In the week to 9 January 2018 the FTSE All Share rose 1.1% vs. -0.2% for the Insurance Index and -0.4% for the Lloyd’s Index. The best performer was JLT (+5.1%); Lancashire (-3.6%) wasthe worst performer. MarketScout data shows US commercial p/c rates +2% in Q4 2017 vs. +1% in Q3 and -1.3% in Q4 2016. Clearly rate rises post the cat losses helped, but there have been small positive signs in previous quarters plus AM Best has also moved to Stable on this market – all quietly good n
10 Jan 2018
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Beazley Plc (BEZ:LON), 668 | Helios Underwriting PLC (HUW:LON), 155 | Hiscox Ltd (HSX:LON), 1,205 | Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group (JLT:LON), 0 | Lancashire Holdings Limited (LRE:LON), 589
- Published:
10 Jan 2018 -
Author:
Joanna Parsons -
Pages:
10
In the week to 9 January 2018 the FTSE All Share rose 1.1% vs. -0.2% for the Insurance Index and -0.4% for the Lloyd’s Index. The best performer was JLT (+5.1%); Lancashire (-3.6%) wasthe worst performer. MarketScout data shows US commercial p/c rates +2% in Q4 2017 vs. +1% in Q3 and -1.3% in Q4 2016. Clearly rate rises post the cat losses helped, but there have been small positive signs in previous quarters plus AM Best has also moved to Stable on this market – all quietly good n