Content from L.S. Howard
Will ILS Investors Run for Cover After the Storm?
Most industry pundits agree that alternative capital is now a permanent fixture in the reinsurance marketplace. Where there is less agreement, however, is whether more opportunistic alternative ...
Manmade Threats Growing
Manmade threats are becoming increasingly significant, bringing potentially huge losses to cities, which could present a major risk to the world's future global and economic growth, according to ...
Lloyd’s City New Risk Index Aims to Raise Awareness of Systemic Risks Facing Major Global Cities
The costs of natural and manmade threats could put at risk $4.6 trillion of the total projected GDP of 301 of the world's major cities between 2015 and 2025, according to the findings of the Lloyd's ...
Tier 1 Reinsurers More Resilient than Smaller Firms in Current Market: Fitch
Major tier 1 reinsurers stand to benefit most from a changing reinsurance market and mounting competitive pressures, while small monoline companies will be the hardest hit, according to a reinsurance ...
Reinsurers’ New Reality of Abundant Capacity May be Permanent: A.M. Best
The reinsurance market is operating in a new reality of abundant capacity from traditional and alternative sources, low interest rates and thinner reinsurance margins, driven by intense competition ...
Stephen Catlin’s Career
• 1973: Began insurance career in 1973, joining BL Evens & Others on Syndicate 264 at Lloyd's. • 1982: Became deputy underwriter, specializing in the excess of loss and energy accounts where ...
Catlin Says M&A Integration Is the Key to Success—and the Most Difficult Part
Stephen Catlin, executive deputy chairman of XL Catlin, knows a thing or two about mergers and acquisitions in the insurance industry—what to do and what to avoid. He should know; he's been ...
Report: U.K.’s Professional Indemnity Sector Poised For More Robust Growth
The professional indemnity and directors & officers insurance sector has grown constantly since 2012 and is expected to continue the upward trend until at least 2019, according to the findings of ...