10 September 2013Insurance

Industry’s boom and bust mentality must change

Mark Watson, CEO of Argo, told Intelligent Insurer that as more capital pours into the market, the impact of medium and large scale catastrophic events will lose its punch and ability to move the market, allowing re/insurers to respond to true market conditions instead of waiting for a single event to move the market.

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