24 August 2016Insurance

Opportunistic capital may dampen post-event hardening

Though most London market insurers are performing well and have strong balance sheets, they must beware of the threat of opportunistic capital exploiting any turn in the market. They must adapt their soft market strategies with this in mind, AM Best has claimed in a report.

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