Tony Dowding
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CRE Insurance
Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan Chase partner on US employee healthcare
Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan Chase & Co are to form a company to look at ways to address healthcare…
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Global Risk Manager
New head of global employee benefits business for MetLife
MetLife Inc has appointed James Reid as head of its Global Employee Benefits (GEB) business. MetLife said he will be…
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Asia
Artex launches subsidiary in Singapore
Alternative risk management solutions provider Artex has launched a subsidiary in Singapore, Artex Risk Solutions (Singapore). This is Artex’s first…
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CRE Insurance
Moghrabi moves from Europe as Chubb announces changes to senior leadership team
Chubb’s Jeff Moghrabi, division president for continental Europe, has been appointed to the newly-created role of senior vice-president, strategic partnerships,…
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CRE Legal Regulation
Clyde & Co expands insurance team in Washington, DC
Clyde & Co has hired a leading insurance team in Washington, DC, specialising in financial institutions/directors and officers (FI D&O)…
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CRE Insurance
UK misconduct regime to be extended to insurers’ senior managers
Senior executives in insurance will be held personally responsible for misconduct, as part of the UK government’s plans to extend…
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CRE Insurance
London’s PPL used to close the Aon Client Treaty facility
London’s electronic placing platform PPL was used to close the largest and most complex transaction in the Lloyd’s market, the…
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Analysis & Opinion
Going green: how environmental liability exposures can be managed in global programmes
With both public and regulatory scrutiny of environmental damage on the increase, and the potential for large clean-up and remediation…
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Africa
Challenging times for MENA market insurers
The political, financial and economic risks for (re)insurers operating in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region remain elevated…
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Captives
US captive domiciles report growth in 2017
More US domiciles have reported strong growth in 2017, following the cases of Vermont and Arizona. Hawaii’s Department of Commerce…
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Captives
Barbados removed from EU’s list of non-cooperative jurisdictions for tax purposes
The Council of the European Union has removed eight jurisdictions from the EU's list of non-cooperative jurisdictions for tax purposes.…
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Analysis & Opinion
Robotics: speeding up our internal processes for faster customer delivery
Joyjit Gorain, robotics process automation (RPA) expert and Victoria Mavin, head of underwriting services and service transformation for UK commercial…
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CRE Insurance
Bermuda (re)insurance model to be tested by US tax reforms, says Fitch
The cut in the US corporate tax rate, as well as the new base erosion and anti-abuse tax and continued…
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CRE Insurance
Talanx to acquire Liberty Sigorta in Turkey
Talanx is to buy the Turkish non-life subsidiary of US-based Liberty Mutual Group for an undisclosed amount. Talanx has agreed…
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CRE Legal Regulation
California looks to pass on insurer tax savings to consumers
Insurers should pass the decrease in their taxes on to consumers, according to California insurance commissioner Dave Jones. He has…
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CRE Insurance
Moderate rate firming at January reinsurance renewals, says Guy Carp
Capital dedicated to reinsurance continued to grow in 2017 despite catastrophe losses, while rate firming at 1 January was generally…
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CRE Insurance
Slovakia proposes IPT changes
Slovakia is planning to introduce various changes to insurance premium tax (IPT) in the country, according to IPT compliance services…
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CRE Insurance
Government responds to Treasury Select Committee Solvency II recommendations
The UK Government has said it believes that it would be wrong to give the Prudential Regulation Authority’s (PRA) secondary…
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CRE Legal Regulation
US Base Erosion and Anti-Abuse Tax will negatively impact insurance programmes
The US risk management society RIMS has warned that it anticipates that the Base Erosion and Anti-Abuse Tax (BEAT) provisions…
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CRE Insurance
London market readies for raft of new regulation in 2018
Regulatory developments are at the top of London market companies’ priorities in 2018, according to the International Underwriting Association (IUA).…