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July 1 renewals ‘orderly’ and ‘stable’

01 July 2009

Despite predictions of dramatic rate increases to offset reinsurers’ losses over the past year, the July 1 renewals were surprisingly stable, according to Willis Re’s 1st View report.

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Despite predictions of dramatic rate increases to offset reinsurers’ losses over the past year, the July 1 renewals were surprisingly stable, according to Willis Re’s 1st View report.

In capital intensive classes, such as peak zone US catastrophe, Willis Re reported rate increases of 10% to 15%. But the broker said that rates outside US peak catastrophe zones struggled to show much real increase.

The broker reported sufficient capacity in nearly all areas...


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CEOs won’t move prices until they see blood in the street and have the concern that some of it might be theirs.

Tom Bolt, director of underwriting performance at Lloyd’s of London