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AXA’s H1 Net Income Rises 2% to $3.9B, Beating Expectations
Aug 3 2017 // AXA reported a stronger than expected rise in net profit for the first half of the year, helped by higher asset management and property and casualty earnings, and by lower restructuring costs. Europe’s second largest...
XL Catlin Offers Cyber & Data Protection Policy in Asia Pacific
Aug 2 2017 // XL Catlin announced it has launched its Cyber and Data Protection insurance policy in Asia Pacific. With cyber risk ranking in the top 10 in today’s emerging risks, the new policy is designed to protect businesses...
XL Catlin Enhances Cyber & Technology Coverage
Jul 27 2017 // XL Catlin has introduced CyberRiskConnect, a new policy form to address the expanding exposures of cyber and technology risks. According to John Coletti, chief underwriting officer for XL Catlin’s Cyber &...
AXA to Provide Accident Cover for Uber Drivers in France
Jul 25 2017 // Uber and insurance group AXA have joined forces in France to offer accident cover for drivers who work for the ride hailing service after it faced criticism over their treatment. In France, as in other countries, Uber has...
XL Catlin’s Accelerate Unit Appoints Artificial Intelligence Expert from Tesco
Jul 17 2017 // XL Catlin announced the appointment of Ashish Umre as Accelerate partner, Artificial Intelligence (AI), based in London. Accelerate is XL Catlin’s internal disruption and innovation team, which was established in...
XL Catlin Appoints AIG’s Ochsenkuehn as Head of Global Programs
Jul 12 2017 // XL Catlin’s insurance operations announced the appointment of Sonja Ochsenkuehn as head of Global Programs with worldwide responsibility. Ochsenkuehn’s remit is to drive the network performance and best in...
AXA Joins Growing List of Companies Committed to Using Renewable Energy
Jul 11 2017 // AXA SA and Burberry Group Plc are joining an array of companies committing to going green. Burberry expects to source all of its electricity from clean energy by 2022, while Copenhagen-based international brewing company...
XL Catlin Expands Inland Marine Business, Hires Klein in Maryland
Jun 27 2017 // XL Catlin is continuing to expand its inland marine field operations with the recent addition of Maria Klein as a senior underwriter in Baltimore, Md. “For the last several years, we’ve been expanding our...
XL Catlin, McGowan Companies to Offer Coverage for Workplace Violence
Jun 27 2017 // XL Catlin has entered into an exclusive underwriting agreement with The McGowan Companies to provide workplace violence insurance to U.S. businesses. Nearly two million American workers are victims of workplace violence...
XL Catlin Promotes E&S Property Insurance Regional Leader in Boston
Jun 23 2017 // XL Catlin’s excess and surplus (E&S) insurance team has promoted Caitlin Murphy from senior underwriter to the role of eastern regional vice president of E&S Property. In her new role, Murphy will direct...
Chubb’s Crooks Named XL Catlin’s Inland Marine Director in California
Jun 22 2017 // XL Catlin has named Russell Crooks as vice president and national inland marine director. Crooks is based in San Francisco. He will liaise with brokers and clients throughout the Western U.S. to address inland marine...
Allianz Sets Its Sights on Asia-Pacific’s ‘Growth Engine’
Jun 21 2017 // Allianz SE, the German insurer that stemmed outflows at U.S. asset manager PIMCO, is now trying to bulk up on the other side of the world. “Asia is still a relatively small part of the overall global portfolio but it...
XL Catlin Launches New Contractors Pollution Liability Express Program
Jun 15 2017 // XL Catlin has launched its new Contractors Pollution Liability Express Program in the US and Canada for small to mid-size construction firms. According to Cathy Cleary, XL Catlin’s executive environmental...
XL Catlin’s O’Malley Moves to StarStone to Lead Cargo Unit in London
Jun 13 2017 // Global specialty insurer StarStone has appointed Rod O’Malley as of head of cargo in London. O’Malley is joining StarStone in from XL Catlin, where he most recently served as head of the UK cargo team and...
XL Catlin Raises Global Property Capacity by 25% to $500 Million
Jun 7 2017 // XL Catlin has raised its global property insurance capacity by 25 percent to US$500 million, which is available on a quota share or layered basis,. With this capacity increase, the company said it will better address...
XL Catlin Promotes Gerbaud to Head International Environmental
Jun 7 2017 // XL Catlin’s insurance operations announced the promotion of Adias Gerbaud to head international environmental. In her newly expanded role, Gerbaud will be responsible for managing XL Catlin’s environmental...
XL Catlin Offers Political Risk, Credit & Bond Insurance in Canada; Zurich’s Azzopardi Named Lead U/W
May 31 2017 // XL Catlin has opened its first Political Risk, Credit and Bond (PRCB) insurance practice in Canada and has appointed Marvin Azzopardi as senior underwriter. Based in Toronto, Azzopardi, will join XL Catlin on June 1 and...
AXA to Add 550 Positions to North Carolina Location
May 23 2017 // Insurance company AXA plans to add 550 jobs in Charlotte, N.C., over the next five years, nearly doubling its local workforce. North Carolina officials announced the move May 9 after approving state tax breaks that could...
Zurich’s Bauman Joins XL Catlin to Head Global Programs, Captives
May 23 2017 // XL Catlin said it is expanding its global insurance programs and captive business with the appointment of Steven Bauman as head of its global programs and captive practice in North America. Bauman will provide technical...
XL Catlin Names AIG’s Estrada, Zurich’s Hughes to Canada Environment Team
May 18 2017 // XL Catlin has added two new members to its Canadian environmental insurance team: Marc Estrada as environmental team lead and Brian Hughes as assistant vice president, environmental underwriting. Estrada and Hughes are...
