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Insurance

D&O softening overshot the risk, correction due: AM Best

Capacity rush hasn’t led to losses but may show ‘premiums fell too far, too quickly’.   4 March 2025

Insurance

AM Specialty nabs Gallagher Bassett SVP to boost claims operations

Appointee is a veteran claims specialist, who comes with Chubb pedigree.   27 March 2025

Insurance

Vantage edges closer to underwriting profit: AM Best

Bermuda-based re/insurer posted operating profits in 2023 and 2024.   3 March 2025

Insurance

Pinched P&C carriers turn to surplus notes to keep pace post-pandemic

Some carriers have worked surplus notes to ward off worst of reinsurance hardening.   24 March 2025

Insurance

P&C carriers return to underwriting gain in 2024 as loss costs settle

Personal lines lead margin rebound on double-digit net premium gains.   18 March 2025

Alternative Risk Transfer

ILS fever may be set to spread beyond cat bonds

A multi-year rally for catastrophe bonds with accompanying flurry of issuance may have begun to spill over into growth for reinsurance sidecars and parallel collateralised ILS spaces as pricing disparity tempts investors back into the related sub-classes.   17 March 2025

Technology

Q4 2024 ransomware attacks hit new record: Travelers

But ransom payouts fell by a third in ’24, as businesses faced down extortion demands.   7 March 2025

Insurance

Analysis: Life/annuity sidecars are growing rapidly

AM Best said the vehicles enable life insurers to improve their risk capitalisation.   27 February 2025

Insurance

Casualty market ‘headed for crossroads’ but capacity stays ‘plentiful’

Rate hikes lag behind social inflation but reinsurers push for growth at slim margins.   26 February 2025

Insurance

Secondary market cat bonds down by up to 20%: AM Best

Exposure to California wildfire losses drive value of cat bonds down, says ratings agency.   6 February 2025

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