All facultative reinsurance articles
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NewsAHJ Miller names Ehrencrona to lead Nordic fac
Appointment strengthens AHJ Miller’s regional facultative reinsurance buildout after AHJ acquisition
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NewsWillis adds three senior hires to strengthen GB fac team
Fiona Kerr, David Watson and James Kelly join the fac business at Willis, part of WTW, to drive growth in property, retro and casualty D&F broking
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NewsGallagher Re appoints Muñoz to lead global fac
Pablo Muñoz joins from rival Aon, and will be based in both London and Miami, tasked with growing the reinsurance broker’s facultative reinsurance business.
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NewsSwiss Re creates global fac reinsurance unit
Sanaa Souidi will lead Swiss Re’s global facultative reinsurance market unit, the firm announced.
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NewsDWIC Roundtable: The explosion of PV
Demand for political violence (PV) protection has risen across MENA markets, driven by geopolitical volatility, as well as growing client awareness about this nascent product. A roundtable on day two took a deep dive into an evolving market.
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NewsDual appoints Rodriguez Forero as LatAm CEO
Marilena Rodriguez Forero joins from Axa where she served as P&C underwriting director for Mexico.
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NewsThe new PV reinsurance market hub in Dubai
There are at least ten active carriers or MGAs of political violence re/insurance operating from the Dubai International Financial Centre, one senior Dubai-based underwriter says.
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NewsAon: property cat ‘transitioning’ at April reinsurance renewals
Rates remain broadly flat at previous high levels, according to Aon’s latest Reinsurance Market Dynamics report, focused on the Asia Pacific 1 April 2024 reinsurance renewals.
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NewsMiller appoints Spells as its new London property fac broking leader
Ollie Spells joins the broker in January from Guy Carpenter to lead property facultative reinsurance in London.
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NewsFraccalvieri named as EMEA fac leader for Aon Reinsurance Solutions
Nicola Fraccalvierii re-joins from rival reinsurance broker Guy Carpenter, where he led fac across continental European plus London for casualty, specialty and financial lines.
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NewsDWIC 2023: Caught out by the hard market
A DWIC roundtable on underwriting discussed the impact of hardening reinsurance rates and new technology
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NewsHannover Re sees property cat rate hikes of 30%
Prices and conditions ’not seen in decades’ was present at 1 January, as reinsurer looks to mid year
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NewsHowden Tiger offers “new force” in reinsurance broking
The broker is turning its sights to ’high growth specialist areas’ including MGAs and facultative reinsurance
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NewsMiller International launches, names Mike Papworth MD
Ron Whyte becomes head of Asia and Matthew Keeping succeeds Papworth as head of Property and Casualty
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NewsNewly-merged Howden Tiger launches fac division
Globally, it will be chaired by industry veteran Elliot Richardson and led in London by Gordon Craig
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NewsConsilium launches facultative reinsurance offering
Simon Richardson has been appointed managing partner of the division and joins from Besso Re
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NewsBMS appoints Mike Duffy as strategic adviser to UK specialty
Most recently, Duffy was group chief underwriting officer of Canopius, having joined the company in 2006
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NewsBMS buys Spanish broker Eisenar
Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed; Broker specialises in industrial risks and professional sports
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NewsConnect launches energy reinsurer Pixel Re
Start-up reinsurer will provide facultative capacity for attachment points of typically $500m and above
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NewsInsurance placed for UK’s first space rocket launch
Once operational, Forgestar will be the world’s first fully returnable and re-launchable satellite platform
