Tony Dowding
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CRE Insurance
Everest Re launches Dublin-based non-life insurer
Everest Re Group has established a non-life insurer in Ireland, based in Dublin, to write a range of specialty commercial…
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CRE Insurance
Insurance Europe calls for IAIS to postpone review of ICP24
Insurance Europe has “strongly urged” the International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS) to postpone the review of Insurance Core Principle…
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CRE Insurance
Acquisitive insurers under-performed in 2016 says Willis Towers Watson research
Insurers undertaking an acquisition in 2016 have underperformed compared to non-acquisitive peers for the first time since 2010, according to…
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Analysis & Opinion
Ten ways to sell the global programme to subsidiaries
One of the hardest jobs for a risk or insurance manager when it comes to a global insurance programme is…
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Analysis & Opinion
A holistic approach to global employee benefits
There is a growing need for a holistic approach to global employee insurance risks for multinational customers, to ensure that…
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Global Risk Manager
Record high for US workers compensation premiums in 2016, says Best
Last year saw the US workers compensation market report a record high $58.5bn in direct premiums written, despite economic, regulatory…
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Cyber & Technology
Generali offers cyberbreach product in Brazil through Beazley partnership
Beazley has partnered with Generali to manage data breaches for Generali Brazil’s new cyber insurance offering for its corporate and…
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Asia
Fairfax reduces ICICI Lombard shareholding in India to less than 10%
FAL Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Fairfax Financial Holdings, has sold 12.0% of the shares of ICICI Lombard General…
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CRE Insurance
Lloyd’s profit falls alongside premium growth and improved underwriting result for first half
Lloyd’s has reported a 16% fall in profit to £1.22bn for the first half of 2017. However, Lloyd’s also reported…
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Analysis & Opinion
The case for covering D&O in a global programme
For many Spanish companies, expanding into new markets outside Spain has proved to be a productive path to profitable growth.…
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CRE Insurance
Insured cat losses in 2017 may hit $190bn and could be capital event, says Fitch
Fitch Ratings has warned that catastrophe losses for the global insurance and reinsurance sectors in 2017 will exceed $100bn and…
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CRE Insurance
Fitch predicts huge growth for cyber insurance but warns of ‘silent’ cyber exposures
Global premium volume for cyber insurance is set to increase six- to eight-fold within a decade, according to Fitch Ratings,…
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Captives
Online betting operator Lottoland forms Gibraltar captive
Online lotto betting operator Lottoland has formed a captive insurer in Gibraltar to underwrite all the bookmaking risks of Lottoland.…
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CRE Insurance
Atradius report finds major payment delays in the Americas
Trade credit insurer Atradius has warned about potential payment delays in the Americas, notably in Brazil, Canada, Mexico and the…
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CRE People Moves
Liberty Specialty Markets focuses its Latin American treaty reinsurance strategy
Liberty Specialty Markets (LSM) has promoted José Ernesto Ospina to the newly-created role of LatAm reinsurance regional manager, as it…
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CRE Insurance
EU and US sign landmark covered agreement on re/insurance
The EU and the US have signed a landmark bilateral agreement on insurance and reinsurance, which addresses three areas of…
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CRE Insurance
Axco report examines the insurance sector’s ‘fourth industrial revolution’
A new report has highlighted both the benefits and some of the barriers to unilateral adoption of the ‘fourth industrial…
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CRE Insurance
Allianz Multinational to bring together international insurance solutions
Allianz is bringing together its international insurance solutions from the property and casualty insurance sectors across the group, under the…
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CRE Insurance
RSA France recruits managing director from Axa Corporate Solutions UK
RSA France has appointed Gaëlle Tortuyaux as managing director and she will join the company in October 2017. She was…
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CRE Insurance
EC proposes financial supervisory reforms giving stronger role for EIOPA
The European Commission (EC) has proposed reforms to pave the way for further financial integration, which will improve the mandates,…