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Cobbs Allen unveils new specialty brokerage CAC to serve corporate and private equity clients

US-based enterprise risk management agency Cobbs Allen has formed a new specialty insurance brokerage and investment banking platform to serve corporates and private equity clients. The company believes that current consolidation in the marketplace has created a need for an independent platform with scalability and the ability to move quickly and nimbly.   16 August 2019

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Zurich reveals new Canada CEO, chief agent

Zurich Insurance has appointed Saad Mered to CEO and chief agent of Zurich Canada.   8 August 2018

Insurance

Argo appoints former Allied World CFO to board

Bermuda-based underwriter of specialty insurance and reinsurance Argo Group International Holdings has appointed Thomas Bradley to its board of directors.   7 August 2018

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AIG appoints deputy CFO from Zurich

American International Group (AIG) has appointed Jonathan Wismer as senior vice president, deputy chief financial officer and chief accounting officer.   6 August 2018

Insurance

IGI hires Oman Investment Corp CEO, S&P analyst as board members

International General Insurance Holdings (IGI) has appointed David Anthony and Anwar Al-Jabri as new non-executive directors to its board.   6 August 2018

Insurance

Argo CEO says re/insurer has right size

Argo CEO Mark Watson III believes that the Bermuda-based re/insurer has the right size, enabling it to innovate and use technology to thrive in the future.   26 September 2018

Insurance

Aviva gets green light for digital joint venture in Hong Kong

The insurance joint venture of Aviva, Chinese investment company Hillhouse Capital Management and tech firm Tencent Holdings is expected to start operating under its new corporate structure during the first half of 2018.   14 February 2018

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Hurricane-hit Oxbridge Re writes zero business in Q1 – but CEO optimistic on future

Cayman-based property/casualty reinsurer Oxbridge Re effectively stopped writing business in the first quarter of 2019 as it grappled with the events of the previous hurricane season, when it suffered limit losses on all reinsurance contracts – but its CEO said he is optimistic about the future of the business.   15 May 2019

Insurance

Insurtech Socotra secures $5.2m funding from MS&AD, Nationwide and 8VC

San Francisco-based Socotra, an insurtech startup, has raised an additional $5.2 million in funding from Mitsui Sumitomo, Nationwide and venture firm 8VC.   13 February 2019

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RSA Luxembourg unit gets regulatory approval in Europe; director appointed

RSA Insurance Group has received licence approval for its new insurance subsidiary in Luxembourg from the regulator Commissariat aux Assurances (CAA).   5 June 2018

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