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Insurance

Gallagher bolsters UK construction practice

Broker Gallagher has strengthened its UK construction division within the speciality business with the appointment of Julie Scott.   9 August 2018

Insurance

AXIS Re swoops for Swiss Re hire to expands strategic partners unit

AXIS Re, the reinsurance business segment of Bermuda-based AXIS Capital Holdings, has expanded its strategic partners business with the appointment of Daniel Osterrieder as strategic account executive for North America.   7 February 2019

Alternative Risk Transfer

Concerns over ILS models raised at SIFMA

The growth of the insurance linked securities (ILS) markets could be good for the insurance industry as a whole but some concerns remain around the risk modelling used by these deals and standardisation of documentation in the market could be improved.   6 March 2014

Insurance

Sompo launches nat cat model for Australia

Specialty re/insurer Sompo Canopius and Sompo Japan Nipponkoa Insurance (SJNKI) have launched a natural catastrophe risk model for North-West Australia offshore installations.   15 May 2017

Insurance

CCRIF pays $7.0m to Trinidad & Tobago for excess rainfall

Caribbean catastrophe facility CCRIF said on Oct. 30 that it is paying out $7.0 million to Trinidad & Tobago from its excess rainfall policy following a period of heavy rainfall between Oct. 18 and Oct. 20, 2017.   31 October 2017

Insurance

Silent cyber assessment key to managing risk - Fitch

A more active approach to write affirmative coverage would increase cyber take-up.   11 December 2019

Insurance

Tokio Marine secures approval for Brexit plan

Tokio Marine Group is transferring its existing portfolio of policies written out of Continental European operations to its newly established subsidiary Tokio Marine Europe (TME) in Luxembourg in preparation for Brexit.   19 November 2018

Insurance

Miller to acquire London market broker Alston Gayler

Broker Miller will acquire Alston Gayler and Co, an independent London market re/insurance broker specialising in multiple lines of business, from Nelson Holdings.   22 October 2018

Insurance

Canopius eyes Asia Pacific expansion with key hires

Specialty re/insurer Canopius has revealed a series of key appointments to expand its business across the Asia Pacific region.   22 October 2018

Insurance

Cyber risk modelling start-up Kovrr raises $5.5m; sets out to tackle silent cyber with new approach

Israel-headquartered cyber risk modelling firm Kovrr has raised $5.5 million in its latest funding round led by venture capital firms StageOne Ventures and Mundi Ventures, with participation of Banco Sabadell and other private investors.   17 September 2019

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