Analysis & Opinion
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Challenging renewals for construction amid capacity tightening
The pace of hardening in the construction insurance market has lost some of its steam in 2021, but buyers should…
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Season’s greetings: predictions and new year’s resolutions
Times are gloomy but it is important to remember what the festive season is all about. Renewals. Only joking, obviously…
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What’s behind the upcoming reinsurance renewals? The reinsurer’s view
Simon Welton, market head, P&C UK and Ireland at Swiss Re UK, gives his view on how the European reinsurance…
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What’s behind the upcoming reinsurance renewals? The reinsurance broker’s view
Mike Van Slooten, head of business intelligence at Aon Reinsurance Solutions, tells GRM’s Garry Booth what forces are at work…
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Bright future for captives, says Tennessee’s newly appointed captive director
Since Tennessee began modernising its captive insurance law ten years ago, the domicile has seen steady growth, rising to ninth…
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Renewal outlook and more: latest issue of Global Risk Manager Journal published
What does 2022 hold in store for the multinational insurance buyer? Renewals are set to be challenging once again but…
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Rate increases moderating but are there tough renewals ahead?
The countdown has started and we are rapidly coming to that crucial time of year – we’re not talking the…
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Crypto FOMO – is it catching?
“Bitcoin plunge reveals possible vulnerabilities in crazy imaginary internet money” reads a recent headline in the satirical magazine The Onion.…
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A world of trouble for political violence insurers
The political violence insurance market, which covers businesses against damage caused by strikes, riots and civil commotion, is bracing itself…
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Side-A D&O cover remains grey area for captives despite growing interest
There is growing interest among corporates to put D&O cover in their captive as the hard market bites, as well…
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Satellite insurance sees rates soar as losses grow
A string of losses that ended a long run of profitability for space market insurers has sent rates skyward. A…
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Self-insurance accounts for 25% of workers comp benefits paid out in US
Employers that self-insure their workers compensation exposure in the US are paying an increasingly larger share of the benefits that…
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Top ten criteria for premium allocation to subsidiaries
In a global programme, the premium spend of the group will need to be allocated to the different subsidiaries according…
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COP 26: now’s the time
A pall of science-based pessimism, empty political rhetoric and corporate hubris hangs over the COP26 talks getting underway in Glasgow.…
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Recalibrating the relationship with insurers
The current hard market, after such a long soft market, is a stark reminder that the underwriting cycle is back…
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GRM Journal highlights impact of hard market on multinationals
There is little good news for multinational buyers of insurance at the moment, with the hard market in full effect.…
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Captive growth continuing, driven by cell captive formations, says Marsh report
Captive growth gained greater momentum in 2020 and is continuing at a similar rate in 2021, according to Marsh’s 2021…
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US insurers expecting boost if Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act passed
As the $1.2trn Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act heads for a scheduled vote in the US House of Representatives, the…
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Case delays could add to D&O settlements in US
A backlog of cases filed against directors and officers in the US that worsened during the Covid-19 pandemic is clearing,…
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HDI Germany back on front foot but further tight renewal looms
HDI Global was one of the first insurers to move decisively to re-underwrite its German and overall industrial fire and…
