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JLT Re Appoints Lockton’s Barden and Warner to Aviation Team
May 17 2017 // JLT Re, the London-based reinsurance broker and consultant, has appointed Graham Barden and Jon Warner as partners in its aviation team. Barden has over 40 years of experience in the aviation market having worked in both...
Big ‘I’ Virtual University’s Boggs Gets Award for Reinsurance Research
May 16 2017 // Big “I” Virtual University Director Christopher “Chris” J. Boggs has received a prestigious award in London for a paper he and a group of industry professionals authored about the disconnect between...
Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty Appoints Cyber, Engineering Heads
May 15 2017 // Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS) announced personnel appointments within the Cyber and Engineering lines of business. Jenny Soubra has been appointed head of Cyber and Specialty Professional Indemnity (CPI)...
People – East
May 15 2017 // Eastern Insurance Group, a Natick, Mass.-headquartered subsidiary of Eastern Bank, has hired William F. Gross as executive vice president of commercial lines. Gross, who works out of the Natick office, brings more than 17...
London-Based MGA Nexus Offers Cyber Insurance in Partnership with Beazley
May 10 2017 // Nexus Group, the London-based independent specialty managing general agent (MGA), has formed a partnership with Beazley to provide cyber insurance with effect from May 1, 2017. Nexus will underwrite the new line, offering...
High-Profile Cyber Attacks Drive Growth of Cyber Crime Insurance
May 10 2017 // For companies and organizations, an attack by hackers can inflict financial losses, corporate embarrassment and legal action. For insurers jumping into the brave new world of cyber crime insurance, it’s free...
Luxembourg ‘Not Offering’ Special Deals to Lure Financial Firms After Brexit
May 5 2017 // Luxembourg is in talks with a wide range of financial firms looking to relocate out of London as Britain leaves the European Union, but it will not offer sweeteners to undercut rival centers, Finance Minister Pierre...
QBE to Move European HQ from London to Continent After Brexit
May 3 2017 // QBE Insurance Group will move its European base from London to the continent because of uncertainty in accessing the European market after Brexit, the chairman of Australia’s largest international insurer said on...
Chubb Forms ‘Custom Industry Solutions’ Product, Creates London Region
May 1 2017 // Chubb announced it has created a “Custom Industry Solutions” product cluster in UK and Ireland, which will bring together its life science, info tech, package and entertainment industry segments. This new...
London Market Group Re-Appoints Aubert as Chairman
Apr 28 2017 // The London Market Group (LMG) announced the re-appointment of Nicolas Aubert, head of Great Britain for Willis Towers Watson, as its chair. The last 12 months has seen progress across all LMG’s workstreams, including...
Chubb’s Greenberg Clarifies Criticism of Wholesale Brokers
Apr 26 2017 // In the London and other wholesale insurance markets, the practice of some brokers bundling similar accounts into high-volume portfolios to be more efficient and attract underwriters while still expecting bigger brokerage...
FM Global Chooses Luxembourg as Post-Brexit EU HQ
Apr 26 2017 // U.S. commercial property insurer FM Global is planning a European hub in Luxembourg following Britain’s decision to leave the bloc, the head of its European division told Reuters. The mutual insurer, which earned...
Willis Towers Watson Names 6 to Global FINEX Senior Leadership Team
Apr 25 2017 // Insurance broker and consultant Willis Towers Watson has made six senior appointments across its Global FINEX business, the company’s financial, executive and professional risk specialty group. Jeremy Wall has been...
JLT Specialty USA Hires Beecher Carlson’s Nolan in Massachusetts
Apr 24 2017 // JLT Specialty USA, a U.S. subsidiary of Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group plc. (JLT), has appointed Molly Nolan as senior vice president. Nolan comes to JLT with more than 20 years’ experience in providing insurance...
Neon Appoints Sirius’ Sethi as Senior D&F Underwriter
Apr 24 2017 // Neon has appointed Catherine Sethi as senior underwriter in its Property Direct & Facultative (D&F) team. Based in London, Sethi will report to Sam Yates, who joined Neon recently to lead the expansion and growth...
Uber Faces Hike in London License Fees, in Latest Blow for Ride-Hailing Firm
Apr 21 2017 // Taxi app Uber could face an increase in operator license fees in London under proposed changes by the city’s transport authority, the latest in a series of moves by regulators to rein in a firm that has disrupted the...
Slow Computers & Internet, Outdated Systems Demoralize EU Workers: Survey
Apr 20 2017 // It was the third hour of doing nothing that broke James Scott. The 25-year-old researcher was sitting at his desk at an insurance firm in northern England when the internet went down. And with it went access to all of his...
Miller Taps Gallagher’s Maule as Senior Trade Credit & Political Risks Broker
Apr 7 2017 // Miller has hired David Maule in a business production and senior broking role, which the London-based broker said will add “considerable strength” to its trade credit and political risks capabilities. Maule...
CNA Hardy Names Chubb’s Legassick as Head of Life Sciences & Technology
Apr 6 2017 // CNA Hardy, the London-based specialist commercial insurer, announced the appointment of David Legassick as head of Life Sciences, Technology & Cyber. Reporting to Rhonda Buege, head of Healthcare and Technology,...
Beazley Forms ‘Anything Lineslip’ for Hard-To-Place Professional Liability Risks
Apr 6 2017 // Beazley has launched the new Anything Lineslip in London offering terms for all U.S. management, professional, cyber and healthcare liability risks. The Anything Lineslip is led by Beazley, supported by a number of other...
