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CRE Insurance
Knowles takes on Charles Taylor branding
Knowles Loss Adjusters is to rebrand as Charles Taylor General Adjusting Services following its acquisition by Charles Taylor over two…
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CRE Insurance
Barbican Insurance appoints terrorism underwriter
Barbican Insurance Group has boosted its terrorism team with the appointment of Charlotte Pritchard as terrorism underwriter. Ms Pritchard joins…
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CRE Insurance
AIG pays $9.8bn in Berkshire deal as reserve additions to mount
AIG will pay Berkshire Hathaway’s National Indemnity $9.8bn to reinsure its US commercial liabilities and protect its reserves from further…
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CRE Insurance
UK insurers’ ratings likely to survive Brexit: AM Best
The financial strength ratings of UK insurers are unlikely to be downgraded by their government’s plans to exit the EU,…
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CRE Insurance
Underwriting results fall further into the red for US non-life insurers
US property/casualty insurers recorded an underwriting loss of $1.7bn during the first nine months of last year, falling into the…
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CRE Risk Management
Firms unprepared for operational risk finds FM Global survey
Some 54% of US companies do not have loss recovery plans in place for operational risk including cyber attacks, natural…
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CRE Insurance
MGAs expect more competition in 2017
The number of managing general agents (MGA) in the UK insurance market is expected to increase during 2017, according to…
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CRE Insurance
QBE boosts UK trade credit team
QBE has prepared the ground for further expansion of its trade credit business in the UK, with the appointment of…
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CRE Insurance
UK P&I Club’s Nichol joins Greece team
The UK P&I Club has promoted David Nichol as regional loss prevention executive for Greece, from his current role as…
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Asia
Trump and Brexit signal ‘paradigm shift’ in political risk: Maplecroft
The world is entering a new era of political risk under the shadow of a Donald Trump presidency, Brexit and…
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CRE Insurance
May’s speech will not stop Lloyd’s search for new home in Europe
Lloyd’s will plough on with its contingency plans to open a subsidiary within the EU regardless of the UK government’s…
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CRE Insurance
Court ruling will likely spark liability policy wording review
Insurers will need to tighten policy wording for notification clauses following a landmark court ruling in the UK last week.…
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CRE Insurance
Interest rising in Malta as onshore option for UK insurers post Brexit
Interest among UK insurers in Malta as an option to access the European Union via freedom of services post Brexit…
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Asia
Insured catastrophe losses reach four-year high: Aon
Worldwide insured catastrophe losses totalled $54bn last year, making 2016 the costliest year for insurers since 2012, according to Aon…
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CRE Risk Management
EC proposes new data privacy rules
New legislation from the European Commission promises to strengthen privacy in electronic communications alongside proposals to free up the movement…
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CRE Insurance
Fraud and cyber attacks at all-time high: Kroll survey
Some 85% of global companies polled for Kroll’s annual Global Fraud and Risk Report incurred a cyber incident during the…
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Association News
Risk managers urged to prepare for new data protection laws
Risk managers across Europe are being advised to start planning now for tougher EU data protection laws that come into…
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CRE Insurance
Chubb appoints Müller as European property director
Chubb has appointed Alf Müller as property and technical lines director for its continental Europe clients. Based in Paris, Mr…
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CRE Insurance
Lockton appoints Laidler for international employee benefits growth
Insurance broker Lockton has appointed Tom Laidler as senior consultant to expand its international employee benefits business outside the US.…
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Asia
Oasis cat model framework offers risk managers new insight
A new catastrophe modelling framework should help corporate risk managers gain better insight into the risks faced by their companies.…