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Arch Capital appoints new CEO

Bermuda-based Arch Capital Group (ACGL) has promoted president and chief operating officer (COO) Marc Grandisson to the position of CEO, replacing Constantine Iordanou.   19 March 2018

Insurance

Everest Re swoops for Swiss Re exec as global head of aerospace

Everest Re Group has hired a Swiss Re executive to head up its global aerospace reinsurance unit.   5 July 2018

Insurance

Acadian to underwrite for Spinnaker in Louisiana

Acadian Managers, a general insurance agency, has entered into an agreement with Spinnaker Insurance Company to underwrite and market Spinnaker’s homeowners and swelling fire products in Louisiana.   26 May 2016

Insurance

Thomas Bradley appointed as Argo chairman; Kevin Rehnberg made CEO and board nominee

Bradley will take over from Gary Woods following the AGM of April 16.   19 February 2020

Insurance

Typhoons hit Japanese non-life market in 2018, Toa Re report finds

The Japanese non-life insurance market experienced a mixed year in 2018, according to a report from the underwriting and planning department of Toa Reinsurance.   29 October 2019

Insurance

Swiss Re merges European units' leadership with new appointment

Swiss Re has appointed Claudia Cordioli to lead its reinsurance business in Western and Southern Europe.   27 March 2018

Insurance

AM Best reports on Brexit and warns on intense competition and overcapacity in global reinsurance industry

Intense competition and overcapacity are among the biggest challenges for the global reinsurance industry. That was one of the key points in a presentation in Monte Carlo, given by rating agency AM Best, at which it also warned of some of the negative effects of Brexit.   9 September 2019

Insurance

ArgoGlobal appoints new Asia chief underwriting officer

ArgoGlobal, the Lloyd’s insurer and member of Argo Group, has appointed Michael Scala as chief underwriting officer, Asia Pacific.   9 October 2018

Insurance

Pardus adds two non-exec directors amid £1.6m capital raising

Pardus, a London-based independent managing general agent (MGA), has completed a £1.6 million capital raising, which attracted a variety of new private investors into the business.   6 April 2016

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Insurers bet on reinsurance in unexpected U-turn

Having given up on reinsurance in recent decades, some large insurers have had a change of heart as they seek diversification and the access to the capital markets which reinsurers have developed in recent years. Is their bet that they can handle these volatile risks—and that their shareholders will back them—a risky one? Intelligent Insurer investigates.   14 May 2018

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