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At the start of 2017 Premia Holdings, a company dedicated to the run-off market, was founded on Bermuda with $500 million of capital—a deal that represented one of the biggest capital raisings in the sector. In an interview first published in sister publication Bermuda:Re+ILS, CEO Bill O’Farrell explains why he expects fast growth in the run-off sector. 10 May 2017
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Hannover Re’s profits slipped slightly in the first quarter but the reinsurer enjoyed strong growth driven by structured reinsurance demand for reinsurance solutions providing solvency relief and growing demand for cyber coverage. 10 May 2017
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UK insurer Aviva has announced the sale of its 50 percent shareholdings in life insurance and pension joint ventures Unicorp Vida and Caja España Vid, as well as its retail life insurance business Aviva Vida y Pensiones, to Santalucía. The total consideration of the transaction is €475 million. 10 May 2017
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Novae Group enjoyed substantial growth driven largely by US excess and surplus lines in the first quarter of 2017 despite exiting a number of casualty lines of business where it has deemed rates unsustainable. But it also warned that these would still hit its profitability this year. 10 May 2017
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Specialist re/insurance broker BMS Group has appointed Andrew Godden as chief executive officer (CEO) of Australia. He will be based in Sydney, and report directly to BMS CEO Nick Cook. 10 May 2017
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London-based Barbican Insurance Group has appointed Jacqueline Wiffen as a class underwriter for upstream energy. She will report to Olivier Decombes, divisional head of energy, power and utilities. 10 May 2017
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US-based Prudential Retirement, a unit of Prudential Financial, has appointed Phil Waldeck as its new president and chief executive officer (CEO), with effect from June 5. 10 May 2017
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US-based CNA, a commercial insurance provider, has appointed Kevin Smith as president and chief operating officer (COO) for CNA Specialty. 10 May 2017
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Lloyd's broker Bishopsgate, the London market business of Towergate Insurance, has appointed Robin Todd and Darren Conlon as energy directors. 10 May 2017
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Aon Risk Solutions, the global risk management business of Aon, has announced the hiring of Joe Clark and Taylor Turney in the US. 10 May 2017
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