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AXA Launches Unit Focusing on Innovation, New Business Models with Phillips as CEO
May 17 2017 // AXA has appointed Joyce Phillips as chief executive officer of a new business unit dedicated to customer innovation and new business models. Phillips becomes a member of the management committee of AXA Group and reports...
Generali Names AXA’s Granier as CEO of Generali France
May 15 2017 // Generali announced that Jean-Laurent Granier, 51, will join Generali Group as country manager for France and président directeur général (PDG) of Generali France with effect from June 1, 2017. Granier also will join the...
AXA Plans IPO of Minority Stake of U.S. Businesses to Free Up Capital
May 10 2017 // AXA Chief Executive Thomas Buberl plans to overhaul the group’s U.S. operations, proposing to float its American life insurance and asset management businesses in 2018 in order to free up capital and pursue takeover...
Neon Builds Claims Team by Appointing MS Amlin’s Coley, XL Catlin’s Sterling
May 10 2017 // Neon has completed the build-out of its claims team with the recent appointments of Gavin Coley as technical head of claims and James Sterling as claims manager for professional indemnity & financial...
XL Catlin Expands M&A Insurance Product Suite, Adds New Staff to Global Team
May 3 2017 // XL Catlin has expanded its suite of mergers & acquisitions (M&A) insurance products aimed at supporting deals in the global transactional risk market, and has further strengthened its global team with three key...
XL Catlin Launches A&H Cover, ‘Protect & Assist,’ for UK Firms
Apr 26 2017 // XL Catlin has launched “Protect and Assist,” its accident and health insurance solution designed to help UK businesses protect their people and meet their duty of care in the face of emerging risks and...
XL Catlin Enhances International Liability Policies for U.S.-based Businesses
Apr 25 2017 // XL Catlin’s Multinational Casualty business has introduced a new international liability coverage form designed for U.S.-based multinational companies to address their most complex casualty needs. The XL...
Liberty Taps XL Catlin’s McKay for New Distribution & Client Mgmt Role
Apr 25 2017 // Liberty Specialty Markets (LSM), part of Liberty Mutual Insurance Group, has appointed Kerry McKay to the newly created role of head of Distribution and Client Management for Continental Europe. He will report directly to...
XL Catlin Participates in Consortium Bringing Driverless Cars to UK
Apr 25 2017 // Oxbotica, the Oxford-based artificial intelligence company that is developing driverless cars for the UK, announced it is leading a consortium of companies that plans to trial a fleet of fully autonomous vehicles in urban...
AXA Taps Telefonica’s Benjamins as CDO, Head of Data Innovation Lab
Apr 21 2017 // AXA has appointed Richard Benjamins as chief data officer (CDO) of the AXA Group and head of the Data Innovation Lab (DIL), effective May 2. Benjamins will report to Benoît Claveranne, chief transformation officer (CTO)...
AXA Group Names Ariss as Head of Public Affairs & Corporate Responsibility
Apr 20 2017 // AXA announced that Jad Ariss, currently CEO of AXA Middle East & Africa, has been appointed group head of Public Affairs & Corporate Responsibility. He will report in his new role to George Stansfield, group...
XL Catlin Boosts Terrorism Insurance Limits to $250M
Apr 20 2017 // XL Catlin has raised its available terrorism insurance coverage limits to $250 million from $200 million, a 25 percent increase. XL Catlin’s standalone terrorism insurance policy helps U.S. businesses address...
AXIS Re Names XL Catlin’s Leahey as Senior Cat U/W for Europe, MENA
Apr 12 2017 // AXIS Capital Holdings Ltd. announced the appointment of Michael Leahey as vice president and deputy head of Catastrophe Underwriting for Europe, Middle East and North Africa (MENA), and Israel, for AXIS Re. In addition to...
XL Catlin Names Swiss Re’s Bewlay as Global Chief Underwriter for Casualty
Apr 10 2017 // XL Catlin’s insurance operations has named Nancy Bewlay as global chief underwriting officer, Casualty. In her new role, Bewlay assumes underwriting and portfolio management for all of XL Catlin’s Casualty...
Catlin to Retire as XL Group’s Executive Deputy Chairman
Apr 5 2017 // XL Group, the corporate parent of XL Catlin, said that Stephen Catlin will be retiring as executive deputy chairman at the end of 2017. Catlin sold his eponymously-named Bermuda specialty insurer and reinsurer to XL Group...
People – Midwest
Apr 3 2017 // Appleton, Wisconsin-based SECURA Insurance promoted Marty Arnold to senior vice president and chief underwriting officer, and Garth Wicinsky to senior vice president and chief administrative officer. Arnold joined SECURA...
XL Catlin Adds Marlane to Its Environmental Business in California
Mar 30 2017 // XL Catlin’s environmental insurance business has appointed Denali Marlane as its Western regional underwriting manager in San Francisco. Marlane will manage XL Catlin’s environmental underwriting...
XL Catlin Taps SCOR’s Ennadifi as Senior U/W, Structured Risk Solutions
Mar 30 2017 // XL Catlin’s insurance operations announced the appointment of Isa Ennadifi as senior underwriter, Structured Risk Solutions (SRS). She is based in London. The SRS team is a global underwriting unit that provides XL...
XL Catlin and Startupbootcamp InsurTech Form Partnership
Mar 24 2017 // Startupbootcamp InsurTech, the business accelerator that promotes insurance technology startups and corporate innovation, has formed a partnership with XL Catlin. The announcement comes as Startupbootcamp InsurTech’s...
XL Catlin Appoints QBE’s Tuplin as Head of Cyber & TMT, International
Mar 23 2017 // XL Catlin’s insurance operations has appointed James Tuplin as head of Cyber and Technology, Media & Telecoms (TMT), International. In this role, Tuplin is responsible for the underwriting of cyber insurance, as...
