Specialist insurer Beazley has appointed Bethany Greenwood as global head of cyber & executive risk (CyEx) from July 2020. She will join Beazley’s executive committee at the same time. Greenwood joined Beazley last September to lead the London market and …
Delaying the Olympics is likely to cost insurers much less than canceling the Tokyo Games altogether, with a chance that some of those involved may not have policies specifically covering a postponement, industry sources say. The Tokyo Olympics were postponed …
Beazley has made its flagship cyber product, Beazley Breach Response (BBR), available to brokers of small and medium-sized business through the myBeazley platform in the U.S., speeding up the time required to obtain a bindable BBR quote. The platform has …
Organizers of events called off because of the coronavirus are likely to miss out on insurance payouts because typical policies do not cover epidemic outbreaks. Hotels hit by cancellations may fare better. That is because a new type of insurance …
Global insurers face a hefty bill if the coronavirus forces the cancellation of the Summer Olympics in Tokyo, with estimates of the cost of insuring the sporting showpiece running into billions of dollars. Japan has more than 200 cases of …
Specialist insurer Beazley has appointed Justin Sanches as an underwriter within the U.S. healthcare liability team. Sanches joins Beazley’s Los Angeles, Calif., office to underwrite a range of global miscellaneous medical and life sciences risks for middle market and large …
Specialist insurer Beazley and reinsurer RenaissanceRe have jointly launched a product that provides Beazley with additional catastrophe cover for cyber events. The majority of the security behind the deal will be provided by capital market sources structured by RenaissanceRe. This …
Beazley has launched its BioSecure policy, a life sciences proposition designed for small businesses. The coverage provides flexible insurance protection against a range of exposures in the pharma, biotech and medical device sectors. By introducing BioSecure to smaller, private enterprise …
Beazley has named Rozina Karimali executive risk underwriter within the cyber and executive risk division. Karimali is based in San Francisco and will underwrite public directors and officers and large private D&O risks as well as employment practices liability for …
Specialist insurer Beazley has appointed Matthew Westhoff as head of U.S. large commercial property based in New York. Reporting to Beazley’s global head of commercial property, Simon Jackson, Westhoff will manage the U.S.-based team, working alongside the property team in …
