Firms Turn to Kidnap Insurance Policies to Cover Ransomware Losses May 19, 2017 By Suzanne Barlyn and Carolyn Cohn Companies without cyber insurance are dusting off policies covering kidnap, ransom and extortion in the world’s political hotspots to recoup...
Canada’s Rogers Insurance Partners with Megson FitzPatrick May 18, 2017 Rogers Insurance Ltd. announced it has partnered with Victoria, British Columbia-based Megson FitzPatrick Inc., beginning with the purchase of a...
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...
Big ‘I’ Virtual University’s Boggs Gets Award for Reinsurance Research May 16, 2017 By L.S. Howard Big “I” Virtual University Director Christopher “Chris” J. Boggs has received a prestigious award in London for a paper he...
Aon Names Hogg as Leader of Cyber Solutions, CEO of Stroz Friedberg May 11, 2017 Aon plc announced that Jason Hogg has joined the firm as leader of Aon Cyber Solutions, responsible for the growth...
Aon Buys International Benefits Brokerage Portfolio of Mayfair Group May 5, 2017 Aon plc announced it has completed its acquisition of the international health and benefits brokerage portfolio of Mayfair Group, a...
Willis Towers Watson Names Bernstein as Head of Broking, Great Britain May 4, 2017 Clyde Bernstein has been appointed as the head of Broking – Great Britain (GB), for Willis Towers Watson’s Corporate Risk...
Aon Buys Provider of Talent Measurement & Psychometric Assessment May 4, 2017 Aon plc announced it has acquired Hamburg, Germany-based “cut-e”, a specialist in online talent assessments. Financial terms of the transaction...
Complex Solvency II Reporting Puts Off Insurer Investors: Willis Towers Watson May 2, 2017 The insurance sector is at risk of being further marginalized by investors because performance reporting has become more complicated as...
Aon Sells Outsourcing Platform to Focus on Data, Analytics Investments May 2, 2017 Aon announced it has completed the sale of its benefits administration and HR business process outsourcing (BPO) platform to private...