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Insurance

Voce rejects Argo’s defence on corporate spend and publishes flight logs

Activist investor Voce Capital has hit back at Argo after the insurer published a detailed defence rejecting allegations of misuse of corporate funds and urging shareholders to ignore blue proxy ballots sent out by Voce.   24 April 2019

Insurance

Cyber security readiness ‘stalls’ as attacks intensify, finds insurer Hiscox

Global cyber security has “stalled” despite a sharp rise in attacks and soaring costs from the fall out, according to the Hiscox Cyber Readiness Report 2019.   24 April 2019

Insurance

MarketScout invests in cyber insurtech start-up Wingman

MarketScout, the electronic insurance exchange and specialty managing general agent (MGA) in the US, has invested in cyber insurtech platform Wingman.   24 April 2019

Alternative Risk Transfer

FEMA grows NFIP flood reinsurance to $2.12bn with new $300m cat bond

The US Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has secured a $300 million reinsurance placement for the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) from the capital markets investors, brings the total flood cover to $2.12 billion.   23 April 2019

Insurance

Maiden at risk of Nasdaq delisting over share price

Nasdaq has warned reinsurer Maiden Holdings that it has failed to meet the stock market’s continued listing requirements and that it risks potentially being delisted.   23 April 2019

Insurance

AmTrust sells crop insurance MGA to Tokio Marine's ProAg

Specialty insurer Tokio Marine HCC's crop insurance unit Producers Ag Insurance Group (ProAg) has signed an agreement to acquire Leawood, Kansas-based crop insurance managing general agent (MGA) AmTrust Agriculture Insurance Services (AmTrust Ag).   23 April 2019

Insurance

TigerRisk president Tony Ursano steps down

Tony Ursano is stepping down as the president of reinsurance broking and risk/capital management firm TigerRisk Partners.   23 April 2019

Insurance

Everest hires AIG's Dawn Gregg for risk management unit

Everest Insurance, the specialty insurance division of Bermuda-based Everest Re Group, has appointed Dawn Gregg as a vice president within the risk management division.   23 April 2019

Insurance

POP partners with AI insurtech Fractal on M&A insurance offering

Australia-based specialist insurer POP Insurance Holdings and its MGA subsidiary Fusion Specialty Insurance have partnered with Fractal Industries, an artificial intelligence (AI) and insurtech software provider.   18 April 2019

News

Fear of being left behind forces insurers to embrace AI: Flyreel CEO

While the insurance industry has traditionally been slow-moving and often late to embrace technology, this has changed in the past two years with most carriers now willing to explore the potential of artificial intelligence (AI) specifically as they bid to stay ahead of the curve.   18 April 2019

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