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'Now is the time to expand in the marine insurance market'

By Rasaad Jamie
The marine market has reached the bottom of the underwriting cycle and the opportunities for companies that are prepared to invest are significant, according to the chief executive of Thomas Miller Specialty
Marine Specialty International
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  • Opinion

ID Comment: Pool Re's plans for a terrorism cat bond should be applauded

By Michael Faulkner
Innovation in the UK's new insurance-linked securities regime is to be encouraged  
United Kingdom Reinsurance Specialty

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Downstream energy boosted by double-digit rate hikes: Lancashire
Ascot and Beazley launch A2B cargo consortium
London capacity proves attractive to California wineries
Castel adds marine specialty book
London cargo market set to escape major wine losses from 2017 California wildfires
Risk carriers must reassess Belt and Road exposures
Abundant capacity weighs on specialty renewals
'Now is the time to expand in the marine insurance market'
RKH Specialty forms natural resources practice with Haines hire
Trade credit cover and the duty of disclosure
Focus: Tailored solutions will drive credit insurance growth
Focus: Trade credit insurers must dispel the misconceptions around their products
Downstream energy insurers target double-digit rate hikes
London marine market ‘chaotic and undisciplined’
Nexus acquires Hiscox Global Flying
International Group unveils revised reinsurance structure
JLT deal takes Marsh’s Baker to top of Lloyd’s List marine rankings
Miller expands credit and political risk team
RKH hires Franzman to lead Asia marine business
Lloyd’s yacht market shows signs of recovery after Irma wake-up call
RSA appoints Jones to lead restructured London market unit
Markel targets yacht market growth through Pantaenius partnership
P&I clubs’ diversification strategies called into question
Markel International creates standalone marine and energy divisions
Marsh launches social unrest cover
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London marine market ‘chaotic and undisciplined’

By Scott Vincent

But general hardening trend being observed in global marine hull market, according to Lloyd & Partners

Marine London International

Marine updates

Pioneer swoops on Pembroke for cargo underwriter
Aspen strikes capacity deal with Lodestar
Ascot and Beazley launch A2B cargo consortium
Turner named head of marine at Beazley as Washbourn steps down
London capacity proves attractive to California wineries
Castel adds marine specialty book
London cargo market set to escape major wine losses from 2017 California wildfires
Neon Italy appoints marine claims manager
Abundant capacity weighs on specialty renewals
'Now is the time to expand in the marine insurance market'
Howden hires marine head for Turkey, Middle East and Africa
London marine market ‘chaotic and undisciplined’
International Group unveils revised reinsurance structure
Lloyd’s syndicates unveil cargo insurtech partnership
Ascot adds to US marine team
Marine insurers head into uncharted waters of risk
JLT deal takes Marsh’s Baker to top of Lloyd’s List marine rankings
Viewpoint: The lessons for underwriters from the Hanjin Shipping collapse
Gard's Roppestad: 'The downward pressure on premiums in the marine market must stop'
RKH hires Franzman to lead Asia marine business
Lloyd’s yacht market shows signs of recovery after Irma wake-up call
Viewpoint: New maritime environmental regulations will stretch limits of P&I cover
RSA appoints Jones to lead restructured London market unit
Chaucer coverholder Lonham adds marine underwriter
Markel targets yacht market growth through Pantaenius partnership

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Energy


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Downstream energy insurers target double-digit rate hikes

By Scott Vincent

Losses of $3.75bn in 2018 were more than double the market’s premium base

International Specialty Energy

Energy updates

Downstream energy boosted by double-digit rate hikes: Lancashire
Viewpoint: Downstream energy market has reached a crisis point
Abundant capacity weighs on specialty renewals
RKH Specialty forms natural resources practice with Haines hire
Allianz and Nephila team up on revenue swap for US wind farm
Downstream energy insurers target double-digit rate hikes
Focus: Insuring the transition to a renewable energy future
Focus: Renewable energy insurers must take cyber risk more seriously
Focus: ARTfully reversing the decline in renewable energy investment
Travelers adds GCube duo to Lloyd’s renewables team
BMS makes senior energy hire
Markel International creates standalone marine and energy divisions
Energy reinsurers look for rate increases in delicately balanced market
Aurous hires Qatar Re energy duo as it gears up for January 2019 launch
Energy rate increases slow amid ‘eerily low’ upstream losses
Alesco boosts energy team with Dewey hire
Fidelis to provide capacity for new energy MGA
BMS continues to raid Price Forbes in energy team build-out
Viewpoint: Will lessons from the European wind industry be learned by emerging markets in Asia and America?
RKH targets renewables growth with director hire
Miller names Curtin head of energy construction
Price Forbes hires Howell in power team expansion
Lockton appoints Ridge to lead marine and energy reinsurance unit
Downstream energy market looks for profitable growth
Miller boosts energy team with onshore hire

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Aviation


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Aviation market headwinds build as capacity tightens

Rates in the aviation sector have been rising in recent months as capacity withdraws from the market. But while price increases have been welcomed, a challenging 2019 still beckons
Lloyds London Aviation

