Another year begins and another set of January renewals end.

For those of you who participated in the latest renewals I hope they didn't ruin the festive fun.

The first renewal reports from those pesky brokers appeared in our inboxes here at Reinsurance Towers before December even ended (they seem to arrive earlier every year)

The reports seem to concur with what our readers predicted in the survey we conducted in November with rates down 5-15% for most lines. Those of you who participated in the survey can give yourselves a big pat on the back.

I'm keeping myself busy with writing our own little renewals report for our Jan/Feb edition of the magazine (amongst other things) - keep an eye out for it if you are one of those people who just love statistics

Have a good week

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