This week in Post: Results, rumour and regulation
This week the results season well and truly got underway with big names in the UK’s insurance sector reporting back to market on how they fared over 2017.
It’s losses all round for the market. Beazley’s profits took a tumble as fourth quarter natural catastrophes wiped 43% of its bottom line. Zurich too saw nat cats push profits into the red as
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