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Insurance

AM Best says PG&E bankruptcy won’t hit specialist insurers hard

Utility focused specialty insurers “should be able to absorb the losses” arising from exposure to to PG&E’s bankruptcy, AM Best has said.   4 February 2019

Insurance

Lloyd’s appoints Allianz's Burkhard Keese as new chief financial officer

Lloyd’s of London, the specialist insurance and reinsurance market, has appointed Allianz's Burkhard Keese has new chief financial officer (CFO), succeeding John Parry.   4 February 2019

Insurance

Munich Re buys stake in German AI research centre DFKI

Munich Re has become a shareholder in the German Research Centre for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI), a leading European institute for AI research including robotics, smart factories and immersive quantified learning.   4 February 2019

Technology

Adaption without disruption: the market’s evolving view of insurtech

Insurtech innovations continue to fascinate the market, but how do incumbent players see the companies that are entering—and are their opinions evolving over time? Intelligent Insurer investigates.   4 February 2019

Insurance

AXA's Jad Ariss appointed secretary general of The Geneva Association

Jad Ariss, the former CEO of AXA's Middle East and Africa business, has been appointed secretary general of the Geneva Association, effective 1 March 2019.   4 February 2019

Insurance

Broker Howden expands Thai business via merger with Maxi

Howden, the retail broking arm of Hyperion Insurance Group, has merged its Thailand-based subsidiary with motor insurance broker Maxi.   1 February 2019

Insurance

THB completes leadership transition in European division

Specialist re/insurance broker THB has completed the leadership transition in its European division based in Amsterdam following the retirement of managing director Joaquim Caria.   31 January 2019

Insurance

StarStone sells MGA Malakite, Zurich portfolio to Dubai MGA Elseco

Specialty insurer StarStone, whose parent company Enstar dropped plans to pursue its sale in September, has decided to sell some of its portfolio to Dubai-based firm Elseco.   31 January 2019

Insurance

Chubb appoints new claims director for Europe and Eurasia & Africa

Property/casualty insurer Chubb has appointed Julie Chalmers as claims director for Europe and Eurasia & Africa, replacing Steve Parry, who is leaving the company.   31 January 2019

Insurance

Lloyd's CEO Neal plots next move for LM TOM as he takes helm

The London Market Group (LMG) has appointed Lloyd’s CEO John Neal to chairman of London Market Target Operating Model (LM TOM) steering board, replacing Inga Beale, who had chaired the group since it was set up in 2016.   30 January 2019

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