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Private equity firms buy stakes in Sirius in private placement

Bermuda-based Sirius International Insurance Group has entered into equity subscription agreements with affiliated funds of Gallatin Point Capital, The Carlyle Group, Centerbridge Partners, and Bain Capital Credit.   31 August 2018

Insurance

Lloyd’s open to write Canadian cannabis risks

Lloyd’s said that after taking specialist advice it believes that Lloyd’s underwriters are well positioned to write Canadian cannabis business subject to compliance with local Canadian requirements.   31 August 2018

Insurance

PartnerRe unveils leadership changes, replaces chairman

Bermuda-based PartnerRe has appointed Brian Dowd to succeed John Elkann as chairman of the company’s board of directors alongside several other leadership changes.   31 August 2018

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Munich Re Specialty taps Aspen, XL Catlin to lead Americas underwriting

Munich Re Specialty Group (MRSG) of London has added former Aspen and XL Catlin executives to lead its underwriting team.   31 August 2018

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Aon bolsters cyber leadership to boost growth, innovation

Broker Aon has promoted Catherine Mulligan and Luke Foord-Kelcey within its reinsurance solutions business to strengthen its suite of cyber products for insurers.   31 August 2018

Insurance

Facebook evidence helps AXA win fraud case against boxing champion

French insurer AXA has won a fraud court case in the UK against three-time Home Counties boxing champion Conroy Downer by using Facebook evidence.   31 August 2018

Insurance

US P&C sector operating return up 8% in H1

US property/casualty (P&C) re/insurers have improved operating returns by 8.0 percent year on year in the first half of 2018 after an increase of 6.8 percent in the same period of 2017, according to Fitch Ratings.   31 August 2018

Insurance

Lemonade, Metromile, Root struggle to reach underwriting profits

The venture-backed full-stack US insurtech startups continued to show rapid premium growth in the second quarter of 2018 with moderately lower underwriting losses but they have yet to generate a sustainable loss ratio under 100 percent, according to “The Second Quarter in InsurTech Start-up Financials” by Matteo Carbone.   29 August 2018

Insurance

Aspen takeover may fail in case of large cat loss

The takeover of Aspen Insurance Holdings by alternative investment manager Apollo may fail if the Bermuda-based insurer is hit by large cat losses.   29 August 2018

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Peak Re expands Asian business in H1

Hong Kong-based Peak Reinsurance Company has significantly expanded gross written premium in the first half of 2018 as it expands in Asia.   29 August 2018

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