Insurance Blogs hosted by Canadian Underwriter
Insurance Blogs hosted by Canadian Underwriter
We have written this piece to share our observations on issues that have an impact on mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity in the Canadian Property and Casualty (P&C) Insurance Industry. These observations are based on divestiture processes we have been…
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Let me start by saying that some of the best managed and most profitable brokerages in Canada are employee-owned. We believe that every succession planning process should, at the very least, consider this option. When talking about management buy-ins, a…
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When it comes to Property and Casualty (P&C) brokerage consolidation activity, I think most industry participants would say that it has primarily been driven by underwriters. Their low cost of capital and desire to protect premium revenue has led to…
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Lately, we have all been hearing and reading a lot about InsureTech. Frankly, I have to admit that I don’t exactly understand what the term means. What I do understand is that underwriters, brokers and direct writers have invested millions…
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While we are always monitoring changes to financial issues related to the P&C insurance industry, we have long stopped trying to predict the future, especially in terms of the valuation of brokerages. Having said that, we are in the unique position to…
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Over the years, we have written several pieces about the state of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity in the Property and Casualty (P&C) industry and think it is safe to say the market has been, and will continue to be, robust in the foreseeable…
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Canadian Brokers understand that Contingent Profit Commissions (CPC) are a device that insurance companies use to reward good front-line underwriting, volume of premium business placed and some good claims luck. In simple terms, the better your loss experience and the…
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The insurance marketplace has been in a ‘soft’ phase for several years. The hallmarks of a soft market are an oversupply of insurance capacity and, with it, a downward pressure on pricing. There is no sign this is about to…
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For anyone waiting for the underwriting market to harden, it would appear they’ll be waiting a little while longer. One of the events that can trigger a tightening of the primary market is a tightening of the reinsurance market. Two…
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In its Second Quarter 2014 update, Aon Benfield Securities reported that catastrophe bond issuance hit a record high US$ 4.5 billion – the most of any quarter in the history of the insurance-linked securities (ILS) market. The growth of the…
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The impact of natural catastrophes is having an ever-increasing impact on the results of insurers around the world. According to a recent report from Aon Benfield’s catastophe model development arm, natural catastrophes caused roughly $7 billion in insured losses globally…
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