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Everest Re Group’s profits dipped in 2018 as a result of high levels of catastrophe losses during the year but the company’s CEO said he was pleased to still make a profit and praised the diversification of the company’s portfolio. 12 February 2019
Insurance
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
Insurance
Bermuda-based re/insurer Ascot and specialty insurer Beazley have come together to launch a Lloyd’s based cargo consortium that uses insurtech solutions to help manage risk and claims performance. 12 February 2019
Insurance
Axa has seen a “striking” jump in the perception of climate change as the top emerging risk in its latest survey, said Hélène Chauveau, head of emerging risks at the company. 12 February 2019
Insurance
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
Aon has named Lambros Lambrou, a 30-year veteran at the re/insurance broker, as new global CEO of commercial risk solutions. 11 February 2019
Insurance
Risk modelling firm RMS has hired Oliver Nieswandt as managing director of Continental Europe, based in the company's Zurich office. 11 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
Canada-based Fairfax Financial Holdings, the property and casualty re/insurance conglomerate which includes OdysseyRe, Allied World and Brit, has appointed Peter Clarke as vice president and chief operating office of Fairfax. 11 February 2019
Insurance
Mergers and acquisitions grew 9 percent in the global insurance sector in 2018 as insurers looked to increase their access to customers and innovation, and benefit from greater scale, according to a Clyde & Co report out today (Monday 11 February). 11 February 2019
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