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  Soft market conditions: No end in sight

  January 25, 2016 by Peter Morris

  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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  No reason to expect a hardening of the market anytime soon

  January 26, 2015 by Peter Morris

  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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  How the rise of catastrophe bonds may change our industry

  July 14, 2014 by Peter Morris

  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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