A week. Just a week and so much that we thought was predictable at the beginning of last week turned out to be wrong by the end of the week.

This week, the London Market Group (LMG) hit the headlines. Monday saw the Placing Platform (PPL) go live, and within an hour, the first standalone terrorism risk was bound.

Everything is going to carry on as normal while the UK negotiates its new relationship with the European Union.

This week, what particularly caught our eye was an excellent report written by Shirley Beglinger headed The Quiet Insurer:Mobility of The "Other" Financial Service.

An MSCI report has examined the investment implications of the rise of populism around the world, and found that multi-asset portfolios could lose as much as 11% of their value as a result.

UK insurer Aviva has strengthened its market position in the Canadian market with the acquisition of the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) General Insurance Company.