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Alternative Risk Transfer

Making waves

As GIC Re makes its first acquisition, the company’s chairman-cum-managing director, Ashok Kumar Roy, tells Intelligent Insurer why Africa is the obvious stepping stone to the company’s expanding international reach.   4 August 2014

Insurance

ABI identifies key export markets for insurers after Brexit

The Association of British Insurers (ABI) is looking to help expand the industry’s opportunities to trade after the Brexit vote by identifying eight countries as priority markets.   21 November 2016

Insurance

PartnerRe partners with Italian insurer

PartnerRe Wholesale, a new division of global reinsurer PartnerRe, has entered into partnership with specialist Italian insurer AEC Wholesale Group.   1 April 2014

Insurance

Tokio Marine Kiln hires aviation underwriter

Tokio Marine Kiln (TMK), a provider of specialist and corporate insurance, has appointed Marion Schmidt as aviation underwriter in the firm’s Frankfurt office.   8 September 2015

Insurance

WR Berkley forms Colombian insurer

US insurer WR Berkley has established a presence in Colombia with the formation of a company aimed at providing commercial insurance products.   7 July 2015

Insurance

Preparing for a 2017 cyber surge

The fear of an impending cyber attack driven by a series of high-profile breaches has led to a surge in the demand for cyber insurance, with many insurers now broadening the scope of the coverage offered. But this also brings challenges, as Intelligent Insurer finds.   26 January 2017

Insurance

M&A deals decline despite Asian expansion and insurtech investments

The number of completed mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in the global insurance industry fell to 387 in 2016, 13 percent down from the 444 transactions recorded in 2015, according to a new report.   16 March 2017

Insurance

Lloyd’s opening will grow MENA business, says Markel president

The president of Markel International, William Stovin, says that business in the MENA region will grow for the re/insurer following the opening of the Lloyd’s platform today.   11 March 2015

Insurance

Altitude poaches Aon Risk Solutions broker

Aviation and space underwriter Altitude Risk Partners has appointed former broker Charles Hollingworth as an underwriter.   3 September 2014

Insurance

Central Bank of Ireland hires insurance supervisor

The Central Bank of Ireland has appointed Sylvia Cronin, a former AXA executive, as the director of insurance supervision.   4 July 2014

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