News – Page 165
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Analysis
Analytics avenue for unlocking growth for insurers – Swiss Re
Latest Sigma report from Swiss Re focuses on how P&C insurers should use advanced analytics to find profitable growth
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Hong Kong protests highlight airport ground accumulation exposures
There were 69 aircraft worth $6.1bn scheduled to be on the ground at Hong Kong airport on the 16 August 2019, according to Russell Group
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AIG names Purtill new investor relations leader
AIG’s new deputy CFO and head of investor relations joins from rival insurer The Hartford
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California Wildfire Fund appoints Guy Carpenter reinsurance broker
The newly formed CEA California Wildfire Fund is working with reinsurance broker Guy Carpenter
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Reinsurance rates to harden further in 2020 – Fitch
Firm underwriting pricing, strong investment results and low catastrophe claims have given non-life reinsurers’ results a strong first half to 2019
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Insured cat losses fall to $19bn in 2019’s first half – Swiss Re
Insured catastrophe losses for the first half of the year have shrunk to $19bn in 2019 from $26bn last year
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Typhoon Lekima: China’s insured losses to exceed CNY 6bn – AIR
Cat modeller AIR Worldwide has put a CNY 6bn ($0.85bn) estimate on insured losses from Lekima, Asia’s ninth typhoon this year
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Marsh finds rise in W&I claims amid surge in EMEA demand for M&A cover
A sharp rise in warranty and indemnity claims notifications comes as more European firms make greater use of the insurance cover for mergers and acquisitions
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Beazley’s Roscoe to lead ‘smart tracker’ Lloyd’s syndicate
Roscoe joined Beazley from Willis in 2011 as an underwriter in its open market property team
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Commercial insurance pricing up 6% globally – Marsh study
Insurance broker reports commercial lines pricing increased 6% in Q2, marking the seventh consecutive quarter of rising rates globally
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The loss creep goes on, as decline in ILS volume continues into Q2
Willis Re Securities’ report of the ILS market at the year’s halfway point focuses on balance between relationships and a transactional approach to reinsurance
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Future of RSA’s London commercial business “under review”
RSA chief executive Stephen Hester says remaining London commercial business “will stay under careful review”
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New CUO and CEO at Fidelis in Dublin
Simon Crone has been promoted to CUO for Fidelis’ Ireland-based business
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Lloyd’s Lab names 11 new insurtechs for its innovation accelerator
More than 130 applications were received from across the world for the third cohort of the Lloyd’s Lab, according to Lloyd’s
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Chubb names Ortega new overseas insurance president
Juan Luis Ortega swaps his role as regional president for Latin America to lead all Chubb’s non-US business regions
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Busti appointed Axis Re’s North America president
Swiss Re veteran Jason Busti has joined rival reinsurer Axis Re as its North American president
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PartnerRe gets ratings boost from AM Best
Rating agency upgrades Bermudian reinsurer PartnerRe, following “prudent risk selection and retrocession usage”
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Hiscox Re-shuffle; McConnell heads to New York job
Megan McConnell has been named Hiscox’s new chief underwriting officer in the US
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Arch adds Barbican to acquisitions basket
Bermuda’s Arch Capital has bought London market carrier Barbican Group for an undisclosed sum
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Insurtech P&C investments up 283% in 12 months; “record high” 36 reinsurance deals in Q2
This year’s Q2 was the fourth consecutive quarter during which total new insurtech funding commitments exceeded $1.2bn, according to Willis Towers Watson