Chaucer News

People Moves: CEO of Carbon Retires for Health Reasons, Succeeded by Ferrier; Chaucer Taps SCOR’s Brown, Everest’s Cleair as Underwriters for International Property

This edition of International People Moves details appointments at the managing general underwriter Carbon Underwriting and specialty re/insurer Chaucer. A summary of these new hires follows here. CEO of Carbon Retires for Health Reasons, Succeeded by Co-Founder Ferrier Carbon Underwriting …

Renewable Energy Offers a Cost and Opportunity to Insurance Sector

Policyholders in the renewable energy insurance market are paying between 20%-40% more for cover today than a year ago as insurers seek to recover the cost of “devastating claims” in regions hit by natural catastrophes, industry sources say. Unpredictable weather …

Markets/Coverages: Chaucer Offers Nuclear Power Stations Insurance for Cyberattacks

Chaucer has launched a new nuclear insurance policy that provides nuclear power plants (NPP) with insurance cover for cyberattacks. Called CyNuC, the malicious act cyber insurance policy was developed specifically by Chaucer’s Lloyd’s Syndicate 1176 in conjunction with the insurer’s …

Specialist Casualty MGA Casper Secures New Capacity Partners, Chaucer and TMK

Casper Specialty UK Ltd., the casualty-focused MGA and independent sister company to the broker Miller, announced it had secured two new capacity providers, as it enters its second year of trading. Chaucer and TMK have joined Argenta to provide additional …

Chaucer CEO Fowle to Step Down

Chaucer said Group CEO John Fowle has decided to step down at the end of June. Fowle has been with Chaucer since 2002 and was appointed CEO in January 2017, having previously served as Chaucer’s chief underwriting officer. Rob Callan …

People Moves: SiriusPoint Names Lopez as CTO, Succeeding Siry; IQUW Appoints MacDonald and Hennessey to Lead Property; Chaucer Promotes Tighe to Head of ESG

This edition of International People Moves details appointments at three re/insurers SiriusPoint, IQUW and Chaucer. A summary of these new hires follows here. SiriusPoint Names Lopez as CTO, Succeeding Siry SiriusPoint Ltd., the Bermuda-based specialty insurer and reinsurer, announced that …

Underwriting the Transition: Chaucer, Moody’s Break New Ground With ESG Scorecard

As corporations increasingly navigate the environmental, social and governmental (ESG) landscape, they require tools and benchmarking to help them meet their ESG targets. After all, regulators are moving to enforce disclosure requirements. According to Chaucer, a Lloyd’s insurer and reinsurer, …

People Moves: Chaucer Taps AXA XL’s Tuggey to Lead Cyber; LSM Appoints Chubb’s Vince for Broker Mgmt; QBE Int’l Names Stokoe, Fuller to Exec Board, Expanding Roles

This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Chaucer, Liberty Specialty Markets, and QBE International. A summary of these new hires follows here. Chaucer Names AXA XL’s Tuggey as Head of Cyber Chaucer, the global specialty re/insurance group, announced …

Europe Wildfire Damage Jumps 75%; Models Need More Development: Chaucer

Damage from large wildfires in Europe has jumped dramatically, with a 75% increase in the amount of land burned in the latest year, according to analysis by Chaucer, the specialty re/insurer, which warns that modeling for wildfire risk in Europe …

People Moves: Lloyd’s Names Hernandez Mkt. Dev. Mgr., Central America; Chaucer Taps Argenta’s Sheppard for Renewables; H.W. Kaufman Promotes Kaufman Davis

This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Lloyd’s, Chaucer, and H.W. Kaufman Group. A summary of these new hires follows here. Lloyd’s Names Hernandez Market Development Mgr., Central America Lloyd’s, the re/insurance marketplace for commercial, corporate and specialty …