Hiscox's bold pre-emption request appears unmatched by peers

Hiscox appears to be an outlier in its bullish request to write
57 percent more direct premium in 2018 through its Lloyd's
platform, according to an initial canvass of the Lloyd's market
by The Insurance Insider.
After speaking to a number of CEOs and active underwriters in
EC3, the early consensus is that Lloyd's carriers are keen to
write more business in 2018, but that any requests to increase
stamp capacity are likely to be significantly more muted than at...