If you want a white T-shirt, someone is always prepared to sell you a ‘better’ white T-shirt. For you sir / madam, may I suggest a Loro Piana white jobbie for a mere £1,795? How superior can this seventh wonder of capitalism be? Is Loro Piana’s T-shirt really 32,536% better than Next’s Basic Crew Neck, currently … Read more
For the first time since we’ve been tracking the catastrophe bond marketplace, Artemis’ measure for the size of the market, based on our estimate of catastrophe bond risk capital outstanding, has surpassed the $50 billion mark, as 2025 issuance continues to outpace the heavy maturity schedule.As of Thursday 27th February 2025, our figure for risk … Read more
The Big Picture After multiple years of rising premiums—and an especially turbulent 2023–2024—commercial insurance buyers are hoping for stable or even softening market conditions in 2025. While many lines still show upward price pressure, certain segments (like D&O and cyber) are benefiting from increased carrier competition, which has led to rate flattening or modest decreases. … Read more
According to Redfin, the U.S. housing market is now worth a stone’s throw from $50 trillion: Depedning on the day, that puts the housing market roughly on par with the total value of the U.S. stock market. In the past decade alone the total value of the housing market has more than doubled (from $23 … Read more
Severe convective storms (SCS) are emerging as a major driver of U.S. property insurance costs, with large hail events alone damaging nearly 600,000 homes in 2024, according to an analysis by CoreLogic. SCS weather events, which include damaging hail, tornadoes, straight-line winds and derechos, are becoming a significant driver of insured natural disaster losses across … Read more
