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IASB changes to IFRS 17 Insurance Contracts welcome: Willis Towers Watson

Changes the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) could make to IFRS 17 Insurance Contracts could help ensure reinsurance remains attractive as a risk mitigation tool and avoid unintended consequences such as raising barriers for new entrants, it has been claimed.   24 January 2019

Insurance

Sapphire Blue hires CUO from Markel

Sapphire Blue, the managing general underwriting company owned by Ryan Specialty Group (RSG), has hired Debra Goldberg as chief underwriting officer.   7 June 2017

Insurance

Chartered Insurance Institute signs up Kenny Siu as Asia Pacific regional director, leaves Standard Life

The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) has hired Kenny Siu as its regional director for Asia Pacific, based in Hong Kong, to bolster international growth objectives.   1 April 2019

Insurance

Specialty insurer Newline joins Lloyd’s Mexico, expands global footprint

London-based specialty insurer Newline Group is expanding its global footprint by joining Lloyd’s representative office in Mexico City, to serve clients in Latin America and the Caribbean.   31 July 2019

Insurance

Mapfre updates profit targets citing 'complex environment'

CEO Huertas warns of "unmeasurable effects" of COVID-19 on economic growth and insurance activity.   13 March 2020

Insurance

IGI lures AmTrust exec

International General Insurance (IGI) has appointed Simon Curtis as chief financial officer of its UK business.   19 June 2015

Insurance

UK branch of Everest Re's Brexit subsidiary now fully operational

Everest Insurance Ireland, DAC (EIID), the Dublin-based subsidiary of Everest Re Group, has announced that its newly-launched branch office in the UK is now fully operational.   4 October 2019

Insurance

1/1 renewals predictions versus reality: five things we’ve learned

It was billed as the toughest 1/1 renewals for decades, but did the reality live up to the hype? An Intelligent Insurer panel shared their inside takes.   24 January 2023

Insurance

Ascent enhances cyber product to address “new wave of exposures”

Specialist niche-product managing general agent (MGA) Ascent Underwriting has extended its cyber offering to cover social engineering and computer crime, and provide modules of coverage on a nil deductible basis.   4 December 2017

Insurance

Emerging from stealth mode: MGA Aspect founder unveils his plans

Niche property D&F MGA Aspect, backed by Everest Re and AmTrust, opened for business in April. Here, one of its founders explains why it has emerged from stealth mode now – and why its strategy is markedly unique.   26 April 2023

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