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Brit taps AIG, NAS executives to grow cyber & technology practice

Specialty re/insurer Brit has appointed James Patterson and Ryan Mimmo as vice president, cyber & technology, for Brit Global Specialty USA (BGSU).   8 July 2019

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Aon teams up with Oxfam, insurtech Etherisc on blockchain-based agricultural insurance

Re/insurance broker Aon has partnered with non-profit organisation Oxfam and insurtech start-up Etherisc to launch a blockchain-based agricultural insurance platform for smallholder farmers in Sri Lanka.   1 July 2019

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MGA capacity set to grow but carriers split on direction of travel, finds Clyde & Co survey

Fourth fifths (80 percent) of carriers expect to increase MGA capacity in 2019, according to a survey of more than 100 insurers and MGAs conducted by global law firm Clyde & Co.   1 July 2019

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Lloyd's shuffles EMEA leadership in growth push

Specialist re/insurance market Lloyd's has made several new appointments to grow its presence across the Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region.   1 July 2019

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BGC swoops on Willis global head of broking to lead new aerospace intermediary

BGC Insurance Group (BGCI), a division of global brokerage firm BGC Partners which owns Ed and Besso, has hired Willis' Philip Smaje as chief executive officer (CEO) of its new global aviation and aerospace re/insurance intermediary.   1 July 2019

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B3i runs hackathon stress test with brokers, insurers and reinsurers

Blockchain insurance initiative B3i successfully stress tested its Property Catastrophe Excess of Loss Reinsurance application recently with a hackathon in Zurich, Switzerland.   1 July 2019

Insurance

MS Amlin hires HDI's Perottino as country manager for France

Specialty re/insurer MS Amlin has appointed Véronique Perottino as country manager for France from HDI   1 July 2019

Insurance

Allianz reveals new London regional manager

Allianz Insurance has appointed Tom Leonard as its new regional manager for London, replacing Helen Bryant who has moved to the position of director of SME and corporate partnerships.   1 July 2019

Insurance

Trust Re receives $130m to shore up future after 2018 credit downgrade

Parent company Nest Investments Holdings (Nest) will pay $130 million replacement funds to Bahrain-based re/insurer Trust International Insurance & Reinsurance Company (Trust Re) this year to shore up the firm’s future after it was hit with a credit downgrade last year.   1 July 2019

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Hiscox's Matt Bernal moves to Ryan Specialty Group

RT Specialty, a wholesale brokerage unit of Ryan Specialty Group, has hired Hiscox's Matt Bernal as vice president for its property practice group based in San Francisco.   1 July 2019

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