Adrian Ladbury
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Asia
ITI RE is first private reinsurer in India
The first domestic, privately held Indian reinsurance company has been given approval to operate by the national insurance supervisor—IRDAI—according to…
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Asia
Parima conference: Where the future may lie
The final session of the Parima annual conference convened a panel of insurance heads and risk managers, chaired by Commercial…
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CRE Insurance
Fairfax continues drive into global specialty market with Allied World acquisition
Canadian group Fairfax Financial Holdings continued its expansion into the global specialty insurance market by announcing the planned acquisition of…
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CRE Insurance
Liberty Mutual and Enstar add further capacity for global specialty insurance buyers
Capital market investors continue to see opportunities in the international insurance and reinsurance market as yet more fresh capacity arrives…
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CRE Insurance
Newline Insurance offers more capacity to German risk managers
Newline Insurance Company, the Lloyd’s–based specialty insurance arm of Odyssey Re, has received regulatory approval to establish a branch office…
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CRE Insurance
Lloyd’s to reveal Brexit plan ‘early next year’
Lloyd's will share its plans to change structure and potentially create a subsidiary within the EU to protect its European…
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CRE Insurance
Bermuda hits back at Oxfam tax dodging claim
The Bermudan government reacted with indignation to a report published this week by charity Oxfam that identifies it as the…
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CRE Insurance
EC reminds market that Block Exemption expires in March
The European Commission has reminded the European risk and insurance community that its Insurance Block Exemption Regulation (IBER) will lapse…
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CRE Insurance
Kelly hails Liberty’s $3bn Ironshore acquisition as “win win”
Liberty Mutual has agreed to buy Bermuda-based excess and surplus lines insurer Ironshore from Chinese conglomerate Fosun International for about…
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Europe
Search for consistent, compliant programmes continues
Global programmes remain a hot topic for Europe's risk and insurance managers, based on this year's Risk Frontiers survey.
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Europe
Risk managers on the record over captives’ role
Businesses have kept faith with their captives in the face of a soft market and political pressure on offshore domiciles,…
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CRE Insurance
World Trade Center claimants lodge victory against reinsurer for respiratory claims
Claimants for R&Q's run off Syndicate 102 have successfully appealed a decision handed down by the London Commercial Court in…
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CRE Insurance
Talbot fills NBCR terror capacity gap with new consortium
Talbot Underwriting has launched Lloyd's-led consortium for nuclear, biological, chemical and radiological (NBCR) terrorism through its syndicate 1183. The Lloyd's…
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Asia
Details of Parima certification scheme to be unveiled in Hong Kong
The Pan-Asia Risk and Insurance Management Association (Parima) will announce its concrete plans for the delivery of the rimap risk…
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Asia
Asian insurance and reinsurance market outlook shows positive growth but rising risks
Credit rating agency AM Best has published its latest report on the Asian insurance and reinsurance market. The sector can…
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Asia
SCOR gains licence to set up shop in India
SCOR has become the latest international reinsurer to be granted approval to open a branch in India, following the introduction…
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Insurers need to keep a close eye on fast evolving regulation situation in APAC: Aon
Insurers and reinsurers that are keen to expand into the huge Asia-Pacific market need to be aware of the rapid…
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Swiss Re reinsures Guangdong against nat cat risk
Swiss Re announced late last month that it had created a pilot insurance programme that covers Guangdong province, China’s leading…
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Parima continues expansion with three new board members and enters Australia
As the Pan-Asia Risk and Insurance Management Association (Parima) prepared for its big conference in Hong Kong 16-17 November, the…
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Asia
Parima seeks to extend partnerships and raise the bar in 2017
Franck Baron, chairman of the Pan-Asia Risk and Insurance Management Association (Parima), told Commercial Risk Asia that the Association will…