Carvill as a private firm have successfully engaged in the treaty reinsurance broking business for nearly thirty two years. However, in the last few years, despite radical review of our internal operations, we have been unable to keep pace with the external changes affecting our industry.
Corporate size, reciprocal trading, escalating central costs and current economic conditions have fundamentally changed the nature of the business and our outlook on the future. It is interesting to note that seven of the ten largest reinsurance brokers in 1990 are no longer operative and the remaining three are the largest and have massive retail accounts.
As a consequence of this, as we are presently structured, we will not place or renew any treaty reinsurance business after 1st April 2009.