The UK Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) report into the wholesale insurance broking market has concluded that there is no evidence of widespread tying of insurance broking services to facultative reinsurance placements.
Scor’s Global P&C division suffered a 24.3 point hit to its combined ratio for the fourth quarter of 2018, as the segment reported an operating loss of EUR83mn ($94.1mn) for the same period.
Zurich has cut two roles from its six-strong London market construction team as it seeks to concentrate more resources in local subsidiaries.
Carriers in the bloodstock/livestock and contingency markets are unlikely to see claims from the equine flu outbreak that brought UK horse racing to a standstill for nearly a week, Inside FAC has learned.
With the prospect of further claims from ageing infrastructure and defective new works, a hard construction market could be more than a flash in the pan
Brokers love facilities, and the facultative market is no exception, but has the fac facility’s time come and gone?
For many in the market, “MGA” is a four-letter word. Poorly managed MGAs have generated a negative reputation that affects the entire MGA model.
Blockchain offers a real opportunity to significantly reduce paperwork, while also delivering improved auditability, argues Darren Wray, CEO of Fifth Step
Climate change is a major challenge for the Australian D&F (re)insurance sector, writes Helen Yates
It’s been a tough time for the Mexican fac market of late, with the promised land of harder pricing failing to materialise despite a spate of sustained losses. Marcus Alcock investigates
With little sign of rates bottoming out in Singapore, some players are losing their nerve, finds Helen Yates. But Chinese carriers are more than happy to fill any capacity void…
Modelling cat risk for renewable energy projects came unstuck with recent hurricanes, finds David Benyon, but the nascent battery storage sector poses some altogether different challenges for (re)insurers…
As the property D&F market begins to get its discipline back, Antares’ Conor Finn says the firm’s binder portfolio has enabled it to provide deeper long-term relationships with clients
The fac market is at ‘a great moment’, says Swiss Re’s Beat Strebel, and should take full advantage with greater innovation and proactivity
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Sector profile: Financial lines
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