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Figures from Swiss Re show that “$1.3 trillion (70 percent) of global economic losses derived from natural catastrophes in the past 10 years were uninsured”. Gethin Jones and Laurent Sabatié co-founded Skyline Partners to address this gap and have started by focusing on weather risks in India. Intelligent Insurer speaks to them to find out how they plan to close the global protection gap. 12 February 2019
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Aon has named Lambros Lambrou, a 30-year veteran at the re/insurance broker, as new global CEO of commercial risk solutions. 11 February 2019
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Risk modelling firm RMS has hired Oliver Nieswandt as managing director of Continental Europe, based in the company's Zurich office. 11 February 2019
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As the deadline for a no deal Brexit moves closer, the French government has published emergency measures relating to financial services and insurance, global law firm Clyde & Co has confirmed. 11 February 2019
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Canada-based Fairfax Financial Holdings, the property and casualty re/insurance conglomerate which includes OdysseyRe, Allied World and Brit, has appointed Peter Clarke as vice president and chief operating office of Fairfax. 11 February 2019
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Liberty Specialty Markets (LSM), a part of Liberty Mutual Insurance Group, has entered the casualty market in Italy for the first time, recruiting Paolo Pitton to lead the initiative. 11 February 2019
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Howden, the retail broking arm of Hyperion Insurance Group, is acquiring a strategic stake in Malene Insurance Brokers, a leading Malaysian independent niche broker in the energy and power sector, and a specialist in takaful insurance, which complies with Sharia law. The company is also purchasing the remaining 51 percent of shares in CIMB Howden. 11 February 2019
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Mergers and acquisitions grew 9 percent in the global insurance sector in 2018 as insurers looked to increase their access to customers and innovation, and benefit from greater scale, according to a Clyde & Co report out today (Monday 11 February). 11 February 2019
Insurance
US insurer Allstate Corporation said its strategy to grow its personal protection market share, including the acquisition of InfoArmo, is working as it reported its 2018 year end results. 8 February 2019
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Bermuda-based RenaissanceRe Holdings (RenRe) has appointed Cythnia Trudell to serve as an independent director of the company, following the retirement of Edward Zore. 8 February 2019
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