As the Rendez-Vous de Septembre begins, cedants and their brokers are gearing up for challenging renewal discussions ahead of casualty covers incepting on January 1

Rating agency warns reserve releases have reached 'unsustainably high levels'

Some 76% of respondents said market-changing disruption is 'very likely' or 'inevitable' over the next 10 years

 Will write on admitted paper in addition to surplus lines Lloyd’s syndicate 4444 paper 

Yesterday’s budget increased funding for flood defence but did not address resilience 

Andrew Beechey to grow global financial risks business from London