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QBE unveils A$200m cost cutting programme

Australia-based insurer QBE is implementing measures targeting more than A$200 million ($144 million) in gross cost savings by 2021.   11 December 2018

Insurance

QBE boosts cat reinsurance protection

Australia-based QBE has reduced catastrophe retention and increased protection against catastrophe severity in its 2019 reinsurance programme.   11 December 2018

News

Incumbents may be falling behind in the insurtech race

As money continues to pour into insurtech ventures, there is evidence that only the big, global technology players and true venture capital firms have pockets deep enough to precipitate true disruption in the insurance space. Simon Hayes investigates where this will leave the incumbent players.   11 December 2018

Insurance

AI-powered insurtech Zesty.ai raises $13m capital for expansion

US-based artificial intelligence (AI) startup Zesty.ai has secured a $13 million investment in its Series A financing round, led by Luxembourg-based private investment fund Blamar.   10 December 2018

Insurance

US commercial insurance prices rise further in Q3

Commercial insurance prices in the US increased by over 2 percent year on year in the third quarter of 2018, according to Willis Towers Watson’s Commercial Lines Insurance Pricing Survey.   10 December 2018

Insurance

Ed creates Bermuda unit for international expansion

Reinsurance, wholesale and specialty broker Ed is setting up a new broking platform in Bermuda which it describes as an "important (re)insurance hub" to further expand its international footprint.   10 December 2018

Insurance

Hyperion group CFO departs; interim successor revealed

The group chief financial officer (CFO) of Hyperion Insurance Group, Oliver Corbett, is leaving the company at the end of December.   10 December 2018

Insurance

Everest poaches CUO from Travelers in Canada

Everest Re Group has appointed Kevin Pinto as new chief underwriting officer (CUO) of Everest Insurance Company of Canada (EvCan).   10 December 2018

Insurance

Munich Re, White Mountains-backed insurtech Buzzvault launches in London

Insurtech home insurer Buzzvault, which is backed by White Mountains Insurance Group and reinsurer Munich Re, has opened for business in London.   10 December 2018

Insurance

Draycott to replace Hearn as Ed CEO

Reinsurance, wholesale and specialty broker Ed has appointed Andrew Draycott as CEO-designate of Ed Broking in London.   10 December 2018

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