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Alternative Risk Transfer

Nephila’s Schauble: weather protection market ‘like early days of cat ILS’

The development and growth of weather risk protection products, in response to increasing awareness of climate change, “feels like the early days of the catastrophe ILS market”, Nephila Climate chairman Barney Schauble has said.   18 June 2019

Alternative Risk Transfer

PERILS acquires Canadian loss aggregator CatIQ in expansion move

Zurich-based catastrophe insurance data provider PERILS has acquired Canadian loss and exposure aggregation firm Catastrophe Indices & Quantification (CatIQ).   18 June 2019

Insurance

Willis Towers Watson hires EY's Sutcliffe to lead insurance investment solutions group

Broker Willis Towers Watson has appointed Gareth Sutcliffe as head of the Insurance Investment Solutions Group (IISG), which is part of the company’s insurance consulting and technology (ICT) UK life business.   18 June 2019

Alternative Risk Transfer

Artex shuffles senior ILS and Bermuda leadership in growth push

Artex Risk Solutions, a Bermuda-based global insurance management firm, has made a series of key appointments within its international division.   18 June 2019

Insurance

TigerRisk hires former Willis Re EVP Lindsey Frase for US West Coast expansion

Reinsurance broking and risk/capital management firm TigerRisk Partners has hired Lindsey Frase to take on the role of partner and member of the company’s North American current client division.   18 June 2019

Insurance

S&P lifts Lloyd's outlook as capital position and underwriting performance improves

S&P Global Ratings has revised the outlook of Lloyd's of London and its core subsidiaries to stable from negative, following changes made by the specialist re/insurance market to improve its overall underwriting performance.   17 June 2019

Insurance

Willis-backed insurtech Innovisk launches M&A MGA Themis

Innovisk Capital Partners, a London-based global insurtech start-up, has unveiled a new underwriting agency, called Themis, focussing on the provision of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) insurance solutions.   17 June 2019

Insurance

LIIBA adds Price Forbes and Lonmar CEOs to board

The London and International Insurance Brokers’ Association (LIIBA) has appointed James Masterton, chief executive officer of Price Forbes, and David Pexton, chief executive officer of Lonmar Global Risks, to its board.   17 June 2019

Insurance

MS Amlin hires RSA marine expert Vogiatzidou for Dubai operations

Re/insurer MS Amlin has appointed Mary Vogiatzidou as senior marine underwriter in its Dubai operations.   17 June 2019

Insurance

Brazilian reinsurers Austral Re and Terra Brasis Re to merge

Brazilian reinsurers Austral Re and Terra Brasis Re have signed an investment agreement to merge their operations in order to create the second-largest domestic reinsurer in the vast South American country.   17 June 2019

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