Reinsurance capacity entering market may be ‘mistimed’, says Brit

Timing, they say, is everything and nowhere is this more so than in the reinsurance market, whether its new capital mistiming its entry or younger underwriters unfamiliar with market cycles, says Brit Insurance group executive underwriter Simon Bird.

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