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Stagnating interest rates to hit insurance growth across Europe

Interest rates are stagnating at relatively low levels across the Eurozone, impacting both life and non-life insurance industries, according to Mapfre and the adoption of accommodative monetary policy across the Eurozone is partly responsible.   11 February 2020

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Liberty merges Canadian subsidiaries

Boston-headquartered Liberty Mutual Insurance is rebranding its Liberty International Underwriters (LIU Canada) and Ironshore Canada units as Liberty Mutual Canada.   14 September 2018

Insurance

Validus Specialty expands into crisis management with Liberty hire

Validus Specialty has expanded its product suite with the launch of crisis management insurance solutions in the US, and appointed Jane McCarthy to lead the development of the new portfolio.   14 September 2018

Insurance

Munich Re's ERGO sells Russian non-life business to RESO-Garantia as it refocuses

Munich Re's primary insurance unit ERGO Group is selling its non-life insurance business in Russia to RESO-Garantia as part of what it called an international portfolio optimisation strategy.   12 February 2019

Insurance

Willis Towers Watson hires USI exec for CRB leadership role

Broker Willis Towers Watson has appointed John Campbell as corporate risk and broking (CRB) market leader and construction leader for St. Louis.   4 August 2017

Insurance

FAA identifies further Boeing 737 Max software issues; delays return to service

The short-term future of the Boeing 737 Max is in limbo after the US regulator found an additional issue with flight software that it has asked the manufacturer to address.   28 June 2019

Insurance

Travelers taps new chief information officer from Liberty Mutual

Property/casualty insurer Travelers Companies has appointed Mojgan Lefebvre as executive vice president and chief information officer. She succeeds Madelyn Lankton, who will retire this month after 36 years with Travelers.   12 September 2018

Insurance

Zurich North America names new chief underwriting officer

Zurich Insurance has appointed Brandon Fick as new chief underwriting officer for Zurich North America.   12 September 2018

Insurance

Argo unit Colony Specialty appoints new casualty leader

Bermuda-based excess and surplus (E&S) lines carrier Colony Specialty, a member of Argo Group International Holdings, has appointed Jeff Canfield to serve as head of casualty.   12 September 2018

Insurance

UNIQA CEO named Insurance Europe president

The CEO and chairman of Austria’s UNIQA Insurance Group, Andreas Brandstetter, has been elected president of the European insurance and reinsurance federation (Insurance Europe) for a term of three years.   24 May 2018

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