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Nearly 1 in 4 Lloyd’s syndicates beat 80% CoR; even start-ups hit profit

The top 10 had an avg. CoR of 64%; big winners: Beazley, QBE, Chaucer, Nephila & more.   16 April 2024

Insurance

Lloyd’s Names eye opportunities, but cautious on softening

Lloyd’s market veteran warns on softening trends, spots niche investment chances.   8 September 2025

Insurance

Markel’s ILS unit Nephila will face AuM flow and earnings pressures

Recent cat activity and investor fatigue will ‘adversely impact’ AuM trend: CEO   2 November 2022

Alternative Risk Transfer

Markel ILS unit Nephila suffers 7.7% further cut to AuM, forcing write-down

Assets had fallen 8.2% already in Q3 and are now down 18% for full-year 2022.   2 February 2023

Insurance

Markel’s Nephila funds suffer 8.2% drop in ILS AuM on Hurricane Ian

Reinsurance cessions had risen heavily & revenues had stabilised in Q3 ahead of Ian.   2 November 2022

Insurance

Lockton Re lures Nephila/Aon leader to fuel innovation drive

The executive spent over a decade with Nephila in both Bermuda and London.   26 June 2023

Alternative Risk Transfer

Lloyd’s ILS platform London Bridge can sweep up $1bn capital in ‘24

Nearly all new structures at Lloyd’s have tied onto the ILS platform: CFO Keese.   29 March 2024

Insurance

Markel pushes record premium of $318m into Nephila ILS in Q2

H1 total premium sent to Nephila now more than double prior year period.   3 August 2022

Alternative Risk Transfer

Nephila Capital to establish its own Lloyd’s managing agency

Nephila Capital, the insurance-linked securities (ILS) specialist now owned by Markel, has received regulatory approval to establish its own Lloyd’s managing agency. Nephila Syndicate Management will launch on October 11, 2019.   9 September 2019

Insurance

Discipline and limit management become key as headwinds blow

After almost three years of tailwinds, some headwinds are now emerging for reinsurers, says Markel Re’s Bahr.   12 September 2023

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