As 2024 draws to a close, Insurance Insider reflects on the highs, lows and major trends seen in the London market this year.

The preliminary agreement for an offer to buy Direct Line for £3.6bn came shortly after Direct Line’s rejection of Aviva’s £3.25bn, which it perceived to be a substantial undervaluation of the firm ...

The executive will also become the executive chairman of Acrisure-owned Volante, with a particular emphasis on managing the ...

Appetite to join the Aon Client Treaty (ACT) was particularly high at this year’s renewal and underwriters were “lining up to ...

Specialist aviation MGA Hive Underwriters has appointed Henning Haagen to work as its chief development officer. Haagen, who ...

Intermediaries are pushing for the addition of subscription market brokerage (SMB) to London market slips, in what many ...

We also revealed that Warburg Pincus has included McGill and Partners in a $2.2bn multi-asset continuation vehicle, and that ...

The close proximity of Helene and Milton was a challenge, but a canvass of loss adjusters by Insurance Insider paid tribute ...

Storms that struck Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland from 23-29 December 2023 will cost the industry A$1.6bn ($1bn), ...

Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE) has received cash proceeds totalling ~$201mn from settlements with insurance companies in ...

Perils has increased its industry-loss estimate for the Central Europe and Italy floods by about 10% to EUR2.08bn ($2.16bn).

Augment Risk has hired former Artex Risk Solutions director Steve McElhiney to launch a captives and alternative risk ...