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The second half of 2017 showed an uptick in insurance M&A deals globally for the first time since 2015 and was followed by a number of high profile transactions in 2018. 12 March 2018
Insurance
Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS) has partnered with Silicon Valley-based cyber risk analytics and modelling firm Cyence in order to improve its cyber risk analysis and capabilities. 27 September 2017
Insurance
The insured property losses caused by extra-tropical cyclone Egon have reached €234 million in a revised estimate by PERILS, the Zurich-based catastrophe insurance data provider. 12 April 2017
Insurance
Swiss Re has appointed Russell Higginbotham as CEO reinsurance EMEA effective Sept. 1, 2018, replacing Jean-Jacques Henchoz. 23 August 2018
Insurance
Global insurance premiums increased 1.5 percent to nearly $5 trillion in 2017, after rising 2.2 percent in 2016, according to the annually published "world insurance" sigma report. It also revealed that global life premiums increased 0.5 percent in 2017, while global non-life premiums rose 2.8 percent. Growth in both the life and non-life sectors slowed. 5 July 2018
Insurance
Billionaire investor David Einhorn told clients that his Greenlight Capital hedge fund, which manages the investments for reinsurer Greenlight Re, suffered fresh losses in June and has now dropped 18.3 percent this year, according to a Reuters report. 3 July 2018
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Spanish insurer Mapfre took some tough decisions last year—and also underperformed, according to its chief executive. Now, it wants to reap the rewards of these changes as well as its diversification to move into a new chapter, Antonio Huertas, chairman and CEO, tells Intelligent Insurer. 4 April 2019
Insurance
Specialist insurer Markel has reorganised the leadership structure of its excess casualty underwriting unit with managing directors Matt Mullen and Colin Shaw now directly reporting to executive underwriting officer for casualty Alan Rodrigues. 16 April 2018
Insurance
McLarens, a global loss adjuster specialising in complex, commercial and niche markets, has expanded its Asia Pacific footprint with the opening of a new office in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 2 July 2018
Insurance
Against a backdrop of a deteriorating rating environment, overcapacity and downturn in the industry, the energy insurance market continue to face its lowest rating environment in several decades, according to the latest quarterly Energy report from Lloyd & Partners. 6 April 2017
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