Ben Norris
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CRE Risk Management
Kroll appoints managing director
Risk solutions firm Kroll has appointed Louis-David Magnien as managing director, based in Paris. Mr Magnien, previously CEO and founder…
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CRE Insurance
Beazley grows specialty lines premiums by 6% in first quarter
Beazley posted a 2% reduction in gross premiums to $573m for the three months ended 31 March 2017, compared with…
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CRE Insurance
AIG to name Duperreault CEO: reports
AIG is set to name Brian Duperreault as its new chief executive, according to a report in the Wall Street…
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CRE Insurance
Zurich’s Q1 income falls on Ogden charges
Zurich Insurance has reported a 31% fall in net income to $607m in the first quarter, reflecting a $289m charge…
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CRE Insurance
Damages for late payment under Enterprise Act no silver bullet says lawyer
Damages for late claims payment under the UK’s new Enterprise Act are unlikely to be a game changer but the…
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GRM Insurance
TMK launches construction insurance online
Brokers can now quote and bind construction insurance online via Tokio Marine Kiln’s One TMK broker portal. Believed to be…
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CRE People Moves
New leader for Aon Cyber Solutions appointed
Aon has announced that Jason Hogg has joined the firm as leader of its Aon Cyber Solutions division. He will…
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CRE Insurance
BIBA publishes Insurance and Enterprise Act guide to deliver clarity
The British Insurance Brokers’ Association (BIBA) has published a guide to help brokers, their customers and insurers adapt to new rules…
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CRE Insurance
BIBA CEO warns of stormy weather ahead for insurance industry
With clouds gathering on the horizon, the insurance industry could be facing the perfect storm, warns British Insurance Brokers’ Association…
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CRE Insurance
Innovation takes centre stage as BIBA develops working group
The British Insurance Brokers’ Association (BIBA) is pressing ahead with plans to boost innovation in the broking and wider insurance…
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CRE Insurance
Digital networking to overtake face-to-face contact for mid-market brokers in next decade: survey
Digital networking is set to be more important for UK mid-market brokers than face-to-face networking within the next ten years,…
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CRE Insurance
New best practice manual aims to raise broking standards
Customers will hopefully enjoy higher standards from their broking partners following the publication of a good practice guide by the…
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CRE Insurance
Verisk launches new all-in-one UK property risk tool to boost transfer options
Verisk Analytics has launched a new property data and analytics tool to help the UK insurance market underwrite commercial risks.…
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CRE Insurance
Pool Re remains hopeful of offering cyberterror cover
UK’s Pool Re remains hopeful that it will be able to extend cover to include cyberterrorism, but delays in obtaining…
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GRM Insurance
Novae Group closes its casualty division
Novae Group plc, the specialist Lloyd’s insurance group, has completed its underwriting reorganisation, withdrawing from casualty classes where it considered…
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Aviation
JLT Re lands aviation duo from Lockton
JLT Re has appointed Graham Barden and Jon Warner to its aviation team as partners. Mr Barden has worked at…
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Africa
London loses ground in emerging markets
The London market has lost ground in emerging insurance markets, with performance in Asia particularly hard hit, according to data…
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GRM Insurance
Munich Re invests $29m in SME insurtech start-up
Next Insurance, the Californian online insurance startup that targets small to medium-sized businesses, has raised $29m in a Series A…
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CRE Insurance
Cat losses send US P&C insurers’ underwriting into the red
US property and casualty insurers recorded a $4.7bn underwriting loss last year, turning a 2015 profit of $8.9bn on its…
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CRE Insurance
London market weighs heavily on Hiscox Q1 result
Hiscox first quarter results were dragged down by conditions in its London market segment, the specialist insurer has said in…