Cobalt Insurance Holdings Ltd. and Capita Managing Agency Ltd. (CMA) have announced they have taken a significant step in the launch of Lloyd’s first fully Shariah compliant syndicate after receiving “in principle” approval from Lloyd’s Franchise Board. Cobalt Founder Richard …
France plans to increase a levy on property insurance policies to 5.90 euros [$6.30] from 4.30 euros [$4.59] per contract to bolster a fund that provides compensation to victims of attacks or other criminal acts. Following the Islamist attacks in …
The European Union needs a common pension product because existing long-term savings offerings are too complex and costly, the region’s industry regulator said. “There are too many products and people don’t really understand them,” Gabriel Bernardino, chairman of EIOPA, the …
JLT Re, the London-based reinsurance broker and consultant, has appointed Jong Kuk (“JK”) Moon as CEO of JLT Re Korea. Moon will be based in JLT Re’s Seoul office and will report to Kenny Moyes, CEO, JLT Re Asia. “JK …
The Philippines raised the storm alert for two northern provinces to its highest level as authorities moved people to safer ground, canceled work and suspended flights before Super Typhoon Haima is due to make landfall as soon as Wednesday night. …
American International Group Inc. is selling its local commercial and consumer insurance operations in Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Uruguay, Venezuela and Turkey to property/casualty insurer Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd. AIG is also selling Fairfax the renewal rights for the portfolio of …
Pioneer Underwriters announces that Graeme Rayner has commenced his role as group director of underwriting, reporting to Chief Executive Officer Darren Doherty. Rayner, whose appointment was first announced in August 2016, joins from MS Amlin where, prior to Mitsui Sumitomo’s …
Some five months after the wildfires that devastated Fort McMurray were extinguished, anger over red tape and the slow pace of insurance payouts and permit issuance is flaring in the remote northern Canadian city. More than 1,900 structures were destroyed …
Century Underwriting, the London-based specialist commercial managing general agent, has launched a new liability underwriting division and made two senior appointments to support its growth. Tony Collman has been appointed to lead the development and growth of the division with …
Typhoon Sarika made landfall in eastern Philippines on Sunday after leaving at least two people dead a day earlier, thousands of villagers displaced and hundreds of planes grounded. Locally named Karen, the typhoon weakened after hitting the town of Baler, …
