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Alternative Risk Transfer

Hiscox grows 24% in Q1 as reinsurance, ILS expand

Bermuda-based specialist insurer Hiscox has grown gross written premiums by 24.3 percent year on year to $1.16 billion in the first quarter of 2018 as Hiscox London Market and Hiscox Re & ILS took advantage of the hardening market at the Jan. 1 renewals.   8 May 2018

Insurance

Aon reinsurance business grows 6% organically in Q1

Broker Aon has recorded organic revenue growth in the reinsurance solutions business of 6 percent year on year in the first quarter of 2018 after 4 percent in the same period of 2017.   4 May 2018

Alternative Risk Transfer

Willis Towers Watson shifts ILS from securities to reinsurance unit

Broker Willis Towers Watson is integrating its insurance linked securities (ILS) business into its reinsurance unit Willis Re.   4 May 2018

Insurance

Willis Re hires former Trans Re exec into global engineering practice

Willis Re has appointed Andrew Vince as deputy head of its global engineering practice.   4 May 2018

Insurance

Beazley launches blockchain registry with Lloyd’s coverholder and Bitfury

Specialist insurer Beazley and Lloyd’s coverholder Risk Cooperative have partnered with blockchain technology company Bitfury to build the first blockchain-based system for crisis insurance and risk management.   2 May 2018

Insurance

PwC unveils partnership to boost insurtech start-ups

Accountancy firm PwC has unveiled a partnership with international start-up rating agency Early Metrics designed to link fast-growth start-ups with established insurance companies to generate mutually beneficial commercial opportunities and relationships.   1 May 2018

Insurance

Tokio Marine Kiln appoints new group chief operating officer

Specialist and corporate insurance provider Tokio Marine Kiln (TMK) has appointed Anna McNamara as group chief operating officer (COO) with effect from April 26.   30 April 2018

Insurance

Claims handling, AI and the human element

Claims handling has changed hugely thanks to advances in technology, a panel at the Intelligent Automation in Insurance: unlocking the artificial intelligence revolution conference, taking place in London today, has found.   26 April 2018

Insurance

The human touch is still needed

Despite the rise of robotics and other elements of technology, the human touch is still required in the insurance industry, according to a panel at the Intelligent Automation in Insurance: unlocking the artificial intelligence revolution conference, taking place in London today.   26 April 2018

Insurance

Insurance companies ‘should be more relevant’, claims panel

Changes in the way people use technology mean that insurers need to stress the relevance of their products to clients, according to a panel of experts at the Intelligent Automation in Insurance: unlocking the artificial intelligence revolution conference, taking place in London today.   26 April 2018

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