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Willis Towers Watson survey claims uptick in US commercial insurance prices in Q1 2019

US commercial insurance prices have increased in the first quarter of 2019, but the growth was just under 2 percent, according to Willis Towers Watson.   11 June 2019

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Charles Taylor InsureTech sets up shop in Dubai to meet rising demand

Charles Taylor InsureTech has launched an office in Dubai in response to the growing demand for technology-related business transformation programmes in the regional insurance market.   11 June 2019

Insurance

Barbican hires Vibe's Archer to lead international casualty treaty reinsurance

Barbican Insurance Group has appointed Clive Archer as head of international casualty treaty reinsurance.   11 June 2019

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Liberty Mutual increases stake in Indian joint venture

Liberty Mutual Insurance Group has increased its interest in its non-life insurance joint venture company Liberty Videocon General Insurance (Liberty Videocon) in India to 49 percent.   15 August 2016

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Reinsurance units contract in Q2 as Berkshire Hathaway shuns under-priced business

While Berkshire Hathaway’s primary insurance businesses experienced substantial growth in the second quarter of 2016 its reinsurance businesses shrank, the company blaming high capacity and intense competition in the sector.   8 August 2016

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Liberty confirms new headquarters in Luxembourg ahead of Brexit

Liberty Specialty Markets, part of Liberty Mutual Insurance Group, has confirmed it has opened its new headquarters in Luxembourg city.   21 March 2019

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Global Risk Partners acquires UK insurance broker

Global Risk Partners (GRP), an investment vehicle operating in specialty insurance markets, has acquired commercial and personal insurance broker SLK General Insurance Services, based in Cambridgeshire.   21 September 2016

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Ardonagh-owners Highbridge, Madison Dearborn make new acquisition

US private equity firms Highbridge Principal Strategies (HPS) and Madison Dearborn Partners (MDP), which have a major shareholding in brokerage group Ardonagh, have acquired UK-based fee protection insurance company PFP.   5 July 2018

Insurance

Pickel to succeed Wallin as E+S Rück CEO

Hannover Re Group has revealed that Michael Pickel will succeed Ulrich Wallin as chief executive officer (CEO) of its German reinsurance subsidiary E+S Rück.   23 October 2018

Insurance

AmTrust divests further while posting Q3 loss

Specialty property/casualty insurer AmTrust Financial Services is further divesting assets to strengthen its capital position while reporting a loss for the third quarter.   9 November 2017

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