Underwriters, brokers and buyers will already be filling up their diaries ready for the reinsurance market’s annual Rendez-Vous in Monte Carlo in September. The frantic whirl of meetings, lunches and dinners traditionally sets the tone for the crucial end-of-year renewal season.

Andrew Bailey, chief executive of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) gave a positive speech on free trade prospects post-Brexit. The Prudential Regulatory Authority (PRA) warned insurers regarding assessment of cyber risks following a consultation.

As insurers try to escape from the “slow grind downwards in terms of yield”, they have sought out a more diverse range of assets, including those with limited liquidity that would previously not have found their way into portfolios, Bob Swarup, co-founder of the Insurance Investment Exchange, told the audience at the recent Insurance Investment Exchange seminar in London.

Insurers’ long, weary quest to find yield shows no signs of abating, according to the audience survey results from the recent Insurance Investment Exchange seminar on 13th June 2017.

Insurers’ long, weary quest to find yield shows no signs of abating, according to the audience survey results from the recent Insurance Investment Exchange seminar on 13th June 2017.

This week, the Association of British Insurers(ABI) published sponsored research highlighting the UK as the leading global insurance exporter, adding more than £40bn pa to the economy.