financial lines insurance News

Liberty Specialty Markets Promotes Silvestre to Deputy Manager for France

Liberty Specialty Markets (LSM), part of Liberty Mutual Insurance Group, has promoted Emmanuel Silvestre to deputy general manager of its French operation. He reports to Richard Deguettes, general manager for France. Based in Paris, Silvestre will retain his position as …

Munich Re Syndicate Singapore Partners with Lloyd’s Coverholder Nectar Specialty Risk

Munich Re Syndicate Singapore (MRSS) has formed a partnership with Nectar Specialty Risk Pte Ltd. (Nectar), a Singapore incorporated limited liability company and Lloyd’s coverholder that provides tailor-made re/insurance solutions. Nectar’s professional line products are offered under the trading name …

Chubb Expands Insurance Coverage in Canada for Private Equity Firms

Chubb is providing expanded insurance coverage, called “Private Equity+”, to address “the unique risks of Canadian private equity firms.” These extended offerings help transfer and mitigate many of the private equity firms’ most significant liabilities by combining in one policy …

Chubb Bermuda Names Porter Head of Financial Lines

Chubb Bermuda has named Richard Porter as senior vice president, head of Financial Lines. In this role, Porter is responsible for leading Chubb Bermuda’s Financial Lines division, which includes directors and officers liability, cyber, transactional risk, errors and omissions, and …

Chubb Appoints Bryant as Head of Financial Lines, Continental Europe

Chubb announced the appointment of Kyle Bryant to the newly created position of head of Financial Lines for Continental Europe. In this role, Bryant will have responsibility for leading Chubb’s Financial Lines team in the region, overseeing strategic development, execution …

AGCS Taps AIG’s Davì-Greer as Regional Head of Financial Lines

Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS) has appointed Stefania Davì-Greer to head of Financial Lines for Regional Unit London (RUL). Based in London, Davì-Greer will join in October with responsibility for the strategic direction and management of AGCS’ financial lines …

Barbican Names McGurk from Standard’s Syndicate 1884 as D&O Class Underwriter

Barbican Insurance Group announced the appointment of Sarah McGurk as class underwriter for directors’ & officers’ liability insurance. Working as part of the financial lines division, she will report to Hans Sherman, underwriting manager D&O. McGurk has extensive experience in …

Chubb Global Markets Appoints Hiscox’s Rowley as Senior Underwriter Financial Lines

Chubb announced the appointment of Benjamin Rowley as senior underwriter Financial Lines, Chubb Global Markets. Rowley is a medical malpractice specialist with a broad knowledge of errors and omissions and will be responsible for growing and managing this specialized area …

XL Catlin Promotes Powell to Chief Underwriting Officer for International Financial Lines

XL Catlin’s insurance operations announced that Tim Powell has been promoted to chief underwriting officer for international financial lines (IFL), effective March 1. Powell will be responsible for the underwriting performance of XL Catlin’s financial lines portfolio in all geographies …

AIG Names Spaven as Head of Liabilities & Financial Lines, Singapore & SE Asia

AIG Asia Pacific Insurance Pte. Ltd. (AIG Singapore) announced that Scott Spaven, who is currently head of Client & Broker Engagement for Singapore and Southeast Asia, is taking on the additional role of head of Liabilities and Financial Lines for …