Wednesday 14 May 2008

The Price of Apples

Amazing how many good D&O stories I missed on vacation last week from the Siemens claim to Aspen hiring away quality D&O underwriters from Lloyd's Managing Agent Novae, to D&O legend James Weatherstone taking the helm for Arch Europe.

Catching up with a Lloyd's broker yesterday who brings in US risk to London, D&O price volatility is up. In the Financial Institution market for D&O and E&O, the underwriting markets are shrinking their lines, and in one case flat-out non-renewing a policy. In general corporate D&O the impact is less profound but the tide will turn.

I'm also happy to report that the AIRMIC Benchmark Survey is well underway with the majority of respondents coming from Financial Institutions who want to get a good sense of where the D&O market is.

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