Viewpoint: Driving Sustainable Underwriting Performance With Data and Discipline March 19, 2026 By Andrew McMellin International insurance markets are entering a new phase of the cycle. Rates have become increasingly competitive across the majority of...
Ongoing Soft Market Tops Reinsurers’ Concerns: Xuber Survey June 14, 2016 By L.S. Howard Soft market conditions continue to be the biggest concern for the industry, followed by regulation, competition from third party capital,...
‘Worst Market in Memory’ to Keep Pressure on Reinsurance Rates September 3, 2014 By Carolyn Bandel and Oliver Suess The worst reinsurance market in memory looks set to carry into 2015, industry executives said. An absence of costly disasters...
Lloyd’s CEO Richard Ward Reflects on ‘Nearly 8’ Eventful Years October 6, 2013 By Charles E. Boyle Lloyd’s CEO Richard Ward is stepping down from the post at the end of the year. Despite the catastrophes of...
Loeb’s Third Point Re Set for IPO as Einhorn’s Truck Bet Shows Insurers’ Risk August 14, 2013 By Noah Buhayar and Lee Spears Investors in Third Point Reinsurance Ltd.’s initial public offering are betting on billionaire hedge fund manager Daniel Loeb. They’re also...
Aspen Chief Says It’s Time to Get Back Underwriting Discipline December 13, 2011 With inadequate pricing levels for commercial lines, low interest rates and severe catastrophe losses, it’s high time insurers focus on...