Arch went cat-shy mid-year as forecasts raged, but could swing any day

Arch Capital held off from growth in property cat at the mid-year renewals, with an eye to some rather frightening weather reports, but need not hold to its new cat-shy ways even to the next renewals, CEO Marc Grandisson has said.

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