Ben Norris
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CRE People Moves
Miller hire boosts its US MGA business
Richard Boughton has joined Miller in a business production and broking role, with a view to further growing the London-based…
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Association News
Ferma urges EU against compulsory cover for ELD risk
Ferma told the EU parliament this week that it remains against the introduction of compulsory financial security for ELD risks…
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CRE Insurance
Study reveals link between cyber breach and share price fall
Major cyber breaches wipe an average 1.8% from a company’s value, which is equivalent to £120m of market capitalisation for…
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CRE Insurance
Recent European terror attacks don’t signal increased risk, say analysts
Despite recent attacks in the UK, Sweden and Germany, terrorism risk is not increasing in Europe, according to political risk…
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CRE Risk Management
Swedish terror attack likely to renew focus on risk
Niclas Nelson, president of Swedish risk management association Swerma, said that although last week’s terror attack in Stockholm was a…
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Climate Change
Advertorial: We need to listen to the fish
Are fish trying to tell us something important about climate change? We believe they are and we need to listen.…
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CRE Insurance
European insurance M&A activity down: AM Best
Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) involving European insurers fell to a four-year low in 2016, with a trend towards consolidating core…
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CRE People Moves
Argo builds out its surety operation with new hire
Argo Surety, part of Argo Group International Holdings, the specialty insurance and reinsurance company, has announced the appointment of James…
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Global Risk Manager
AmTrust rebuts Wall Street Journal reports of FBI investigation
New York specialty insurer AmTrust has issued a rebuttal to a Wall Street Journal report this week suggesting there was…
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GRM Insurance
Axis Insurance targets US privately-held firms with new product
Axis Insurance, part of Bermuda-based Axis Capital, has launched a modular management liability policy aimed at privately-held companies in the…
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CRE People Moves
Ascent recruits claims director from Tokio Marine Kiln
Ascent Underwriting, the Lloyd’s specialty managing general agent, has appointed Mark Bowers as claims director with immediate effect. He joins…
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CRE People Moves
AmTrust hires chief accounting officer after 10-K delay
Specialty insurer AmTrust Financial Services, Inc has appointed Robert Schwarz as chief accounting officer and senior vice president. In the…
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CRE Insurance
No end in sight for soft market: Greenberg
Evan Greenberg believes there is no end in sight to the current soft global P&C insurance market conditions, but noted…
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CRE Insurance
SRA urges law firms to take cyber risk more seriously
Law firms should consider cyber security a serious business risk rather than simply an IT issue, concluded a roundtable hosted…
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CRE Risk Management
Tesco Stores settles SFO accounting probe
A Deferred Prosecution Agreement (DPA) between Tesco Stores Ltd and the UK Serious Fraud Office (SFO) over accounting practices in…
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CRE People Moves
Everest names head of its new US life sciences unit
Everest Re Group has announced that Andy Faber has joined Everest Insurance from AIG as the leader of its newly…
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CRE Insurance
Evan Greenberg warns over ‘predatory’ broker remuneration practices
Chubb’s Evan Greenberg has added to mounting criticism of broker remuneration practices, which he describes as “predatory” and “excessive”. He…
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Asia
US catastrophes exceed $2bn loss in March
Natural catastrophe events in the US last month are expected to cost insurers more than $2bn, according to Aon Benfield’s…
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Benelux
Storm Thomas losses to top €200m: PERILS
PERILS estimates losses of €213m from the extra-tropical cyclone Thomas, also known as storm Doris, which affected parts of the…
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CRE Risk Management
New risk management apps launched
MetricStream has launched new governance, risk and compliance apps with specific uses for risk managers. The M7 platform includes several…