Monthly Archives: <span>July 2021</span>

People Moves: LoPiccolo Takes on Client Engagement at AXIS Re; WTW’s Layton Joins Lockton Re; Futers Returns to RMS in UK

In today’s International People Moves, appointments are detailed from AXIS Re, Lockton Re and catastrophe modeling company RMS. A summary of these new hires follows here. AXIS Re, the reinsurance business segment of AXIS Capital Holdings Ltd. announced the appointment …

AXA Partners, Club Med Launch Travel Insurance Program

Club Med and AXA Partners have signed an agreement to offer an insurance policy designed to cover unforeseen events that travelers may encounter before, during or after their trip, including COVID-19. The “Serenity Protection Plan” insurance policy includes coverage for …

Consilium Unveils Delegated Underwriting Authority Services for Re/Insurance Market

Consilium, the London-based insurance and reinsurance broker, part of the Aventum Group, has unveiled “Exponential,” a new global delegated underwriting authority (DUA) service for coverholders, which aims to disrupt the prevailing market for binder placements and help coverholders grow their …

BMS Re Acquires Trean Intermediaries in Minnesota

BMS Re has acquired Trean Intermediaries, a Wayzata, Minn.-based independent reinsurance broker and services company. BMS Re has acquired Trean in full, with staff and infrastructure transferring to BMS Re. Sean Ryan, president of Trean, will assume the newly created …

Teen on Life Support After Deadly Iowa Adventure Park Incident

A teenager injured in an accident on an Iowa amusement ride that killed his younger brother remained on life support Wednesday as he turned 16, his family pastor said. David Jaramillo has been in a medically induced coma at Blank …

County in Washington Ordered to Pay $900K to Worker Over Retaliation

A federal jury has ordered King County to pay about $900,000 to a Black senior Metro transit worker who said he was retaliated against after alleging racial discrimination. The verdict by a jury in U.S. District Court in Seattle in …

California Seeing More Wildfires So Far Than in Disastrous 2020

The number of wildfires and amount of land burned in parched California so far this year greatly exceed totals for the same period in the disastrous wildfire year of 2020. Between Jan. 1 and July 4, there were 4,599 fires …

Guy Carpenter Launches Suite of Climate Advisory and Modeling Services

Guy Carpenter & Co., the reinsurance business of Marsh McLennan, announced the launch of a suite of climate advisory and modeling services, as companies look to develop and integrate robust climate change strategies into their overarching environmental, social and governance …

Ex-Liberty University Exec Files Lawsuit Alleging Racial Discrimination

A former NFL player hired last year to help lead diversity initiatives at Liberty University is suing the school, alleging racial discrimination in his demotion and subsequent firing. The federal lawsuit filed Friday by Kelvin Edwards says he faced discrimination …

AM Best Assigns Credit Ratings to Spinnaker Specialty Insurance Company

AM Best has assigned a financial strength rating of A- (excellent) and a long-term issuer credit rating of “a-” (excellent) to Spinnaker Specialty Insurance Company headquartered in Bedminster, New Jersey. The outlook assigned to these credit ratings is stable. The …