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Reinsurers, Insurtech Startups Increasingly Seek Mutually Beneficial Partnerships

Jul 18 2018 // Reinsurance companies increasingly are funding insurtech startups in order to structure more innovative products and improve their business efficiencies, but how much impact on the industry will these investments...

Amwins’ Davies Tapped to Lead New Property Underwriting Facility for Ryan Specialty Group

Jun 20 2018 // Chicago-based Ryan Specialty Group LLC (RSG) has named Katie Davies as president and CEO of a new, yet-to-be-named property catastrophe managing underwriting facility that will be exclusive to RT Specialty. Company...

Markel International Names Davies Trade Credit Underwriter in Singapore

Apr 25 2018 // Specialty insurer Markel International has appointed Nicholas Davies as trade credit underwriter and senior risk analyst in Singapore. Davies will focus on developing Markel’s portfolio across the region, in addition...

Aon Benfield Bermuda Hires Carpenter’s Meyenhofer as CEO; Fox & Davies Promoted

Mar 22 2018 // Aon Benfield announced a new hire and expanded roles for its reinsurance team in Bermuda. Matthias Meyenhofer will join the firm on Sept. 1, in accordance with his existing contractual requirements, as chief executive...

Randall & Quilter Sells Insurance Services & Captive Mgmt. Operations to Davies Group

Jan 16 2018 // Randall & Quilter Investment Holdings Ltd. (R&Q) announced the sale of its Insurance Services and Captive Management Operations to Davies Group, a London-based operations management, consultancy and digital...

Lockton Taps Davies from JLT as SVP, Property, in Bermuda

Nov 3 2017 // Lockton, the world’s largest privately held insurance broker, has appointed Gareth Davies as senior vice president, Property, in Bermuda. He will focus on growing the business, particularly in the property area, in a...

Sompo Canopius Makes Management Changes as Group CEO Davies Steps Down

Nov 23 2016 // Sompo Canopius AG announced that Stuart Davies is stepping down from his role as group CEO and all other related responsibilities, effective immediately. Davies joined Sompo Canopius in 2015 with a mandate to lead the...

P/C Tech Firm, Xceedance, Opens London Office; Davies Heads EMEA Region

Oct 24 2016 // Xceedance, a global provider of property/casualty insurance technology, analytics and consulting services, has established an office in London to serve the European, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) market, the company...

Marsh Appoints Davies as Global CEO of Bowring Marsh

Feb 1 2016 // Marsh announced with immediate effect the appointment of Tom Davies as global CEO of Bowring Marsh, Marsh’s international wholesale placement broker. Davies previously led Bowring Marsh’s hub in the UK and...

Engle-Hambright & Davies Announces 2 Appointments in Pennsylvania

Sep 22 2015 // Engle-Hambright & Davies Inc. (EHD), an independent insurance agency based in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, hired Matthew Swanick as Construction and Surety Practice group leader in the Commercial Department. Prior to...

AEGIS London’s Managing Director Moves to Canopius as Group CEO

May 21 2015 // AEGIS London announced that Stuart Davies, the company’s managing director, has resigned to take up the group CEO role at Canopius. At Canopius, Davies succeeds Michael Watson who remains the company’s...

Engle-Hambright & Davies Appoints Account Executive in Penn.

Mar 17 2014 // Engle-Hambright & Davies Inc. (EHD), an independent insurance brokerage based in Lancaster, Penn., recently hired D. Michael Facciolo, Jr. as an account executive in its employee benefits services division. Based in...

Ex-Montana Workers Claim Hostility, Sex For Favors

Mar 26 2013 // Former Montana Disaster and Emergency Services employees claim the division’s chief of staff traded sex for favoritism with a subordinate, and that those who complained were met with hostility and ultimately forced...

Marsh Creates Large, Mid-Size Corporate Division in UK & Ireland

Mar 7 2013 // Marsh has announced a new corporate division within its UK & Ireland business. Bringing together its National Corporate and Risk Management Practices across the region as well as Marsh Risk Consulting, the corporate...

Davies Named CEO of Ohio-based SafeAuto Insurance

Jul 24 2012 // Columbus, Ohio-based insurer, SafeAuto, announced that Ron Davies, former senior vice president with Allstate Insurance Co., will take over as chief executive officer of the company on Aug. 13. This is the first time...

Palmer to Join Citadel Risk Board

May 4 2011 // The Board of Citadel Risk Services US and UK announced the appointment of Mike Palmer to the Board of Citadel Risk alongside Tony Weller (Chief Executive), Art Coleman (President of US based Citadel Risk Management, Inc....

Some Red Flags in Residential Arsons Fly Before the Fire

May 3 2010 // Financial stress is the No. 1 reason residential dwellings are intentionally torched, but proving arson is not that easy. Only around 6 percent of arson offenses in 2007 resulted in convictions, according to the Federal...

Some Red Flags in Residential Arsons Fly Before the Fire

May 3 2010 // Financial stress is the No. 1 reason residential dwellings are intentionally torched, but proving arson is not that easy. Only around 6 percent of arson offenses in 2007 resulted in convictions, according to the Federal...

Some Red Flags in Residential Arsons Fly Before the Fire

Apr 19 2010 // Financial stress is the No. 1 reason residential dwellings are intentionally torched, but proving the act of arson is not that easy. In fact, Federal Bureau of Investigation statistics for 2007 show only around 6 percent...

Some Red Flags in Residential Arsons Fly Before the Fire

Mar 22 2010 // Financial stress is the No. 1 reason residential dwellings are intentionally torched, but proving arson is not that easy. Only around 6 percent of arson offenses in 2007 resulted in convictions, according to the Federal...