June 12, 2020
Aspen Insurance Holdings Ltd. announced it has made some major changes to its management team, including the appointment of a non-executive director, two chief executive officers and a chief underwriting officer. The announcement also covers the appointment of Theresa Froehlich …
June 12, 2020
Global insurance companies linked to Adani’s Carmichael coal mine in Australia are distancing themselves from the controversial development, as pressure mounts on financial institutions to cut their ties to the fossil fuel industry. A growing global consensus has seen financial …
March 3, 2020
Aspen Insurance Holdings Ltd. announced that it has entered into anadverse development cover reinsurance agreement with a wholly owned subsidiary of Enstar Group Ltd. In the transaction, Enstar’s subsidiary will reinsure losses incurred on or prior to Dec. 31, 2019 …
October 9, 2019
Victor O. Schinnerer & Company, an underwriting manager of specialty insurance, has expanded its professional liability insurance program for architects and engineers (A&E). Brokers can now procure up to $35 million in coverage on behalf of qualified and eligible A&E …
September 17, 2019
Emerging risks with little or no claims history can be notoriously difficult to underwrite—but many specialty lines companies are finding ways to put their toes in the water to insure these new risks, especially when customer demand is there. In …
July 30, 2019
The 2018 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report cited that 58% of cyber-attack victims were small businesses, and the 2019 Symantec Internet Threat Report stated that employees working at small businesses were more likely to be targeted by email threats (e.g., …
June 19, 2019
Aspen Insurance, the insurance segment of Aspen Insurance Holdings Ltd., announced the launch of its cyber risk management platform, SSIMPLE, which was developed to assist clients in the prevention and detection of, and response to, privacy and network security incidents. …
February 19, 2019
Apollo Global Management LLC, the investment firm led by Leon Black, has completed its acquisition of Aspen Insurance Holdings for $42.75 per share in cash, with an equity value of approximately $2.6 billion. The transaction, which was first announced on …
February 13, 2019
Lodestar Marine, the London-based managing general underwriter, announced an agreement with Aspen Insurance to provide protection & indemnity insurance (P&I) to the owners and managers of small and specialized ships. London-based Lodestar provides $50 million of Aspen-backed P&I cover, with …
January 4, 2019
Aspen Insurance announced two key appointments to its Bermuda insurance team. Saadia Savory joined Aspen insurance in December as vice president, Excess Casualty, Bermuda. She will lead the Bermuda Casualty team and reports to Zac Clammer, executive vice president, head …