In the week to 12 April the FTSE All Share rose 2.1% vs. 1.2% for the Insurance Index and -0.1% for the Lloyd’s Index. The best performer this week was JLT (+1.0%); Beazley was the worst performer (-3.5%). We look at the Willis report on US commercial rates. The key point to note is that, whilst rates continue to soften in most lines, the pace is starting to moderate in some classes (eg property), whilst certain lines are seeing rate rises (eg liability/cyber). This is an improved pictu ....