Transactional liability
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Ascot will evaluate other options for its ~$140mn-premium transactional liability unit.
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The broker hired Bruna Reis, Renée Bradbury, Gabriela Coelho and Luis Felipe Melo.
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CNA has been part of Euclid’s panel in EMEA since early 2022.
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The most common breach type was law compliance, followed by financial statements.
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Sources said Federer will assume the executive director role at Atlantic later this month.
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Earlier this week, this publication revealed that Axis and Accelerant will support the recently launched MGA.
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The M&A insurance MGA also secured support from Accelerant.
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Colin Addy and Greg Conroy, former Vale and Chubb executives, co-head the new operation.
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Retentions and coverage could be affected by future adverse claims trends.
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This publication revealed Chubb was planning to re-enter the London TL market.
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The firm hired Kami LaBerge and Egbert van der Graaff.
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The executive will split his time between San Francisco and New York.
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The MGA is led by CEO Dennis Kearns, a 25-year industry veteran who founded the transaction solutions program at DUAL, producing total gross written premium exceeding $600mn.
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Kearns and his former employer recently settled a legal dispute following his departure along with two other colleagues last year.
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The loss threats come as the space is going through a softening cycle, with 2%-2.5% rates and a few sources noting cases of 1.7%-1.8%.
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Over the last seven years Euclid has insured $3.2tn of deal value and has booked nearly $770bn of total incurred loss through 97 paid claims.
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Liberty GTS noted a fall in the proportion of R&W notifications where the potential loss exceeds the retention in the last 12 months as compared to the preceding 12 months.
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Sources said that CAC Specialty brokered the policy, which is placed across the US and London markets.
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If the claim does indeed pay out, it has been suggested it will be the largest in R&W market history.
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From January to July, Euclid received an average of 26 claims per month, a nearly 21% increase from the 21.5 average notices per month in 2022.
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Sources said it is still unclear if the specialty insurer will exit the class permanently or if it will return to the market in the foreseeable future.
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The M&A slowdown in the US and increased competition have also driven retentions down, while terms and conditions are loosening.
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Sources said BlueChip NY-based managing directors Chris Opisso, Jon Sprintz and Jason Tomitz will join Volante to run the unit.
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After a period of ups and downs, R&W rates in the mid-market segment are stabilizing around 3.5%-4%, market participants said.
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The private equity-backed broker hired Yem Mai as R&W managing director and senior brokers Ashley Parsa and Michelle Jensen.
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The proportion of notifications reporting high severity ($10mn+) remains unchanged at 9%, according to the report.
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The inflection point comes as the US M&A boom overheated the reps and warranties market in late 2021 and early 2022.
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Euclid will raise its maximum per-deal underwriting limit of liability to $90mn.
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Underwriters are now either declining deals in the region entirely or implementing severe exclusions to mitigate risk.
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Both executives join the family-owned broker as senior vice presidents based in New York.
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CapSpecialty paper will be allocated through its wholly owned subsidiary specialty insurer Capitol Specialty Insurance.
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The US practice will be led by Themis partner Naomi Collins, who has previously worked for CFC Underwriting and Allied World.
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