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Italy's Generali posts increased profits, solid 2018 results beat targets

Profits at Italian insurer Generali soared in 2018 as the company exceeded all its targets for the past three years, attributed to improvements in all group business segments including life, property/casualty and asset management.   14 March 2019

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MGA Nirvana hires Axis Capital underwriter to expand portfolio

Nirvana Risk Partners, an underwriting cell on Castel Underwriting Agencies' managing general agent (MGA) formation platform, has appointed Glenn Crickmar as underwriter to expand the team's specialist media, technology and cyber liability capabilities.   15 May 2017

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Everest hires from Aspen for commercial surety expansion

Everest Insurance has appointed Jessica Mann to its surety team as vice president, commercial surety lead, working in the company’s Houston office.   6 August 2018

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Environmental risks are biggest ESG factors for insurers and reinsurers, especially in Asia-Pacific, Fitch heat map reveals

Environmental risks are the biggest ESG factor for insurers and reinsurers, and Asia-Pacific is the region of most concern.   17 September 2019

Insurance

Giuseppina Albo to succeed Duperreault as Hamilton CEO

Giuseppina Albo is leaving the board of management of Munich Re at the end of 2017 to take up the position of CEO at Hamilton Insurance Group in 2018, Munich Re said on Oct. 19.   19 October 2017

Insurance

AXA reduces XL cat exposure by 40%

French insurer AXA and XL Group have reduced potential catastrophe impacts by around 40 percent relative to 2017 ahead of the merger of the two entities, according to AXA’s first half 2018 earnings presentation.   2 August 2018

Insurance

Nexus acquires London-based financial and professional lines MGA Plus Risk

Specialty managing general agent (MGA) Nexus Group has acquired Plus Risk (PRL), a London-based financial and professional lines MGA providing management liability and niche professional indemnity insurance.   29 July 2019

Insurance

Beazley bolsters European financial lines team with Hiscox, Aon hires

Specialist insurer Beazley has appointed two financial lines underwriters at the company's hub for continental Europe in Barcelona.   14 January 2019

Insurance

Sompo International appoints Thomas Brazil as new CEO of European unit

Bermuda-based specialty re/insurer Sompo International Holdings has appointed Thomas Brazil as the new chief executive officer of SI Insurance (Europe), the company’s platform for European Economic Area (EEA) insurance business.   23 April 2019

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Allstate estimates $177m cat losses in September

US personal lines insurer Allstate Corporation has estimated catastrophe losses for the month of September 2018 at $177 million, pre-tax ($140 million after-tax).   22 October 2018

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