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Hiscox Promotes Bowen to CUO for European Operations

Specialist global insurer Hiscox has announced the promotion of Justin Bowen to chief underwriting officer for its European operations. Bowen has worked at Hiscox since 2000 and held a number of different roles within its UK business. Having joined to …

Who Pays When Driverless Cars Crash? UK Insurers Call for Int’l Standards

Cars of the future will need to collect a basic set of core data to prevent drivers being unfairly blamed if technology goes wrong, according to the Association of British Insurers (ABI). The ABI supports the formation of an standard …

TMK Names Ex-AIG Exec Burke as Trade Credit & Political Risk U/W

Tokio Marine Kiln has appointed Gary Burke to the special risks division in its London office. Burke will focus on trade credit and political risks. Previously he worked for American International Group (AIG) where he held different underwriting roles. Most …

Global Board Updates List of Systemically Important Banks, Insurers

Citi has joined JPMorgan at the top of global regulators’ list of systemically important banks, replacing HSBC and meaning the U.S. bank will have to hold extra capital from 2019 to help preserve financial stability. The group of 20 economies …

October Floods in Atlantic Canada Cost $100M-Plus in Insured Damage

A tropical moisture system resulting from Hurricane Matthew swept through Atlantic Canada last month, resulting in more than $100 million in insured damage, according to Insurance Bureau of Canada (IBC), which quoted a report from Catastrophe Indices and Quantification Inc. …

Advent Claims Launches Regulatory Compliant Platform for MGAs, Coverholders

Advent Claims, a division of Advent Insurance Management with claims operations in the US, UK, Canada and Australia, has launched a proprietary web-based claims management system for managing general agents (MGAs) and coverholders, called “Advantage.” Designed to capture all information …

China’s Anbang Eyes $2.3B Purchase of Japanese Property Assets: Sources

China’s Anbang Insurance Group Co. is in talks to buy as much as $2.3 billion in Japanese residential property assets from Blackstone Group, two people involved in the discussions said, in what would be Japan’s biggest property deal since the …

China’s Fosun International to Buy Stake in Portugual’s BCP for $185M

Fosun International Ltd. agreed to pay 174.6 million euros ($185 million) for a stake in Banco Comercial Portugues SA, Portugal’s biggest publicly traded lender by assets. A unit of Fosun will subscribe to about 157.4 million Banco Comercial shares at …

Allied World Appoints Hall-Shaw as VP in Professional Lines Division

Allied World Assurance Company Holdings announced that Jacqueline Hall-Shaw has been appointed vice president, Professional Lines Division, based in London. She will report to Martin Heathfield, Senior Vice President, Professional Lines. Hall-Shaw has more than 15 years of experience in …

Fintech Firms Alibaba, Tencent Support China’s New Cyber Law Despite Foreign Opposition

China’s Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. and Tencent Holdings Ltd. rallied behind Beijing’s recently imposed cyber security law on Thursday, following criticism of it from overseas technology rivals. The country’s two tech giants also urged closer cooperation between the public and …

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