Aviation updates

Nexus acquires Hiscox Global Flying
Aviation market headwinds build as capacity tightens
Starr gets green light to sell aviation insurance in Brazil
Focus: Insurers must deal more humanely with aviation disasters
Focus: Capping the cost of light aircraft recovery claims
Focus; Good practice could slash aviation ground losses
Focus: Aerospace infrastructure insurers call end to soft market
Insurance 'can help enable mega-constellation growth'
Aviation rates take off
Nexus acquires aerospace MGA from Castel
UK space plans to create ‘wealth of indigenous business’ for London market
THB grows aviation team with Gould hire
AGCS appoints new North America aviation executive underwriter
Starr Insurance to acquire renewal rights to Aspen’s aviation business
TMK and Biba launch drone insurance scheme
ID Comment: Aviation underwriters will hope market exits will give rates a lift
Aspen plans exit from Lloyd's classes
Aviation rates may rise further: JLT
Space insurers warned on debris collision risks as satellite insured values rocket
Everest Re adds Toulkeridis to lead aerospace reinsurance
Hive Aero swoops on Talbot for class underwriter
China’s PICC joins European space and aviation consortium
Aviation goes live on PPL
JLT hires former Marsh UK aviation boss
Former Cathedral underwriter Bruce Carman launches aviation war MGA

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Specie


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Focus: Lloyds is branding the specie market for no good reason

Despite being under Lloyd’s microscope, the specie market continues to make acceptable returns. Continued underwriter vigilance will enable the market to maintain that enviable position for the future
Focus Lloyds London

Specie updates

LSM increases specie capacity to $250m
Liberty Specialty Markets expands fine art and specie offering into Germany
Aegis London targets Australian specie business through online platform
Liberty to write fine art and specie from Paris office
Brazilian bandits force cash in transit exposure rethink
Willis Towers Watson appoints cargo and specie head
Howden acquires Singapore broker
Getting down to brass tacks of specie risk exposure
The fine art and specie market is at a tipping point
Insuring fine art on the high seas
Fine art and specie market looks to technology to mitigate the low rating environment
Specie innovation critical to tempt new business to London
Protecting the value of historic art and buildings
Chubb returns stolen Rockwell painting 40 years after theft
XL Catlin receives Monaco licence
Hiscox expects $1bn fine art consortium to 'come to life' in 2017
Bank vault flooding triggers specie claims in France
Fine art and specie market shifts to consortia to overcome rise of broker facilities
Brit launches diamond processing consortium
Hiscox leads $1bn fine art consortium
Standard syndicate expands into more lines of business
Preservation of the specie
JLT shares fall as legal settlement hits earnings
Beazley to double specie line size following XL Catlin hires
JLT settles legal action over Willis specie team

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Focus: Trade credit insurers must dispel the misconceptions around their products

Insurers face a challenging year, but there are opportunities for the trade credit insurance market
Focus Political Risk and Trade International

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Risk carriers must reassess Belt and Road exposures
Trade credit cover and the duty of disclosure
Focus: Navigating trade credit insurance trends in 2019
Focus: Opportunities and challenges for trade credit insurers in Asia
Focus: Tailored solutions will drive credit insurance growth
Focus: Trade credit insurers must dispel the misconceptions around their products
Miller expands credit and political risk team
Marsh launches social unrest cover
Markel expands Philpin role in trade credit team
Chubb promotes Berry to European head of surety
Markel expands US trade credit team
Canopius expands credit and political risk distribution
Trade war rhetoric sparks uptick in requests for cover
Trade credit claims see biggest spike since financial crisis
Basel III threatens to make trade credit cover ‘irrelevant’ for banks
Terrorism cover above and beyond Pool Re's offering
Focus: Re/insurers’ investment strategies are lagging behind requirements
SMEs must adapt to evolving terror threat
Viewpoint: Into the valley of uncertainty for political violence insurers
Risk Foresight: Morena’s López Obrador wins Mexico presidential election
Risk Foresight: Attack on Ethiopia's president Ahmed's rally unlikely to have been assassination bid
Trade credit exposures grow at double rate of premium increase
Risk Foresight: Duque beats Petro in Colombia’s presidential run-off election
Carillion collapse drives record UK trade credit claims bill in Q1
Risk Foresight: Trump and Kim attend history-making summit

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ID Comment: Pool Re's plans for a terrorism cat bond should be applauded

By Michael Faulkner
Innovation in the UK's new insurance-linked securities regime is to be encouraged  
United Kingdom Reinsurance Specialty

Latest on Terrorism

Pool Re cover extended to non-damage BI
Abundant capacity weighs on specialty renewals
Pool Re pulls out of terrorism contingency cover
Viewpoint: Re/insurers must create products that match the realities of contemporary terrorism
Pool Re in discussions with ‘range of investors’ about potential ILS
Charting the new geography of terrorism
UK motor insurers vote to mutualise terror risk
RMS updates terrorism models to acknowledge rise in 'lone wolf' attacks
Aon and Chubb launch Lloyd’s terrorism product
Pool Re CEO calls for 'debate' about chemical attack coverage
Pool Re links up with GC Securities as ILS placement agent
Aon warns inter-state conflict risk highest since the end of Cold War
ILS sector could be a new capital pool for terrorism risk
Liberty Specialty Markets creates Paris-based terrorism role
Pool Re extends retro programme to include cyber terrorism cover
Terrorism underwriters must evolve as threat set to stay high in 2018
'Active shooter' products to grow in London market
Pool Re extends cyber terrorism cover
Liberty swoops on Sompo Canopius for war and terrorism hire
Terrorism insurers widen cover in response to evolving threat
Bessant joins Acappella syndicate 2014
StarStone swoops on Antares for terrorism hire
Improving political violence insurance penetration in the Middle East
Policies must adapt to cover the change in terror threat
First signs of a hardening in the political violence reinsurance market?

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