Queenie Shaikh

Cheltenham is known for many things - as a grand Regency spa town, the Gold Cup and a busy calendar of literary and food festivals, GCHQ... but less so its history as the “Calcutta of the Cotswolds”

Ageing vessels are disproportionately involved in maritime accidents, oil spills and costly breakdowns, while a staffing shortage threatens to leave ships understaffed and with unexperienced personnel

Lloyd's modelled three pandemic scenarios of varying severity, producing a range of economic losses from $7.3trn to $41.7trn over a five-year period

Brand reputation may cushion individual mis-steps by traditional insurers, but underwriting decisions by MGAs reflect directly on their business and people, head of marine at Alta Signa, Francesco Dubbioso, says

The €110m facility aims to address the shortage of reinsurance capacity resulting from Russia's invasion of Ukraine

Brand reputation may cushion individual mis-steps by traditional insurers, but underwriting decisions by MGAs reflect directly on their business and people, head of marine at Alta Signa, Francesco Dubbioso, says

Australian group appoints Axa XL's David Hughes as head of marine for its Lloyd's syndicate

The increasing importance of geopolitical factors in business decision-making has led to a transformation of re/insurers from passive risk managers to active geopolitical intelligence agents

Most losses from the September flood event occurred in Austria, Czechia and Poland, followed by Italy and Slovakia

Property losses accounting for 89% of the total industry loss, with the remaining 11% attributed to motor losses