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Travelers taps new chief information officer from Liberty Mutual

Property/casualty insurer Travelers Companies has appointed Mojgan Lefebvre as executive vice president and chief information officer. She succeeds Madelyn Lankton, who will retire this month after 36 years with Travelers.   12 September 2018

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Zurich North America names new chief underwriting officer

Zurich Insurance has appointed Brandon Fick as new chief underwriting officer for Zurich North America.   12 September 2018

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Argo unit Colony Specialty appoints new casualty leader

Bermuda-based excess and surplus (E&S) lines carrier Colony Specialty, a member of Argo Group International Holdings, has appointed Jeff Canfield to serve as head of casualty.   12 September 2018

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Insured loss estimates for Hurricane Dorian reach $5bn for US and Carribean, says cat modeller KCC

Catastrophe modelling firm Karen Clark & Company (KCC) has estimated that the total insured loss from Hurricane Dorian in the US and Caribbean will be close to $5 billion.   12 September 2019

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UNIQA CEO named Insurance Europe president

The CEO and chairman of Austria’s UNIQA Insurance Group, Andreas Brandstetter, has been elected president of the European insurance and reinsurance federation (Insurance Europe) for a term of three years.   24 May 2018

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S&P takes negative rating actions on South Africa-based Insurers

The actions follow the negative outlook on South Africa   27 November 2019

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Willis Towers Watson hires USI exec for CRB leadership role

Broker Willis Towers Watson has appointed John Campbell as corporate risk and broking (CRB) market leader and construction leader for St. Louis.   4 August 2017

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KPMG fined by UK regulator over Lloyd’s Syndicate 218 (Equity Red Star) audit

The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has fined KPMG and some of its partners after an investigation found misconduct in relation to the audit of Lloyd’s Syndicate 2018 (Equity Red Star) and actuarial advice given to Equity Syndicate Management (ESML).   30 April 2019

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Prudential to buy US insurtech start-up Assurance IQ for $2.35bn

Prudential Financial is set to acquire US-based insurtech start-up Assurance IQ for $2.35 billion.   13 September 2019

Insurance

PG&E not liable for Tubbs Fire say Cal Fire investigators

Energy supplier Pacific Gas & Electric Co (PG&E), which has been accused of starting several of the wildfires that decimated parts of California last year, has been cleared of causing the Tubbs Fire by the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire), which is responsible for determining the origin and cause and of wildfires.   28 January 2019

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