Tony Dowding
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GRM Insurance
US insurer Westfield launches specialty insurer
US property and casualty insurer Westfield is entering the specialty insurance business with the launch of Westfield Specialty. It has…
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GRM Journal
On the road back to stability
Persistent losses have pushed Lloyd’s and the London market into remediation mode during the last few years. But a meeting…
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GRM Partner Content
Location of risk
Apart from all but the longest-standing risk managers, many global corporate insurance buyers are experiencing their first hard market. The…
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Global Risk Manager
Best continues negative outlook for Mexican insurance sector
Aggravating factors from the Covid-19 pandemic are affecting macro and microeconomic fundamentals in Mexico, according to AM Best, and as…
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Global Risk Manager
First-half US surplus lines premiums up sharply
Surplus lines premiums reported to US surplus lines stamping and services offices totalled $24.04bn in the first half of this…
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Asia
Australian general insurers must review risk management frameworks
Australian general insurers have been told to review the soundness of their risk management frameworks in light of recent issues…
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Climate Change
Howden forms climate risk and resilience division
A new climate risk and resilience division has been launched by Howden. The broker said the team will focus on…
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Asia
Swiss Re report forecasts global premium growth driven by commercial P&C
The strong global economic recovery from Covid-19 will lead to historically high global real gross domestic product (GDP) growth of…
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DACH
BHSI to underwrite property insurance for mittelstand enterprises in Germany
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) has commenced underwriting property insurance for mittelstand enterprises across Germany and has appointed Natali Bagaric…
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Europe
Travelers makes strategic minority investment in Fidelis
US insurer The Travelers Companies has made a strategic minority investment in Fidelis Insurance Holdings, a leading insurance and reinsurance…
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Global Risk Manager
Swiss Re expects increase in US claims severity due to inflation surge
A surge in inflation in the US is expected to drive a short-term claims spike in US property insurance, and…
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Global Risk Manager
Latin American premium growth hit by pandemic, finds Mapfre report
LatAm’s insurance market overall grew by 0.2% overall in 2020, with a solid performance by the non-life insurance industry, which…
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CRE Legal Regulation
Tegron Specialty appoints new CUO
Ray Pallett has been appointed as CUO of Tegron Specialty, a specialist underwriting vehicle focused on commercial D&O, which is…
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Global Risk Manager
Applied Underwriters buys Generali’s US specialty lines division
Applied Underwriters has acquired the US specialty lines division of Generali Group. The division includes Generali Warranty Services, a fully…
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Global Risk Manager
Enhancements to online rating platform for primary and excess flood from DUAL
DUAL North America has released enhancements to its online rating platform, allowing users access to two flood programmes and an…