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Insurance

Alternative capital is ready to innovate

Alternative capital grew again last year but at a slower pace. Paul Schultz, chief executive of Aon Securities, suggests to Monte Carlo Today this growth will continue but innovation will also be needed in the long term.   13 September 2016

Insurance

Warren Buffett steps down, unveils CEO successor

Berkshire Hathaway owns multiple re/insurers, has billions in firepower.   6 May 2025

News

Aon Benfield appoints CEO of Chile team

Aon Benfield has appointed Joe Smith as chief executive officer of its Chile team.   20 December 2013

Alternative Risk Transfer

Insurtech, cyber, rates and T&Cs the hot topics for SIRC 2019, finds Intelligent Insurer survey

The growing role of insurtech and its influence on the industry is expected to be the main topic of conversation at SIRC this year, according to delegates surveyed by Intelligent Insurer.   29 October 2019

Technology

Cyber war cover makes a comeback

For three years, cyber policies excluded state-backed attacks. Now insurers are writing the cover again as threats escalate, testing whether a once-uninsurable risk can be priced.   11 August 2026

Technology

Cyber insurance needs future talent — but first it must widen the net

Cyber insurance is growing quickly, but expertise will not keep pace if the market keeps looking for it in the same places and building it in the same ways, industry leaders argued at Cyber Risk & Insurance Innovation USA 2026.   28 April 2026

Insurance

Judging M&A: why growth is a trickier measurement of success

Assessing growth as a measurement of the success of a merger or acquisition is much harder than identifying whether cost-cutting and synergies have been delivered, according to Paul Schultz, CEO of Aon Securities, speaking to Intelligent Insurer on how the success—or failure—of such deals should be judged.   29 December 2016

Insurance

California reforms moving too slowly

Building in high-risk areas and California’s failure to allow sustainable insurance rates are exacerbating climate-related risks, an APCIA panel agreed.   7 November 2023

Insurance

Arch Insurance strengthens its A&H business with strategy and distribution hire

Arch’s new appointment has held senior roles at The Hartford, Chubb, Aon and AIG.   7 April 2021

Insurance

M7.1 earthquake hits Mexico, insured cost from previous one at up to $1.12bn

A major magnitude-7.1 earthquake struck Mexico on Tuesday, September 19, shortly after the M8.1 earthquake hit the Mexican state of Chiapas on September 7.   20 September 2017

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