Opinion: E&S opportunity

The fall conference season has been dominated by talk of the
opportunities - real or imagined - for underwriters to push for
price rises, from retro down through reinsurance to the primary
business.
And the dialogue has extended to third quarter earnings calls,
where carrier CEOs have emphasised the need for rate increases
across much of their books, while their broker counterparts have
pointed to strong industry capital levels and the need to renew
based on individual experience.
But one...