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Howden partners with Cytegic on automated cyber risk assessment

Howden, the retail broking arm of Hyperion Insurance Group, has partnered with cyber risk quantification solutions provider Cytegic to automate cyber risk assessment and financial impact analysis across global markets.   12 June 2019

Alternative Risk Transfer

Aon Securities hires JLT Capital Markets co-heads in ILS growth strategy

Aon Securities, the investment banking division of re/insurance broker Aon, has made two new strategic hires to help drive growth and innovation within its capital markets function.   11 June 2019

Insurance

BMS gets long-term capital infusion from BCI and PCP at £500m valuation

Specialist re/insurance broker BMS Group has secured a significant long-term investment from British Columbia Investment Management Corporation (BCI) and Preservation Capital Partners (PCP).   6 June 2019

Insurance

Geopolitical risk is top political concern for risk managers

More than any other mega trend, Airmic members identified geopolitical tensions as becoming harder, or significantly harder, to manage over the next three years.   5 June 2019

Insurance

UK commercial insurance market enters more disciplined phase

The commercial European insurance market is at the cusp of a more consistent shift towards firming market conditions that will have a strong impact on buyers, a new report by Aon has claimed   4 June 2019

Insurance

Clients want to partner on tech

Carriers and brokers increasingly want their partners to help them leverage data and technology to make them more efficient and offer greater insights into the risks and claims they are grappling with.   4 June 2019

Alternative Risk Transfer

SCOR returns to London market for new $250m catastrophe bond

French reinsurer SCOR has returned to the London market for its latest $250 million catastrophe bond to protect itself against losses from named storms and earthquakes in the US and Canada, and windstorms in Europe.   3 June 2019

Insurance

Zurich seeks growth in Asia Pacific as it closes A$2.85bn Australian life acquisition

Zurich Insurance Group has completed the acquisition of ANZ’s life insurance business OnePath Life in Australia for A$2.85 billion ($2 billion), becoming the country’s largest retail life insurer.   3 June 2019

Insurance

AM Best moves Greenlight Re outlook to 'negative' over underwriting profitability concerns

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

Tasker Insurance Group boosts specialist broking capabilities with Hobbs acquisition

Tasker Insurance Group (TIG) has acquired specialist broker Hobbs Broking (Hobbs Associates) as part of strategy to further accelerate its growth plans.   3 June 2019

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