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Captives
Vermont appoints captive insurance economic development director
Brittany Nevins has been appointed as the new captive insurance economic development director by the Vermont Department of Economic Development…
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Global Risk Manager
Mixed credit rating activity for US P&C industry in first half, says Best
Credit rating activity for the US property and casualty (P&C) industry in the first half of 2020 was mixed, with…
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CRE Insurance
Swiss Re to reorganise legal entity structure of Corporate Solutions unit
Swiss Re has announced that it intends to reorganise the legal entity structure of its Corporate Solutions business unit. It…
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Global Risk Manager
Challenges for Saudi insurance market despite fall in claims, says Moody’s
Saudi Arabia's insurance industry faces numerous challenges, according to Moody's Investors Service, despite benefiting from reduced claims in the first…
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CRE Insurance
International Underwriting Association appoints new chairman
Patrick Tiernan, managing director, UK commercial lines and global corporate and specialty at Aviva, has been elected as the new…
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CRE People Moves
BMS North America direct and facultative appoints director
Suzi Morgan has joined BMS Group as a director of BMS North America direct and facultative, effective early 2021. She…
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Analysis & Opinion
The email challenge: easing the pain with artificial intelligence
Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine-learning are talked about a lot in the media and in business in terms of their…
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Global Risk Manager
Continued improvement for rated US mutual sector in 2019
Rated US mutual insurance companies reported continued improvement in underwriting performance in 2019 and managed to grow surplus, despite a…
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Global Risk Manager
US excess and surplus lines market set for growth
The US excess and surplus lines market is set to benefit from admitted markets “shedding risk”, a hardening market and…
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Global Risk Manager
New excess casualty MGA launches in Bermuda
Arcadian Risk Capital, a new startup underwriting operation based in Bermuda, has been launched, initially underwriting excess casualty and professional…
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Asia
India’s insurance regulator mulls pandemic risk pool
The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) is looking at the introduction of a pandemic risk pool. A…
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CRE Insurance
Global Risk Partners enters Irish market with acquisition
UK insurance intermediary group Global Risk Partners (GRP) has entered the Irish market through the acquisition of a majority share…
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Analysis & Opinion
Driving down risks: how international insurance programmes can be used in the management of commercial fleets
For many companies across the world, commercial motor fleets are an important part of how their business operates. Simon Kay,…
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Analysis & Opinion
Increasing use of existing captives to tackle hard market, Marsh survey finds
The majority of captive owners plan to increase their use of captives in response to changing insurance market conditions, according…
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Captives
Strategic Risk Solutions acquires Bermuda management company
Dyna Management Services, a leading independently owned insurance management company headquartered in Bermuda, is to be acquired by Strategic Risk…
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CRE Insurance
M&A claims notifications rising, Liberty GTS study finds
A study into M&A claims activity by Liberty Global Transaction Solutions (Liberty GTS) has found that notifications are rising, being…
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Asia
New head of underwriting for Asia at Generali Global Corporate & Commercial
Brendan McDonald has been appointed as head of underwriting for Asia, Generali Global Corporate & Commercial (GC&C). He will be…
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Asia
New CEOs for AIG Japan and Talbot Underwriting
James Nash has been appointed president and chief executive officer of AIG Japan Holdings KK. He is expected to join…
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CRE Insurance
Revise employee benefits schemes to take account of older employees, says MAXIS GBN
Multinationals and large corporates will need to revise their employee benefits schemes to take into account the growing need to…
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CRE People Moves
Canopius appoints new president of Canopius USA
Lisa Davis has been appointed as president and chief underwriting officer of Canopius USA, with effect from 1 October. She…