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US-based Ryan Specialty Group (RSG) has reached a definitive agreement to acquire Houston, Texas-based wholesale broker Oxford Insurance Services. 24 October 2017
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Modernising the London Market is essential if it is to compete with other re/insurance hubs and competitors in the world. But resistance from the front office, where brokers and underwriters may be reluctant to change their behaviour, could threaten the plan’s success. Intelligent Insurer reports. 11 August 2016
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Aon Benfield, the global reinsurance intermediary and capital advisor of Aon, has unveiled a new management structure for its Bermuda team that includes new hires and expanded roles. 20 March 2018
Insurance
The use of blockchain may help to overcome issues of trust between parties where there is a potential conflict of interest, and its use may even command a higher premium on contracts where the payment of a claim is automated, Magdalena Ramada Sarasola, senior economist at Willis Towers Watson, suggested to Baden-Baden Today. 22 October 2018
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Benoît des Cressonnières, chief executive officer of Euler Hermes Reinsurance, with responsibility for the company’s buying programme, says he is expecting a steady renewal with little change in pricing, despite some pressure from reinsurers for rate increases on the back of the 2017 catastrophe losses suffered by many global reinsurers. 22 October 2018
Insurance
A restructure within the Mapfre Group will allow reinsurance unit Mapfre Re to expand its range of products and remit, Eduardo Perez de Lema, chief executive officer and chairman of the management committee of Mapfre Re, told Baden-Baden Today. 22 October 2018
Insurance
Driven by an appreciation of the benefits of diversification and a search for healthier rates, many insurers have shown a growing commitment to the credit and political risk space in recent years, creating more choice for clients as a result. This has been widely supported by reinsurers. 22 October 2018
Insurance
The uncertainty around the nature of UK’s departure from the EU is causing re/insurers to protect themselves against whatever the worst-case scenario might be, as they prepare for the January 1 renewals, according to Mike Van Slooten, head of market analysis, Aon Benfield. 22 October 2018
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A growing number of larger insurers in Europe have restructured their reinsurance programmes whereby they place centralised multi-risk covers through global broker programmes—a trend that has made life tougher for smaller reinsurers. 22 October 2018
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It’s too early to assess the impact of Hurricane Michael on the re/insurance industry, Charles Goldie, chief executive officer of property & casualty at PartnerRe, told Baden-Baden Today. 22 October 2018
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