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Weston Hicks, the president of Alleghany Corporation, which owns TransRe, has said that cracks are starting to appear in the foundations of the property/casualty industry and stressed that the so-called alternative reinsurance markets remain untested in the aftermath of a big loss warning that the industry may have created a monster.   23 February 2017
Insurance
TransRe enjoyed strong growth in 2016 but this was largely driven by a one-off whole account quota share transaction and Alleghany Corporation, its parent company, stressed that it remains highly selective in the reinsurance treaties that it writes.   23 February 2017
Insurance
Alleghany Corporation, the parent company of TransRe, enjoyed solid growth in 2016 but its profits dipped on the back of mixed investment results and a highly competitive property/casualty market.   23 February 2017
Insurance
France’s reinsurer SCOR is searching for opportunities to deploy its excess capital which is set to grow further through the ongoing merger of its units and is unlikely to be squeezed by a qualification of SCOR as a systemically important financial institution.   22 February 2017
Insurance
Profits dipped at SCOR in 2016 in what was an otherwise solid set of results for the French reinsurer, which continued to grow largely thanks to contributions from its Global Life unit while its Global P&C business also expanded its footprint in the US.   22 February 2017
Insurance
Insurance broker NFP has acquired US-based McLaughlin & Smoak (M&S) employee benefits broker to expand its benefits footprint in the Southeast region.   22 February 2017
Insurance
ANV Global Services, the managing general underwriter (MGU) owned by insurance group AmTrust Financial Services, has appointed James Pittinger to the role of underwriting director with immediate effect.   22 February 2017
Insurance
Increases in loss and loss adjustment expenses, driven by cat losses and higher fire and weather related losses as well as lower average premiums have driven down United Insurance Holdings’ (UPC Insurance) full year results.   21 February 2017
Insurance
Markel Corporation has appointed Ashley Dillon as underwriting assurance director for the product line leadership team.   21 February 2017
Insurance
Broker Willis Towers Watson has appointed Scot Housh as regional lead for its corporate risk and broking (CRB) business in the Midwest, and Mark Vila to lead CRB for the greater Chicago market.   20 February 2017

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