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Insurance
Arch Insurance North America has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire insurtech managing general underwriter (MGU) Ventus Risk Management. 15 August 2019
Insurance
Challenging business conditions, coupled with cheap financing in the debt market, will continue to fuel mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity and drive consolidation in the global reinsurance market, according to a new report from Standard & Poor (S&P). 14 August 2019
Insurance
Specialist re/insurance marketplace Lloyd's of London saw a significant increase in the use of placing platform PPL during the second quarter of 2019 with more than half of its in scope risks placed electronically. PPL board chair Bronek Masojada said the market has "genuinely adopted" e-placements and he hopes to achieve the same success in submission rates. 13 August 2019
Insurance
Most of the top 20 reinsurers have switched strategy to take advantage of the price uptick, seen during the April, June and July 2019 renewals, by increasing their exposure to catastrophe risk, a report from S&P Global has found. 9 August 2019
Reinsurance
Michael Pickel, CEO of Hannover Re’s German reinsurance subsidiary E&S Rückversicherung, talks rates, insurtech and Lloyd’s of London, with Intelligent Insurer. 5 August 2019
Insurance
Bermuda-based re/insurer AXIS Capital's CEO reports “strong” second quarter results were “made possible” by continuing improvement in core underwriting margins, operating return on equity of 12.3 percent, and a 6 percent growth in book value per share. 31 July 2019
Insurance
Markel’s co-chief executives pointed to “outstanding performance” in the insurer’s investment portfolio, with more than $1 billion of net investment gains in the first half of the year, as the company released its second quarter and half year results for 2019. 31 July 2019
Alternative Risk Transfer
A flight to quality is underway in the insurance-linked securities (ILS) market, following disappointing performance in 2017 and 2018 according to a new survey by Intelligent Insurer’s sister publication Bermuda:Re+ILS. 31 July 2019
Insurance
American International Group (AIG) has appointed James Love as global head of real estate, effective August 6. 18 July 2019
Insurance
US insurer FedNat Holding Company (FedNat) has reported gross catastrophe losses of $17 million, including $15.5 million from the company’s non-Florida property business in Q2 2019. 18 July 2019
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