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Insurance holding company Houston International Insurance Group (HIIG) has agreed to acquire Capital Risk Underwriters (CRU), a managing general underwriting agency (MGU) based in Florida. 1 October 2015
Insurance
Plum Underwriting, a managing general agent (MGA) which is part of Global Risk Partners, has acquired the business of high net worth (HNW) specialist MGA Synergy Insurance Services (Synergy). 29 February 2016
Insurance
US-based property/casualty insurer Travelers has acquired a majority stake, approximately 60 percent, in the Canadian fintech start-up Zensurance for roughly C$16 million ($12.2 million), according to BetaKit. 24 August 2018
Insurance
Gerald Stephens, the founder of US specialty insurer RLI, has passed away at the age of 86. 24 August 2018
Alternative Risk Transfer
Specialist insurer Hiscox has made two new appointments within its reinsurance and insurance-linked securities (ILS) business, and named chief underwriting officer for Hiscox USA. 1 August 2019
Insurance
Global broking company Brokerslink has appointed one of its founders and former CEO José Manuel Fonseca as its new chairman. 12 October 2018
Insurance
XL Catlin and Ventus Risk Management, a newly formed managing general underwriter (MGU), have formed a partnership that will allow Ventus to provide commercial property insurance offerings for small and mid-sized enterprises (SMEs). 10 February 2016
Insurance
Barbican Insurance Group has promoted three senior underwriting executives at Syndicate 1955. 15 January 2019
Insurance
The insurance sector has been hoping that the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) would boost the demand for cyber insurance as the cover has largely been sold as protection against data breaches. But how the market will be affected will depend on the severity of the enforcement actions taken by the EU and UK supervisory authorities, says Alex Jomaa, cyber underwriter at Tokio Marine Kiln. 23 May 2018
Insurance
Spanish re/insurer Mapfre is investing €25 million in Alma Mundi Insurtech Fund that focusses on startups in the insurance sector. 21 November 2018
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