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22 – Date – 27 July 2026 – Issue 16
Issue 16 of Gazette Watch is now available
The latest edition of Gazette Watch, dated 27 July 2026, has now been published via https://lnkd.in/eAgaiu54
This issue brings together the most significant developments from across the legacy insurance and reinsurance market, together with our editorial assessment of the stories shaping the sector.
Read Issue 16 via the Gazette Watch Newsstand:
We hope you enjoy this latest issue and, as always, welcome your comments and feedback.
23 – Date – 10.08.2026 – Issue 17
Gazette Watch — Issue 17 is now available
The latest edition of Gazette Watch, dated 10 August 2026, is now published.
This edition brings together the latest developments across the legacy insurance and run-off market — including the growing industry response to the PRA’s funded reinsurance consultation, which has now closed following significant industry pushback.
As always, we look beyond the headline to the developments shaping the sector.
Read Issue 17 via the Gazette Watch Newsstand:
https://lnkd.in/eq4axTQN
Featured story — PRA Funded Reinsurance Consultation Closes Amid Industry Pushback:
https://lnkd.in/etuCqDby
24 – Date – 24 August 2026 – Issue 18
A London market mega-merger leads this fortnight’s Gazette Watch (Issue 18)
Marco Capital is acquiring Pro Global — combining with PoloWorks to create one of the industry’s largest specialist insurance services groups: 15 offices, 1,400 staff, spanning Lloyd’s and international markets.
Elsewhere in Issue 18: QBE’s second RiverStone LPT, Pacific Life Re’s third Japan flow deal, Willis Re’s move for BMS Re US, and Talcott’s $1bn West Grove Re sidecar with Goldman Sachs.
We look beyond the headline to what’s actually reshaping the sector.
Read Issue 18 via the Gazette Watch Newsstand:
https://lnkd.in/eq4axTQN
Featured story — Marco Capital to Acquire Pro Global:
https://lnkd.in/e2RTiP_R
25 – Date – Monte Carlo Special
📰 Gazette Watch — Monte Carlo Special Edition is live
As the legacy and run-off market gathers in Monte Carlo for the Rendez-Vous de Septembre, Gazette Watch marks the moment with a one-off Special Edition — live now at jdcconsultants.com.
One front page, split in two: a Monte Carlo look-ahead on the left, a six-month/eighteen-issue retrospective on the right — then and now, side by side.
👉 Read it here: https://lnkd.in/epQ6fXHm
Next full issue: Monday 14 September.
26 – Date – 14 September 2026 – Issue 19
A London market mega-merger leads this fortnight’s Gazette Watch (Issue 18)
Marco Capital is acquiring Pro Global — combining with PoloWorks to create one of the industry’s largest specialist insurance services groups: 15 offices, 1,400 staff, spanning Lloyd’s and international markets.
Elsewhere in Issue 18: QBE’s second RiverStone LPT, Pacific Life Re’s third Japan flow deal, Willis Re’s move for BMS Re US, and Talcott’s $1bn West Grove Re sidecar with Goldman Sachs.
We look beyond the headline to what’s actually reshaping the sector.
Read Issue 18 via the Gazette Watch Newsstand:
https://lnkd.in/eq4axTQN
Featured story — Marco Capital to Acquire Pro Global:
https://lnkd.in/e2RTiP_R
27 – Date – 14.09.2026 – STOP PRESS
STOP PRESS: The Marco Capital/Pro Global merger has grown since we first reported it — the combined platform now spans 15 offices and 1,400 staff, expanding specialist insurance services across Lloyd’s and international markets.
Full story in Issue 19: https://lnkd.in/e7jQg7XT