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Munich Re Specialty taps Aspen, XL Catlin to lead Americas underwriting

Munich Re Specialty Group (MRSG) of London has added former Aspen and XL Catlin executives to lead its underwriting team.   31 August 2018

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Aon bolsters cyber leadership to boost growth, innovation

Broker Aon has promoted Catherine Mulligan and Luke Foord-Kelcey within its reinsurance solutions business to strengthen its suite of cyber products for insurers.   31 August 2018

Insurance

Facebook evidence helps AXA win fraud case against boxing champion

French insurer AXA has won a fraud court case in the UK against three-time Home Counties boxing champion Conroy Downer by using Facebook evidence.   31 August 2018

Insurance

US P&C sector operating return up 8% in H1

US property/casualty (P&C) re/insurers have improved operating returns by 8.0 percent year on year in the first half of 2018 after an increase of 6.8 percent in the same period of 2017, according to Fitch Ratings.   31 August 2018

Insurance

Lemonade, Metromile, Root struggle to reach underwriting profits

The venture-backed full-stack US insurtech startups continued to show rapid premium growth in the second quarter of 2018 with moderately lower underwriting losses but they have yet to generate a sustainable loss ratio under 100 percent, according to “The Second Quarter in InsurTech Start-up Financials” by Matteo Carbone.   29 August 2018

Insurance

Hurricane Lane hits Hawaii

Hawaii has been hit with strong winds and torrential rain as Hurricane Lane approaches the US state, causing flash flooding and landslides, according to an Aug. 24 BBC News report.   24 August 2018

Insurance

Insurtech-based premiums to exceed $400bn by 2023

Insurance premiums generated by emerging insurtech services will exceed $400 billion by 2023, up from an estimated $187 billion in 2018, according to a study by Juniper Research.   22 August 2018

Insurance

Joint Hull Committee appoints AXA's Newton as new chairman

London-based Joint Hull Committee (JHC) has appointed Paul Newton as its new chairman, succeeding Peter Townsend, who stepped down in June.   22 August 2018

Insurance

Nat Re appoints new CEO, president

The National Reinsurance Corporation of the Philippines (Nat Re) has appointed Allan Rossi Santos as its new president and CEO effective Aug. 16, 2018, succeeding Augusto Hidalgo III.   17 August 2018

Insurance

AIG appoints deputy CFO from Zurich

American International Group (AIG) has appointed Jonathan Wismer as senior vice president, deputy chief financial officer and chief accounting officer.   6 August 2018

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