Opinion: A very different conversation

At last year's largely uneventful Napslo annual convention in
Atlanta the talk at the bars was of a merry-go-round of
underwriting execs in the E&S property space.
There was also much bemoaning of a soft market bloodbath that
was prompting some carriers to consider significant retrenchment as
margins bordered on the unacceptable.
As delegates head to San Diego this weekend for the newly
christened Wholesale & Specialty Insurance Association
(WSIA)'s 2017 Annual Marketplace, the spotlight