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Insurance

Blanc resigns as CEO EMEA of Zurich and chair of ABI after less than a year

Zurich Insurance Group’s CEO Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA) Amanda Blanc has resigned with immediate effect. She joined the group in October 2018 from AXA.   3 July 2019

Risk Management

Why insurers need to be more honest with risk and insurance managers

While insurers have welcomed the hardening market, it poses a challenge for insurance managers—who are increasingly looking at alternative risk transfer solutions, according to Scott Feltham, group insurance manager for Compass Group. He explains why the hardening market could be bad for insurers in the long run.   23 October 2020

Insurance

Pandemic has been a call to arms for re/insurers: Swiss Re

The COVID-19 pandemic has driven awareness of risk, but that won’t last forever and the sector must not sit on its laurels, according to the CEO of reinsurance Asia at Swiss Re.   15 November 2021

Insurance

Watford has fallen 'horribly short of expectations', investor suggests sale

Capital Returns has called for the reinsurer to sell itself as it lacks 'inherent competitive strengths or core competencies' and has generated 'extremely disappointing results'.   19 May 2020

Insurance

Asta’s MGA platform hires former Capita exec

Asta Underwriting Management (AUM), the recently launched managing general agent (MGA) platform of Asta Capital, has appointed John Holm as executive of MGA investments.   1 October 2015

Insurance

HDI Global appoints new head of Switzerland from AXA XL

Industrial lines insurer HDI Global has appointed Michael Rüsch as the new authorised representative and head of its branch for Switzerland.   7 May 2019

Insurance

DARAG expands its footprint across the world

Tom Booth took over as group CEO of DARAG three years ago. Since then, he’s been working to expand the company internationally as he told the Re/insurance Lounge.   16 September 2021

Insurance

Hudson Structured was lead investor in $45.5m Catalina private debt transaction

Hudson Structured Capital Management (HSCM) acted as a lead investor in the recent $45.5 million private debt arrangement for Catalina General Insurance, a subsidiary of Catalina Holdings (Bermuda), the company has revealed.   12 May 2017

Insurance

Gallagher swoops for JLT's Brent Kruger as UK chief information officer

Broker Gallagher has recruited Brent Kruger as its new UK chief information officer (CIO).   13 September 2019

Insurance

Clyde & Co expands casualty insurance group with partner hire

Law firm Clyde & Co has appointed Estelle Machell as a partner in its casualty insurance team.   13 September 2019

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