All Howden articles
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NewsPool Re makes £100m third catastrophe bond placement
Great Britain’s terrorism reinsurance fund continues to explore insurance linked securities for its retro placements, this time to the tune of $100m, with the assistance of Aon and Howden.
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NewsHowden announces Forbes Insurance and Hill Aviation broking acquisitions
Two UK aviation focused broking acquisitions for the re/insurance intermediary, both focused on the UK primary market, with firms in the North of England.
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NewsHiscox, Howden, Swiss Re and Insurance Development Forum launch $9.25m Syrian drought partnership
Re/insurance firms working together on climate risk insurance project to protect vulnerable communities from the impacts of drought in Syria.
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NewsMenzinger new chair of Insurance Development Forum operating committee
Swiss Re’s Ivo Menzinger succeeds Rowan Douglas of Howden in the IDF operating committee chair role.
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NewsHowden at 1/1 heralds new phase in the cycle ‘past the pricing peak’
Risk-adjusted price reductions at January renewals included retrocession down 13.5%, D&F down 12.5%, global property cat down 8% and London market casualty XoL down 2%.
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NewsHowden: cyber-attacks cost UK businesses £44bn in the last five years
The (re)insurance broker has estimated firms can reduce the cost of cyber-attack by up to 75% (£30bn) by implementing simple cyber security basics more widely.
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NewsExtinction Rebellion targets multiple London market insurance firms
The climate change protest group has carried out a campaign of protests targeting insurance companies across London.
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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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NewsHowden Re enters Japanese market
The reinsurance broker announced the launch of Howden Re Japan and an ILS partnership with Keystone ILS Capital.
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NewsHowden Capital Markets & Advisory hires MD from JP Morgan
The capital markets arm of Howden has added a new hire from JP Morgan to the London office as part of its aims “to accelerate European expansion”.
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NewsDUAL appoints Stoop as its Benelux MD
The MGA arm of Howden Group said it was strengthening its presence in the region.
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NewsHowden announces new ‘head of London broking’ role
Paul Hipson will have overall responsibility for the existing London Broking team.
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News‘Holiday from history’ is over – Howden geopolitical risk report
A record number of elections in 2024, amid escalating geopolitical risks, underscore the value of political violence and political risk insurance, Howden emphasised.
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NewsBMS makes three hires to expand financial and professional risks division
A trio of hires join the London market financial lines team of the mid-sized independent re/insurance broker.
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NewsBMS appoints Leahy cyber practice co-leader
The re/insurance broker announced Daniel Leahy joins from rival intermediary Howden.
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NewsDUAL UK announces CUO, distribution and acuarial leadership appointments
Howden’s MGA arm DUAL said the trio of UK senior appointments add to its “leadership team bench strength”.
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NewsHowden enters captive management market with ARM acquisition
Acquisition of ARM Group Holdings means re/insurance intermediary Howden now includes a fully owned, in-house captive management provider.
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NewsHowden, SCOR launch carbon capture and storage insurance facility at Lloyd’s
The first-of-its-kind facility has SCOR as lead underwriter and other following markets at Lloyd’s have committed to support the facility, with further capacity anticipated, according to Howden.
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News1/1 renewal stable, showing stronger supply dynamics – Howden
Reinsurance renewals in January 2024 saw a market adjusting to a period of extraordinary cyclical and structural change, according to Howden’s briefing.
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NewsHowden addresses COP28 on the private sector’s role in protecting vulnerable countries
David Howden, founder and CEO of Howden, gave a keynote speech at the COP28 summit on the power of the private sector to protect vulnerable countries against the effects of climate change and unlock investment in their future.
