent Insurer panel heard.
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The D&O market has been a tough one in recent years. But are times changing? A Re/insurance Lounge panel debated the topic.
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