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Facebook Co-Founder Leads Financing for Online Health Insurance Startup

Facebook Inc. co-founder Eduardo Saverin’s B Capital Group has led a new financing round for a Singapore-based online health insurance service that values the startup at $100 million. Singaporean government investment vehicle EDBI jointly led the $25 million round in …

RSA Global Risk Solutions Launches New Structure to Enhance Client Focus

RSA has introduced a new Global Risk Solutions (GRS) operating model aimed at delivering brokers and customers improved access to decision-makers and enabling GRS to operate with more focus in its chosen markets. Effective immediately, GRS will consist of three …

Prem Watsa’s Fairfax to Pay $144M for New Zealand-Based Insurer

Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd. will pay $144 million for New Zealand insurer Tower Ltd., giving it an instant, significant presence in a growing, emerging market. Tower’s board of directors has already unanimously approved the sale at about NZ$1.17 per share, …

Update: Blackstone to Buy Aon’s Benefits Outsourcing Unit

Insurance broker Aon Plc said on Friday it agreed to sell its employee benefits outsourcing business to private equity firm Blackstone Group LP for up to $4.8 billion. Blackstone will pay $4.3 billion upfront and up to an additional $500 …

Severe U.S. Weather During January Cost Insurers More Than $1B: Aon

Major weather and flood events in the U.S. during January will cost the insurance industry more than $1 billion as tornadoes hit a 17-year high, according a report published by Impact Forecasting, Aon Benfield’s catastrophe model development team. The most …

UK Moves Closer to Triggering EU Exit Talks – with Bumpy Road Ahead

Theresa May’s latest Brexit victory should leave her happy — but might ultimately come at a price. Late on Wednesday, the U.K. prime minister persuaded the House of Commons to back her original 137-word draft law to start the withdrawal …

Gallagher Launches Manufacturers’ Cyber Solution to Close Coverage Gaps

Arthur J. Gallagher announced it has responded to the “perfect storm” facing manufacturers – a rising risk of cyber attacks, coupled with increased vulnerability and largely excluded exposures – by designing a tailor-made policy to more effectively transfer their unique …

Update: Zurich Returns to Profit in Q4 2016 with Net Income of $685M

Zurich Insurance Group AG fell in Zurich trading after posting a quarterly profit supported by one-time gains as Chief Executive Officer Mario Greco presses ahead with an overhaul of Switzerland’s largest insurer. Net income for the three months through December …

AXIS Insurance Expands Cyber Team with Arklie and Tillett Appointments

AXIS Capital Holdings Ltd. announced that Neil Arklie has joined AXIS Insurance as vice president, Financial Lines, and lead underwriter for its London-based international cyber insurance unit. Arklie will lead a team of experienced underwriters focused on writing cyber, media, …

China Regulator Urges Insurers to Avoid ‘Reckless’ Offshore Investments: Report

A senior Chinese insurance regulator warned against the industry’s reckless overseas investment, saying some insurers behaved recklessly when it came to offshore acquisitions, the official Securities Times reported on Thursday. Chen Wenhui, vice chairman of the China Insurance Regulatory Commission …

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