Financial and Professional (FINPRO) News

Global Commercial Insurance Rates Drop in Q4 for 2nd Consecutive Quarter: Marsh

Global commercial insurance rates fell 2% in the fourth quarter of 2024 following a 1% decline in Q3 2024 – marking the second consecutive quarterly decrease following seven years of rising rates, according to the Global Insurance Market Index published …

Markets/Coverages: IQUW Launches Financial Institutions Product in Australia

IQUW, the London-based property and specialty re/insurer, has announced that its financial institutions (FI) product, FortiFI, has launched new wording for the Australian insurance market. Launched in the US earlier this year, FortiFI is one of the only fully end-to-end …

Global Commercial Insurance Rates See 1st Quarterly Decline in Seven Years: Marsh

Global commercial insurance rates fell 1% in the third quarter of 2024 from the previous quarter, which marked the first time the index has recorded a quarterly decline since the third quarter of 2017, according to the Global Insurance Market …

Global Insurance Prices Continue to Moderate in Q2 With Exception of Property: Marsh

Global commercial insurance pricing rose 3% in the second quarter of 2023, down from 4% in Q1, according to Marsh, which pointed to two notable trends during Q2: a moderation in cyber rates and continuing challenges in property insurance, which …

People Moves: Norgrove to Succeed Egan as RSA CEO, UK & International; Marsh Promotes 3 Senior Leaders for Financial and Professional Specialty

This edition of International People Moves details appointments at RSA UK & International and Marsh. A summary of these new hires follows here. Norgrove to Succeed Egan as RSA CEO, UK & International Toronto-based Intact Financial Corp. announced that Ken …

Swiss Re Corporate Solutions Appoints Neon’s Dougall as Global Head Casualty

Swiss Re Corporate Solutions has appointed Andrew Dougall as global head casualty, effective Feb. 22, 2021. In this leadership role, Dougall will be responsible for driving the success and overall profitability of the Bespoke Casualty portfolio globally. As well as …

Marsh Taps AIG’s Manson, Aon’s Mills for U.K. Mgmt Liability, Wholesale Placement Roles

Marsh, the insurance broker and risk adviser, announced the appointments of Stephanie Pestorich Manson as chief client officer for Management Liability and head of Directors’ & Officers’ (D&O) Product and Jason Mills as wholesale leader in the U.K. Financial & …

Nexus Buys Specialist Financial and Professional Lines MGA, Plus Risk Ltd.

Independent specialty managing general agent Nexus Group has acquired Plus Risk Ltd. (PRL), a London-based financial and professional lines MGA, providing management liability and niche professional indemnity insurance. Founded in 2017, PRL’s underwriting team is comprised of James Rasmussen and …

UK Specialty MGA Nexus Buys an MGA and a Broker – All in One Day

UK specialty managing general agent (MGA) Nexus Group lived up to its description as an “acquisitive insurance intermediary holding company,” with the purchase this week of an MGA and an insurance broker. On April 1, Nexus acquired Capital Risks MGA …

Aspen Insurance Bermuda Names Key Excess Casualty, FINPRO Appointments

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 …