Insurance Analysis & Opinion
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February 14, 2022
Ten positives about the hard market for risk/insurance managers
A hard market is never good news for risk and insurance managers. And especially when it comes after an economic…
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February 7, 2022
Just where are we on contract certainty and clarity?
For a good few years now (and perhaps it has always been the case), risk managers and insurance buyers have…
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January 28, 2022
New data emerges for construction risk insurance
Keeping the conversation open between insureds, brokers and insurers is crucial but so is giving risk managers transparency about the…
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January 26, 2022
M&As in the insurance sector – are the big deals over?
The recent announcement that Willis Towers Watson has rebranded as WTW highlighted the scale of mergers and acquisitions (M&As) in…
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January 21, 2022
K&R market ‘caught in a perfect storm’
Despite global lockdowns, the kidnap and ransom (K&R) insurance market has been buffeted by losses, and dwindling capacity is pushing…
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January 5, 2022
Premium volume down 12% in Latin American insurance market – Mapfre report
The Latin American insurance market saw an 11.9% decrease in premiums during 2020 to $134.361bn, of which 57% ($77.055bn) came…
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January 5, 2022
Risk landscape reset amid complex and changing renewals, says Howden
An already complex underwriting environment has been complicated further by the mix of heightened secondary catastrophe perils, rising core inflation,…
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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 23, 2021
Shifting defence tactics for US nuclear verdicts
The soaring costs of nuclear verdicts have reached a point where transportation companies, product makers and other defendants are more…
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December 22, 2021
Austrian market less tricky for buyers but no time to relax, says HDI
Despite a fairly benign insurance market, Austrian corporates cannot afford to relax and must prepare for the next crisis, warns…
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December 21, 2021
Out of adversity comes opportunity, says leading Dutch broker
Sunny Léons, chief executive officer of Léons NL, Brokerslink’s partner in the Netherlands, talks to Commercial Risk Europe about the…
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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 13, 2021
Increase in EPL and D&O claims in US in 2022, predicts Clyde & Co
Next year is likely to see an increase in claims in the US for employment practices liability (EPL) and D&O,…
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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 18, 2021
Poland’s biggest insurer PZU urged to join European peers and exit coal
Poland’s biggest insurer PZU has been criticised by the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA), for continuing to…
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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…