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Insurance
It is a widely held belief that competition is good and monopoly is bad. So why, asks Liberty Specialty Markets’ president and managing director Matthew Moore, does Amazon, with its market dominance, set new standards for service? 5 June 2019
Insurance
Risk managers wondering how underwriters use their data to rate and review risks—and then set their rates—were given a behind-the-scenes look at how Munich Re does it, although Airmic 2019 workshop leader James Cleaver, a corporate insurance partner at the German firm, was careful not to give away all the reinsurer’s secrets. 5 June 2019
Insurance
Insurance brokerage and risk management firm Arthur J Gallagher has acquired The Protectors Group (TPG), an Australian retail broker specialising in construction, hospitality and transport coverage for commercial and corporate clients in Greater Western Sydney. 4 June 2019
Insurance
Specialist venture capital fund Eos has partnered with broker Marsh to develop innovative insurtech solutions that will deliver 'actionable intelligence' to drive real-time risk management within the insurance marketplace. 4 June 2019
Insurance
US property/casualty (P/C) insurers are well placed to weather the landfall of a significant storm in the 2019 hurricane season despite experiencing elevated catastrophe losses in the recent years, according to Fitch Ratings. 4 June 2019
Insurance
Markel Corporation has appointed James Proferes as executive underwriting officer for global professional liability. 4 June 2019
Alternative Risk Transfer
Bermuda-based White Mountains Insurance Group has acquired a minority equity stake in Elementum Advisors, an insurance-linked securities (ILS) manager with over $4 billion of assets under management. 4 June 2019
Insurance
An acceleration in the take-up of technology can be expected “in the next five years” as more insurance industry executives recognise the value it can provide, said Steve Cloutman, managing director at advanced analytics company Ventiv Technology. 4 June 2019
Insurance
Rating agency AM Best has revised the outlook of Cayman Islands-based reinsurer Greenlight Capital Re to negative from stable, expressing concern over its "negative underwriting performance". 3 June 2019
Insurance
Allianz is acquiring the remaining 51 percent of Liverpool Victoria Friendly Society's (LV='s) general insurance business that it does not already own, for up to £578 million, and taking full owndership of Legal & General Insurance for £242 million, to become the second largest general insurer in the UK. 31 May 2019
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