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A watertight ESG strategy would be focused around paying more tax, approving more claims and pro bono advisory work from the brokers at scale.
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Following the breakdown of the Aon deal and with a potential activist circling, the firm finds itself at a crossroads.
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The cat market has a problem with sustained underperformance which, particularly following the ESG Awakening, could attract negative boardroom attention.
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The three-way tug of war over fronting business Clear Blue is the latest example of the appetite of buyout firms for insurance assets.
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The ransomware surge is likely to lead to changes in the product, a shake-up in market share and challenges for MGAs.
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Two Sigma has delivered stellar returns, but its major role at the firm makes it a total return (re)insurer, with all the baggage that carries.
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Yesterday’s announcement that long-serving Willis Towers Watson CEO John Haley will be replaced by Carl Hess will have come as a surprise to many market watchers.
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The ratings agency has lifted the negative outlook it gave the total return reinsurer in May 2019.
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The limits of the mega deal for the public players has been tested, but there is scope for some of the bigger private players to merge.
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With the call taken on the break-up and radical re-underwriting over, the firm may become Just Another P&C Insurance Company.
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Owning a sizeable reinsurance broker offers the parent benefits that go well beyond the unit itself.
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The firm must now grapple with the related questions of leadership, ownership and the future shape of the group.
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The franchise builder's call to pivot to a big buyback post-Hartford bid flags the challenges of M&A at its scale.
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The above-book valuation placed on the business will be a helpful anchor point for an IPO later in the year.
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Owning a cat reinsurer is off-strategy for a firm trying to curb volatility, but a sale would be hard to execute.
