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Miller swoops on Skuld's Simon Neale for energy facultative reinsurance unit

Re/insurance broker Miller has hired broker/producer Simon Neale to further grow its global energy facultative reinsurance offering.   2 July 2019

Insurance

BGC swoops on Willis global head of broking to lead new aerospace intermediary

BGC Insurance Group (BGCI), a division of global brokerage firm BGC Partners which owns Ed and Besso, has hired Willis' Philip Smaje as chief executive officer (CEO) of its new global aviation and aerospace re/insurance intermediary.   1 July 2019

Insurance

TigerRisk brings JLT Re duo to lead binding authority business

Reinsurance broking and risk/capital management firm TigerRisk Partners has hired JLT Re's Neill Cotton and Mark Sleet as partners to lead the company's binding authority and programme businesses.   27 June 2019

Insurance

Hiscox CUO Richard Watson steps down after 33 years; race begins for successor

Specialist insurer Hiscox's chief underwriting officer (CUO) Richard Watson is stepping down from his position after 33 years with the carrier.   27 June 2019

Insurance

Swiss Re prices ReAssure initial public offering at up to £3.3bn

Zurich-based Swiss Re has set a price range of £2.80 to £3.30 per share for the initial public offering (IPO) of its UK closed life book business ReAssure.   27 June 2019

Insurance

Insurtech Blocksure bolsters management team with industry experts

Blocksure, a London-based insurtech start-up offering blockchain based insurance platform, has boosted its management team with the addition of insurance and technology experts from iXledger, AIG and Aviva, among others.   26 June 2019

Insurance

Brit partners with GIC consortium to advance claims adjusting using aerial imagery

Specialty re/insurer Brit has partnered with industry consortium Geospatial Intelligence Center (GIC), a National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) initiative, to obtain access to aerial imagery that will support catastrophe response efforts and claims adjusting in real-time in the event of a disaster.   26 June 2019

Insurance

Ed seeks to break big broker monopoly in Bermuda using innovative technology

London-based reinsurance, wholesale and specialty broker Ed is looking to become a "significant independent player" in the Bermuda marketplace which has been dominated by a few big brokers, according to Chris Bonard, chief executive of Ed in Bermuda.   25 June 2019

Alternative Risk Transfer

Nephila’s Schauble: weather protection market ‘like early days of cat ILS’

The development and growth of weather risk protection products, in response to increasing awareness of climate change, “feels like the early days of the catastrophe ILS market”, Nephila Climate chairman Barney Schauble has said.   18 June 2019

Insurance

Willis Towers Watson hires EY's Sutcliffe to lead insurance investment solutions group

Broker Willis Towers Watson has appointed Gareth Sutcliffe as head of the Insurance Investment Solutions Group (IISG), which is part of the company’s insurance consulting and technology (ICT) UK life business.   18 June 2019

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