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LV= appoints Jon Mansley as sales and marketing director

LV= General Insurance (LV= GI), a personal lines insurers in the UK, has appointed Jon Mansley to the newly created role of sales and marketing director.   30 October 2019

Insurance

Impact of climate change on re/insurance debated at 16th SIRC

The words of climate activist Greta Thunberg were quoted at the start of the 16th Singapore International Reinsurance Conference (SIRC) yesterday by Sivam Subramaniam, chair of the 16th SIRC organising committee.   29 October 2019

Alternative Risk Transfer

All capital will blend in the end: Andersen

Alternative capital is now entering the market at many more points in an attempt to get closer to the risk and the logical conclusion is that some insurance-linked securities (ILS) funds will look to launch rated carriers, Eric Andersen, co-president of Aon, told Monte Carlo Today.   11 September 2019

Insurance

Occam Underwriting hails its progress in 2019

2019 has been a successful year for Occam Underwriting, chief executive officer Lance Gibbins told Monte Carlo Today, with the company growing organically and more than doubling premium income compared with 2018.   11 September 2019

Alternative Risk Transfer

ILS funds consider rated paper to try and solve trapped capital issues: ILS Capital

More insurance-linked securities (ILS) funds are exploring the possibility of forming rated reinsurers to give them more flexibility to offer investors a greater variety of investment options, said John Warwick, managing director and partner at ILS Capital.   11 September 2019

Insurance

Ironshore to underwrite for Old Mutual Group in Africa

Ironshore’s Pembroke Managing Agency has entered into a management agreement with Old Mutual Group to underwrite select specialty lines for African risks.   16 June 2016

Insurance

BIBA unveils drone scheme with Tokio Marine

The British Insurance Brokers’ Association (BIBA) has launched a new drone insurance scheme with specialist and corporate insurer Tokio Marine Kiln (TMK).   6 August 2018

Insurance

Asta promotes execs to CRO and CIO

Asta, a third party managing agent (MGA) at Lloyd’s, has promoted Clare Barley to chief risk officer (CRO) and Matthew Lane to chief information officer (CIO).   25 April 2016

Insurance

QBE reinsurance has ‘pleasing’ H1 2019 ‘especially with the cat exposure’

QBE’s reinsurance business had a “pleasing” first half year, especially with the cat exposure, according to Jonathan Parry, chief underwriting officer of reinsurance at the firm.   8 September 2019

Alternative Risk Transfer

The next steps for ILS: pricing and capacity dominate discussions

With record cat bond issuance and continuing COVID losses filtering through, there may be some added complications for ILS managers at the renewals, says Schroders Capital’s Stephan Ruoff.   16 September 2021

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