Happy New Year! In the week to 2 January 2018 the FTSE All Share rose 0.8% vs. +0.3% for the Insurance Index and +2.1% for the Lloyd’s Index. The best performer was Hiscox (+2.9%); Helios*(+0.7%) and JLT (+0.9%) were the worst performers. The 1 January renewals were mixed: rates rose YoY following the 2017 cat losses, but generally were below earlier projections and mostly limited to loss affected lines/geographies. Talk is therefore of disappointment so share prices are now easing, but
03 Jan 2018
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Beazley Plc (BEZ:LON), 665 | Helios Underwriting PLC (HUW:LON), 180 | Hiscox Ltd (HSX:LON), 1,245 | Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group (JLT:LON), 0 | Lancashire Holdings Limited (LRE:LON), 618
- Published:
03 Jan 2018 -
Author:
Joanna Parsons -
Pages:
10
Happy New Year! In the week to 2 January 2018 the FTSE All Share rose 0.8% vs. +0.3% for the Insurance Index and +2.1% for the Lloyd’s Index. The best performer was Hiscox (+2.9%); Helios*(+0.7%) and JLT (+0.9%) were the worst performers. The 1 January renewals were mixed: rates rose YoY following the 2017 cat losses, but generally were below earlier projections and mostly limited to loss affected lines/geographies. Talk is therefore of disappointment so share prices are now easing, but