People Moves: Fairfax Insurance Names Young as President, Barnard as Chair; Acrisure Appoints Industry Veteran Reith as Exec Chair of MGA Unit Volante January 3, 2025 This edition of International People Moves details at Fairfax Insurance Group and Acrisure’s Volante. A summary of these new hires...
Reith to Step Down as Group CEO of Neon September 16, 2019 American Financial Group Inc. announced that Martin Reith intends to resign his executive roles with Neon, including stepping down as...
Neon Underwriting Promotes Butt to CEO, Washington to Managing Director December 21, 2018 Neon Underwriting Ltd. (NUL), Neon’s Lloyd’s managing agency, announced the promotions of Theo Butt to chief executive officer and Matthew...
Venture Capital Firm, Beat Capital, to Merge with Insurer Investment Vehicle Paraline UK August 23, 2018 By L.S. Howard Venture capital firm Beat Capital Partners and insurance investment vehicle Paraline UK announced they plan to merge – in a...
Neon Launches Copenhagen-Based Marine Business, Orca July 2, 2018 Neon announced the launch of Orca Insurance Agency, a Lloyd’s approved coverholder which will underwrite Nordic marine business on behalf...
Neon Launches First ILS Vehicle in UK, NCM Re January 3, 2018 Neon announced it has launched the first ILS vehicle in the UK, NCM Re (UK PCC) Ltd., and raised third...
Neon Names Heppell from MS Amlin as CFO November 27, 2017 Neon has announced the appointment of Richard Heppell as chief financial officer, effective Nov. 20. Most recently CFO at MS...
MGA Chord Re Launches as Specialty Reinsurer, Writing on Behalf of Neon November 14, 2017 Chord Re, a new underwriting vehicle established by Stefan Long, formerly head of Aspen Re London, has launched operations on...
Neon Launches Marine Joint Venture in Italy October 20, 2017 Neon announced the launch of an underwriting operation in Italy with Cambiaso Risso, a leading Italian marine broker who will...
Neon’s M&A Consortium Raises Capacity to £75 Million January 24, 2017 Neon has expanded its M&A consortium, with capacity increasing from £50 million ($62.2 million) to £75 million ($93.3 million), effective...