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Denis Kessler, the chief executive of SCOR, has dismissed accusations that the board’s snub of Covéa’s €8.2 billion offer to buy the reinsurer amounted to “gross management negligence” in a strongly worded letter in which he also accuses the shareholder that made the allegation of defamation. 25 September 2018
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AXIS Surplus Insurance, a subsidiary of AXIS Capital, will go to court to argue it does not have to cover the defence costs of filmmaker Harvey Weinstein in connection with pending civil and criminal litigation, which includes two rape charges, under a directors and officers policy. 25 September 2018
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Pioneer Underwriters has appointed XL Catlin's Andrew McMellin as its new chief executive officer (CEO), and elevated current CEO Dane Douetil to chairman of the business. 25 September 2018
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Risk modelling agencies have been attempting to quantify the losses from Hurricane Florence – but significant variations exist between the loss estimates. 25 September 2018
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Insurer Chubb has appointed Tim Barziza as head of its North American property claims, replacing Bill Turnbull who is retiring at the end of 2018 after over 30 years at Chubb. 25 September 2018
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Dutch insurance group Aegon is merging two of its US legal entities in a move that is expected to generate a one-time capital benefit of approximately $1 billion. 25 September 2018
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San Francisco-based Socotra, an insurtech startup and the creator of the first cloud-native insurance core platform, has raised $5.5 million in a Series A funding round with Silicon-Valley based technology investment firm 8VC. 25 September 2018
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AXIS Insurance, the insurance business segment of Bermuda-based AXIS Capital Holdings, has partnered with DUAL North America, the underwriting arm of the Hyperion Insurance Group, on a multi-product environmental risk programme. 25 September 2018
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Specialist insurer Markel International has hired a senior underwriter from MS Amlin for its PACE (personal accident, contingency, entertainment) team. 25 September 2018
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The Insurance Institute of London (IIL) has named Nicolas Aubert, head of Great Britain for Willis Towers Watson, as its new president. 25 September 2018
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