Reinsurance Industry Faces Uncertain Future as Time Moves On July 2, 2015 By Charles E. Boyle It’s around two months until the annual Reinsurance Rendezvous in Monte Carlo, where the reinsurers, brokers, carriers, lawyers, accountants and...
XL Catlin Appoints Plessis as Head of Emerging Markets July 2, 2015 XL Catlin announced the appointment of Brendan Plessis to the newly created role of head of emerging markets. In this...
Beazley Launches Business Travel Insurance in Australia July 2, 2015 Specialist insurer Beazley has launched its first international business travel insurance product in the Australian market. Beazley Corporate Travel Insurance...
TransAsia Plane Crashed in February After Faulty Sensor, Errors by Pilots July 2, 2015 By Tim Culpan A faulty connector sending inaccurate information and pilots mistakingly shutting down the wrong engine during a flameout led to the...
Guy Carpenter Confirms Slowing of Pricing Declines in June Renewals July 1, 2015 Guy Carpenter & Company, LLC, has reported that “after two years of price decreases averaging 15 percent on U.S. property...
DUAL Enters Central, East European Market with Launch of DUAL Polska July 1, 2015 DUAL Group, the underwriting arm of Hyperion Insurance Group, announced its launch into Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), following the...
Willis CEO, Casserley, Opts Against Taking Severance Pay in Towers Watson Deal July 1, 2015 By Sonali Basak and Caleb Melby Willis Group Holdings plc’s chief executive officer, who is taking a lesser role under the insurance broker’s planned merger with...
Corbett to Join Hyperion Insurance Group as Group CFO July 1, 2015 Hyperion Insurance Group, the London-based insurance and reinsurance intermediary group, has announced that Oliver Corbett will join the group as...
ILS Products Are Changing Reinsurance Industry Norms: ‘Acts of God’ Author July 1, 2015 By L.S. Howard Second of two articles In the first article in this series, Paula Jarzabkowski, professor of Strategic Management at Cass Business...
Indonesia Military Plane Crash Puts Focus on Aging Aircraft July 1, 2015 By Chris Brummitt, Jason Scott and Neil Chatterjee The loss of at least 150 lives in the crash of an Indonesian cargo plane raises fresh questions about the...