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Technology
Blockchain has the potential to do more than cut costs and create efficiencies for re/insurers – it can also be used to drive growth and assimilate varied insurtech platforms. And those companies that fail to realise its potential will be left behind. 9 June 2020
Insurance
Specialist Lloyd's insurer Neon has appointed Brian James as class underwriter for cargo, and Richard Mander as class underwriter for marine liability. 27 September 2017
Insurance
New York-based Mutual insurer of US municipal bonds Build America Mutual (BAM) is expanding its claims-paying resources by $100 million through a collateralized reinsurance agreement with Fidus Re, a special-purpose insurer created solely to provide collateralized reinsurance protection to BAM. 17 April 2018
Insurance
Andy Briggs, chief executive officer (CEO) of Aviva UK Life and chairman of Aviva Global Life, has been nominated by the Association of British Insurers (ABI) Board to become its next chairman. 8 June 2016
Insurance
Large primary carriers are re-entering the reinsurance market after having largely abandoned the sector in the 1990s and early 2000s, according to Willis Re CEO James Kent. 3 April 2018
Insurance
A new state-backed reinsurer in Russia will hit the long-term growth potential of global reinsurers in the country, which will be forced to cede a percent of premium to the new entity even on existing long-term treaties. 7 December 2016
Insurance
Insurance broker Charles Monat Associates (CMA), which has a prominent presence in Asia, has agreed to a management buyout (MBO) to acquire 100 percent of the global wealth solutions business of Willis Towers Watson. 11 May 2017
Insurance
XL Catlin has appointed Louisa Lu as senior underwriter of casualty in the Asia Pacific region. 23 June 2016
Insurance
Chubb’s net profits soared in the third quarter reaching $1.2 billion in the period compared with a net loss of $70 million in the same period a year earlier, when it was hit by multiple natural catastrophes. Its combined ratio for the period was 90.9 percent compared with 110.8 percent in the same period a year earlier. 24 October 2018
Insurance
Macro sector trends such as rising yields and claims inflation will form the background for the next phase the re/insurance markets will enter, David Flandro, global head of analytics at JLT Re, told Baden-Baden Today. 24 October 2018
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