Ben Norris
-
Association News
March 18, 2024
Ferma’s survey deadline approaches
The deadline to take part in this year’s Ferma survey, which is open to risk managers around the world for…
-
Marine
March 14, 2024
NorthStandard partners with AI maritime safety platform to reduce accidents and delays
P&I club NorthStandard has partnered with Orca AI to provide its members with access to a maritime safety platform and…
-
People Moves
March 14, 2024
Barnett Waddingham adds former risk manager Websdell to risk and resilience team
UK consultancy Barnett Waddingham has appointed former risk manager Nick Websdell to its risk and resilience team. Websdell joins as…
-
France
March 12, 2024
Déal named MD of DUAL France as MGA builds out French team
DUAL Europe, Howden’s MGA, has appointed Guillaume Déal from Everest as managing director of its recently created French business. The…
-
Africa
March 8, 2024
Reputation, supply chain and cyber pose biggest risks to global retailers, reveals WTW survey
Global retailers are finding it hard to get the right insurance at an acceptable price as the range of risks…
-
France
March 8, 2024
Captives, delicate market, ESG and AI dominate Amrae discussions
As this year’s risk and insurance management conferences kicked off in France, Amrae and its members were focused on several…
-
Market
March 7, 2024
Lloyd’s achieves huge jump in underwriting profit to £5.9bn as rates rise 7%
Lloyd’s saw its underwriting profit more than double last year to £5.9bn from £2.6bn in 2022, helped by price rises…
-
Market
March 7, 2024
Beazley delivers record profit as CR falls to 71% and property rates rise 22%
Beazley’s profit before tax jumped 115% last year to a record $1.25bn, with the insurance service result, or underwriting profit,…
-
Market
February 26, 2024
Berkshire Hathaway’s primary business sees underwriting earnings jump almost 250%
Berkshire Hathaway’s Primary Group, which includes Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) and other primarily commercial units, increased its underwriting earnings…
-
Cyber & Technology
February 21, 2024
Beazley creates combined business with focus on cyber risk management
Beazley has turned its in-house cyber services team and wholly owned cybersecurity company Lodestone into a new single company, as…
-
Market
February 19, 2024
Rate increases drive QBE to 131% profit growth
QBE’s net profit jumped 131% to $1.36bn in 2023 after pushing through rate increases averaging 9.7% across the business, compared…
-
Market
February 16, 2024
Corporate Solutions boosts net income by 43% as Swiss Re rebounds after tough 2022
Swiss Re Corporate Solutions increased net income by 42% to $678m last year, as its parent group saw profits jump…
-
France
February 14, 2024
Sompo International gets insurance licence in France
Sompo International has been granted a licence to write primary insurance in France as it continues to expand across continental…
-
Marine
February 12, 2024
P&I Clubs to increase rates by 5% to 7.5%
All 12 mutual members of the International Group of P&I Clubs will increase premium rates at the 20 February renewal,…
-
Cyber & Technology
February 9, 2024
AI drives risks and opportunities: Ronot
Instead of focusing on new risks created by artificial intelligence (AI), companies should consider how the technology is intensifying other…
-
Cyber & Technology
February 8, 2024
Marsh appoints McGill and Partners’ Fort to international cyber role
Marsh has appointed Shannan Fort from McGill and Partners as international cyber product leader within Marsh Specialty. She will be…
-
Insurance
February 7, 2024
Insurtech Slipcase predicts continued ‘surge’ in demand for risk and insurance information
Slipcase, which provides risks and insurance professionals with digital news and information, saw a 55% rise in users last year…
-
France
February 5, 2024
Political risks and fire jump up French ranking as energy crisis and economy fall
Fire and explosion, climate change, political risks and changing regulation have risen up the ranking among French firms taking part…
-
People Moves
February 5, 2024
WTW names Borgman head of GB affinity
WTW has appointed Anthony Borgman to the newly created role of head of affinity, Great Britain. The broker said the…
-
Energy
February 1, 2024
Scor to lead new offshore energy consortium at Lloyd’s
Scor has launched an offshore renewable energy insurance consortium within Lloyd’s that has increased the French firm’s total deployable capacity…