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Italian insurer Generali has completed the acquisition of a majority stake in Sycomore Factory SAS, the controlling company of Paris-based Sycomore Asset Management. 13 February 2019
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San Francisco-based Socotra, an insurtech startup, has raised an additional $5.2 million in funding from Mitsui Sumitomo, Nationwide and venture firm 8VC. 13 February 2019
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European insurers are well positioned to manage the disruption caused by Brexit but, warns global ratings agency S&P, any wider global downturn will bring volatility, which is likely to mean persistent low interest rates. 13 February 2019
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Bermuda reinsurer Maiden Holdings is faced with battling a class action lawsuit, which alleges that the company and some of its former officers misled investors over the nature of underwriting and risk management controls relating to reinsurance agreements with AmTrust. 12 February 2019
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Lloyd's re/insurance broker RFIB Group has established new permanent offices in Montecasino, Johannesburg, to further expand its presence in Africa. 12 February 2019
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Lloyd’s underwriter StarStone is closing its Australia office following a "strategic review" and has appointed Agile Underwriting as a representative agent for the global specialty insurer in Australia and New Zealand. 12 February 2019
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Figures from Swiss Re show that “$1.3 trillion (70 percent) of global economic losses derived from natural catastrophes in the past 10 years were uninsured”. Gethin Jones and Laurent Sabatié co-founded Skyline Partners to address this gap and have started by focusing on weather risks in India. Intelligent Insurer speaks to them to find out how they plan to close the global protection gap. 12 February 2019
Insurance
As the deadline for a no deal Brexit moves closer, the French government has published emergency measures relating to financial services and insurance, global law firm Clyde & Co has confirmed. 11 February 2019
Insurance
Howden, the retail broking arm of Hyperion Insurance Group, is acquiring a strategic stake in Malene Insurance Brokers, a leading Malaysian independent niche broker in the energy and power sector, and a specialist in takaful insurance, which complies with Sharia law. The company is also purchasing the remaining 51 percent of shares in CIMB Howden. 11 February 2019
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Beazley CEO highlights growth in US business and rise in gross premiums written in 2018 results despite depressed earnings as challenging market conditions take their toll. 7 February 2019
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