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Wins in reinsurance boosts growth at JLT but profits dip as it ‘transforms’

JLT Group enjoyed strong growth in its reinsurance segment in the first halve of 2018 but its profits were hit by the costs associated with its global transformation programme, which it claims will eventually benefit the business to the tune of £40 million a year.   26 July 2018

Insurance

Barbican bolsters financial lines team with Markel hire

Barbican Insurance Group has appointed Antony Hope as class underwriter for directors’ & officers’ (D&O) liability insurance.   4 July 2019

Insurance

How managing general agents are adapting to challenging market conditions

In tough times, leveraging the expertise and access to risks that many managing general agents possess can be an enticing prospect for insurers, as Intelligent Insurer discovers.   3 May 2017

Insurance

JLT Specialty appoints SVP to build new insurance division in New York

JLT Specialty USA, a subsidiary of Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group (JLT), has appointed Denise Kaloudis as senior vice president.   23 May 2017

Insurance

Neon hires from Sirius International to expand property D&F business

Specialist Lloyd's insurer Neon has appointed Catherine Sethi as senior underwriter in London to further grow its property direct and facultative (D&F) team.   24 April 2017

Insurance

94% of brokers now e-trading; Aviva leading market: FWD Research

UK brokers are increasingly modernising their trading practices to embrace e-trading, with 94 percent currently placing business electronically, according to FWD Research, a research consultancy, which has competed a report on the use of e-trading by brokers.   2 July 2019

Insurance

Lancashire Holdings' profits fall in 'turbulent' 2016

Specialty re/insurance provider Lancashire Holdings has called 2016 a difficult year, with net operating profits falling 17 percent compared to 2015.   16 February 2017

Insurance

Overcoming the human factor: exchange and augment data to improve an undervalued asset

Data should be vital to the insurance industry, but its potential has yet to be fully exploited, say software specialists at Morning Data.   18 October 2021

Insurance

BGC swoops on Willis global head of broking to lead new aerospace intermediary

BGC Insurance Group (BGCI), a division of global brokerage firm BGC Partners which owns Ed and Besso, has hired Willis' Philip Smaje as chief executive officer (CEO) of its new global aviation and aerospace re/insurance intermediary.   1 July 2019

Insurance

Munich Re US appoints Kuchma COO of reinsurance division

Munich Reinsurance America, a subsidiary of Munich Re, has appointed Anita Kuchma as chief operations officer (COO) of its reinsurance division.   10 October 2019

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