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The casualty business is “the sweet spot today,” WR Berkley CEO Robert Berkley said during the re/insurer’s second quarter 2018 earnings call, while noting that the reinsurance business is dragging. 25 July 2018
Insurance
While the UK’s specialty insurance market is showing only “modest” rate increases, mergers & acquisitions (M&A) are on the rise as insurers look for growth, according to EY UK insurance leader Rodney Bonnard. 24 July 2018
Insurance
Specialty insurance group Tokio Marine HCC has appointed Luc Reuter as head of surety for Continental Europe as it further expands its international surety capabilities. 24 July 2018
Alternative Risk Transfer
Some of the bigger ILS funds are well down the road towards securing ratings—a move that will see them complete their journey from nimble newcomers to occupying a central ground and competing with traditional players on their own turf. This could be a game-changer for the market, as Intelligent Insurer reports. 23 July 2018
Insurance
The aviation insurance market faced further upwards pricing pressure in the first half of 2018 driven by “on-going underwriting discipline and three-tier market conditions,” according to the JLT’s most recent Airline Insurance Market Update. 18 July 2018
Insurance
Syndicate Research (SRL) has downgraded the B-^ (Below Average), stable outlook, Continuity Opinion of Lloyd's syndicate 780 (Advent Underwriting) to C+^ (Below Average). 17 July 2018
Insurance
Following a review of recent years' asbestos-related claims and litigation activity and insurers' paid and incurred loss experience, Fitch has raised projection for ultimate all-time US industry incurred losses to $100 billion compared with a previous estimate of $90 billion. 16 July 2018
Insurance
New US sanctions are likely to prevent the use of a Lloyd’s of London IT platform for any Iran insurance, adding to difficulties for European insurers providing cover for the country, according to a July 13 Reuters report citing chairman Bruce Carnegie-Brown. 16 July 2018
Insurance
Reinsurance broker JLT Re, a subsidiary of Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group, has appointed Guy Carpenter executive Scott MacColl as head of credit and surety for North America. 16 July 2018
Insurance
Commercial property MGA European Property Underwriting (EPUL), part of Global Risk Partners (GRP), has appointed Christopher Box to the role of senior underwriter for UK and European property owner risks. 16 July 2018
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