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Energy fac maintains pricing momentum

Rating conditions in the energy facultative reinsurance space remain flat to slightly up despite market capacity having reached an all-time high.

Miller hires Curtin as energy construction lead

Ian Curtin has joined Miller as head of the specialist (re)insurance broker’s energy construction team.

Beazley launches PI consortium for UK law firms

Beazley has launched a consortium to provide professional indemnity (PI) insurance to large law firms based in the UK.

Ethos appoints new SME casualty head

Ethos Specialty Insurance Services (Ethos), the managing general agent (MGA) created by Ascot Group in August last year, has appointed Kevin Mooney as senior vice president and head of small and medium enterprise (SME) casualty business.

Munich Re CFO to retire ahead of restructure
Price Forbes guns for power market
Zurich’s fac strategy in the balance as Meier steps up
THB reshuffles European leadership
Perils keeps Friederike loss steady at around $2bn
Munich Re: H1 nat cat losses fall by 33%

Analysis

ANALYSIS: Buying strategies

What really drives reinsurance purchasing is a question the fac market would love to answer, so we are grateful to Willis Towers Watson for providing some background. Inside FAC takes a look

Fac market can make the most of the digital technology revolution

With digital technology playing an increasingly bigger role in both business and personal life, the facultative reinsurance sector has the ability to seize opportunities both internal and external

100 not out: Celebrating 10 years of Inside FAC

Inside FAC has reached the big one with 100 issues, and we are genuinely delighted to celebrate 10 years of service as the only dedicated publication for the global facultative marketplace

Ratcheting up political risk

Protectionism, North Korea, the rise of the far right... turbulent political risk waters lie ahead, according to Marsh

Country Profile

ECUADOR: Condor country

From Galapagos to the Amazon jungle, Ecuador is famed for its ‘megadiversity’ of endemic species. And while its insurance sector remains marine-heavy, fac opportunities look equally diverse

Nordic noir

Although often overshadowed as a (re)insurance market by its European neighbours, the Nordic region nonetheless continues to offer opportunities for the fac market – though conditions remain tough, as Inside FAC discovers

AFRICA: Good vibrations

Growing confidence in Africa’s insurance markets is focusing attention once more on the opportunities arising from the continent’s low insurance penetration

ECUADOR: Condor country

Sector Profile

A&H: Diversity play

New entrants, excess capital, widening T&Cs, fiercely competitive rating, rising losses… A&H has it all, as Inside FAC discovers

Supply chain saviours

With regulators and social media driving greater awareness of product recalls and supply chain weaknesses, appetite for the coverage is stronger than ever, finds Inside FAC