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Chubb Decided to Quit NRA Insurance Program 3 Months Ago
Feb 23 2018 // Giant insurer Chubb has joined a list of companies that are halting business deals with the National Rifle Association (NRA). However, the insurer confirmed to Insurance Journal that the decision was made several months...
Everest Specialty Expands Private Company Financial Lines Team
Feb 21 2018 // Everest Insurance has expanded the financial lines division of Everest Specialty Underwriters (ESU ), naming five professionals to its new Private Company/Not-For-Profit unit. The Private/NFP team is targeting small,...
People
Feb 5 2018 // David Kramer and Theodore Nittis have launched Gemini Risk Partners as an independent professional liability insurance brokerage in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. The firm will focus on serving law firms, as it did when it...
Insurers Begin to Offer Cryptocurrency Theft Cover, Tackling Risks of Growing Sector
Feb 1 2018 // Major global insurers are starting to offer protection against cryptocurrency theft, willing to tackle daunting challenges it brings rather than miss out on this volatile and loosely regulated, but rapidly growing...
Chubb Records Solid Q4 and Year Despite Catastrophe Losses
Jan 31 2018 // Chubb had a solid last quarter of 2017 and year even though challenged by wildfire and other catastrophe costs. Fourth quarter results were enhanced by a one-time gain from the Trump tax cuts. The insurer booked $1.5...
Chubb Launches Agency Management & Agency Underwriting Unit in Singapore
Jan 29 2018 // Chubb announced the launch of a new Agency Management and Underwriting unit in Singapore. This dedicated unit will manage the strategic growth of the agency distribution channel as well as its specific underwriting and...
Chubb Enhances Work Injury Compensation Product in Singapore
Jan 8 2018 // Chubb announced it has enhanced to its Chubb Work Guard product, which is work injury compensation cover for Singapore businesses. The enhanced wording will apply to all risks bound from Jan. 1, 2018, unless separately...
Chubb Restructures Real Estate and Hospitality Practice
Dec 21 2017 // Chubb has restructured and made several appointments in its its Real Estate and Hospitality practice. As part of this new structure, the following appointments are effective immediately: Seth Gillston, Chubb’s...
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Names Chubb’s McGrath to New Zealand A&H Post
Dec 19 2017 // Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Co. (BHSI) has appointed Jared McGrath to head its new line of Accident & Health products in New Zealand. The product line includes Corporate Travel, Group Personal Accident and...
Chubb Names Booker Major Commercial Lines Property Accounts Senior VP
Dec 19 2017 // Chubb has named Matt Booker, as senior vice president, Major Accounts Property, in the United States. In this capacity, he will have responsibility for underwriting, strategy, production, product development, management,...
Chubb Appoints Church as Head of International Property
Dec 15 2017 // Chubb announced the appointment of Brian Church as executive vice president and head of International Property for Chubb’s Overseas General business, effective Jan. 1, 2018. In this role, Church will have...
Chubb Names French & Hill to Asia-Pacific Leadership Positions
Dec 14 2017 // Chubb announced two leadership appointments in the company’s Asia Pacific business. John French, currently country president for Australia and New Zealand, has been appointed to the position of senior vice president,...
Former Chubb Chairman, CEO O’Hare Passes Away at 75
Dec 5 2017 // Chubb Limited announced today the passing of Dean R. O’Hare, former chairman and chief executive officer of The Chubb Corp. who served the company for almost 40 years before retiring in 2002. He was 75. O’Hare...
Chubb Expects $320 Million in Q4 Catastrophe Losses Including California Wildfires
Nov 30 2017 // Chubb Limited reported a preliminary loss estimate for the fourth quarter from natural catastrophes, including the California wildfires, of approximately $320 million pre-tax, or $249 million after tax. Chubb said its...
Chubb Forms Partnership with China’s Largest P/C Insurer, PICC
Nov 27 2017 // Giant insurer Chubb Limited has entered into a 10-year strategic cooperation agreement with PICC Property & Casualty Company of China that will provide PICC’s customers and other Chinese-affiliated companies...
People
Nov 20 2017 // Deerfield, Illinois-based Alera Group, a national employee benefits, property/casualty, risk management and wealth management firm, has appointed Bill Doucette as vice president of Human Resources and Organization...
Insurers Had Crews Working in Heart of California Wildfires to Prevent Loss
Nov 15 2017 // “It was all hands on deck.” That apt description of the reaction to the deadly outbreak of wildfires that ravaged California in October was from Stephen Poux, global head of risk management and loss prevention...
Everest Taps Former Chubb Exec Collura to Lead New Private Company/Non-Profit Business
Nov 14 2017 // Everest Re Group, Ltd. has formed the Private Company/Not-for-Profit business segment (Private/NFP) within the Everest Specialty Underwriters unit of Everest Insurance. The new business segment will fit within all areas of...
Chubb Launches Commercial Division for SMEs in Asia Pacific
Nov 14 2017 // Chubb announced it has formed a division in Asia Pacific dedicated to the risk management needs of small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). This new business division, which is named the Small Commercial Division,...
Cyber Service: How the Market Is Dishing Out Innovation
Nov 6 2017 // No one knows what the future of cyber risk holds. But more market choices and value-added services are now part of this fast-growing market. “We don’t know,” said Blake Wiedman, partner at Nashville-based...
