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Pool Re appoints GC Securities to explore ILS options

Pool Re has appointed GC Securities, a division of MMC Securities LLC, as its insurance-linked securities (ILS) advisor and placement agent.   25 April 2018

Insurance

Lemonade sues ONE Insurance and parent wefox over copying software

AI-powered insurtech firm Lemonade Insurance Company has filed a lawsuit against ONE Insurance, its parent wefox Group and founder Julian Teicke, over claims of it copying Lemonade’s app and website.   15 June 2018

Insurance

Euler Hermes expands XoL unit with former AIG execs as co-heads

Trade credit insurer Euler Hermes has appointed Alexia Parmentier and Tim Hoggarth as co-heads of its London-based excess of loss (XoL) unit with immediate effect.   17 January 2017

Insurance

Brit swoops for Talbot chief operating officer

Specialty re/insurer Brit has appointed Michael Gould as its new chief operating officer (COO). He arrives from Lloyd's syndicate Talbot Underwriting where he has held the position of COO since 2015.   12 June 2018

Insurance

Deutsche Rück boss quits; hunt starts for successor

Arno Junke, the chief executive of Deutsche Rück and the Association of German Public Insurers (VöV), has left both positions as of December 31, 2017.   2 January 2018

Insurance

Allianz and Liverpool Victoria push ahead with JV

Allianz Group and Liverpool Victoria Friendly Society (LV=) have completed the first stage in the creation of their joint venture and strategic partnership through the planned sale of 49 percent stake in LV=’s UK General Insurance businesses (LV=GI) to Allianz Group.   2 January 2018

Insurance

Argo appoints new head of ceded reinsurance from Ariel Re

Bermuda specialty re/insurer Argo Group International Holdings has appointed Katie Partington Howarth to serve as the group head of ceded reinsurance.   11 June 2018

Insurance

Markel enters surety business with new execs from Aviva and Euler Hermes

Specialist insurer Markel International has launched a surety offering following its appointment of new executives from Aviva and Euler Hermes.   9 March 2017

News

RGA’s US group business ‘disappoints’ in Q2

While the US individual mortality business bounced back in the second quarter of 2018, the US group business of life reinsurer RGA disappointed, according to CEO Anna Manning.   27 July 2018

Insurance

California wildfires will cost insurers $9bn: insurance commissioner

The recent wildfires in California will cause some $9 billion in insured losses, making them the deadliest and costliest wildfire catastrophes in California's history, according to California’s insurance commissioner Dave Jones.   13 December 2018

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