Analysis & Opinion
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December 23, 2021
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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December 21, 2021
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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December 17, 2021
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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December 17, 2021
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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December 16, 2021
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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December 13, 2021
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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December 1, 2021
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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November 26, 2021
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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November 24, 2021
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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November 22, 2021
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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November 15, 2021
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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November 8, 2021
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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November 3, 2021
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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October 29, 2021
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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October 25, 2021
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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October 1, 2021
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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October 1, 2021
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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September 28, 2021
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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September 14, 2021
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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September 9, 2021
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…