May 11, 2017
Switzerland’s financial center is in the midst of a power shift. The Alpine country’s less fashionable insurers, long overshadowed by glamorous private banks around Zurich’s posh Paradeplatz and Lake Geneva, are on course to surpass banks as a bigger contributor …
May 11, 2017
Aon plc announced that Jason Hogg has joined the firm as leader of Aon Cyber Solutions, responsible for the growth strategy of the firm’s solutions that help clients address and manage cyber risk. He will also serve as chief executive …
May 10, 2017
AXIS Capital Holdings Ltd. announced that Chief Financial Officer Joseph Henry will retire at the end of 2017 after five years as CFO at AXIS, said the company in a statement. The current AXIS Insurance Chief Operating Officer Peter Vogt …
May 10, 2017
Reinsurers Munich Re and Hannover Re both reported that first quarter results are on track to meet their annual targets, despite Q1’s higher level of catastrophe claims. Munich Re reported consolidated first quarter profit rose 22 percent to €557 million …
May 10, 2017
Nexus Group, the London-based independent specialty managing general agent (MGA), has formed a partnership with Beazley to provide cyber insurance with effect from May 1, 2017. Nexus will underwrite the new line, offering third party cover up to a maximum …
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 targets elsewhere. The listing of a …
May 10, 2017
For companies and organizations, an attack by hackers can inflict financial losses, corporate embarrassment and legal action. For insurers jumping into the brave new world of cyber crime insurance, it’s free marketing for what could be a $10 billion opportunity. …
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 lines. “Claims Director Sharon Long initiated the team …
May 10, 2017
Severe weather in the U.S. remains the largest contributor to global insurance losses in 2017 after April continued the trend with multi-billion dollar losses for public and private insurers, according to Impact Forecasting, Aon Benfield’s catastrophe model development team. “Much …
May 9, 2017
Gibraltar is preparing for a post-Brexit setup in which its firms will have no longer access to the European Union market but will maintain a preferential relationship with Britain, a top Gibraltar financial official said on Tuesday. The tiny British …