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The market for re/insuring California wildfire risk remain in disarray with no consensus on what constitutes adequate rates and little comfort with the risk despite substantial updates to wildfire risk models. 19 August 2019
Insurance
Asia Capital Re has improved its underwriting discipline and is in good shape to achieve stable growth over the next two years, according to rating agency S&P Global Ratings (S&P), which has affirmed the reinsurer’s financial strength rating at ‘A-’, and maintained its outlook for the Singapore-headquartered reinsurer at ‘Stable’. 19 August 2019
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Broker Aon has appointed a new UK chairman of its reinsurance business. 19 August 2019
Insurance
Bermuda-based Aspen Insurance Holdings suffered a net loss of $37.3 million in the first half of 2019, dropping from a net income of $16.1 million it made in the same period last year. 16 August 2019
Insurance
Bermuda-based Syncora Holdings has entered into an agreement to sell its New York financial guarantee insurance subsidiary to Star Insurance Holdings, a part of GoldenTree Asset Management, for $392.5 million in cash. 16 August 2019
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Canadian property and casualty insurer Intact Financial Corporation has entered into a definitive agreement with Princeton Holdings to acquire The Guarantee Company of North America, a specialty lines insurer in Canada and the US, and Frank Cowan Company, a managing general agent (MGA) focused on specialty insurance, for approximately C$1 billion ($750 million) in cash. 16 August 2019
Insurance
Insured losses from global catastrophe events were estimated at $19 billion in the first half of 2019, mainly driven by secondary perils such as thunderstorms and flooding events, according to the new Swiss Re sigma report. 15 August 2019
Insurance
Sydney-based independent reinsurance and binder placement broker Wickshire has been approved as a Lloyd’s of London broker. 15 August 2019
Insurance
AkinovA, an electronic marketplace for the transfer and trading of re/insurance risks, has appointed founder and former CEO of Tokio Millennium Re Tatsuhiko Hoshina to join its advisory board. 15 August 2019
Insurance
Technology-driven risk solutions provider Sedgwick has hired Patrick Peters in a newly-created role to drive expansion across the Africa and the Middle East region. 15 August 2019
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