At its Insurance Market Briefing in London last month, Catherine Thomas, director of analytics for A.M. Best, delivered this observation of the London market:
“Catastrophe losses, a difficult trading environment and shrinking reserve releases are together putting considerable pressure on underwriting results this year, and investment earnings are providing little relief.
“In general, London-market insurers are well-placed to meet these performance challenges. They entered 2011 with strong balance sheets, and losses to date are manageable from a capital standpoint.
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