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Lloyd’s Insurer Advent Names Gray as Direct & Facultative Property Consultant

Lloyd’s insurer Advent has appointed Jonathan Gray as consultant for its direct & facultative (D&F) property division. He takes up his role with immediate effect and will report to Nigel Fitzgerald, CEO. Gray brings more than four decades of underwriting …

Ironshore’s IronPro Launches Cyber Crime Product for English & Welsh Solicitors

IronPro, Ironshore’s financial and professional lines unit, is introducing Ironshore CyberCrime and DataProtect for English and Welsh Solicitors. Paragon International Insurance Brokers, a London-and-Bermuda-based independent global insurance broker, will exclusively market this product in conjunction with cyber monitoring and alert …

Beazley Names Sanchez as International Breach Response Services Manager

Beazley, the London-based provider of data breach response insurance, has appointed Rafael Sanchez as Beazley Breach Response Services (BBR Services) manager, International, to manage the breach response services provided with its international data breach business. Beazley said it has helped …

Aspen Risk Management Enters Renewal Agreement with Liberty Specialty Markets

Aspen Risk Management Ltd. (ARML), the regional UK property and casualty business of Aspen Insurance, has entered into a renewal rights agreement with Liberty Specialty Markets (LSM), which is part of Liberty Mutual Insurance Group. Under the agreement, LSM’s UK …

Lloyd’s to Move Some Business to EU if UK Loses Post-Brexit Passporting

The Lloyd’s of London insurance market is already working on plans to move some business to the European Union, aiming to be ready for the shift as soon as Britain starts divorce proceedings from the bloc, its chairman said on …

3rd Party Managing Agent Asta Invests in Specialist MGA OverArk

Asta, the London-based third party managing agent and specialist MGA investor, has concluded a transaction to finance the development of OverArk Ltd. Asta will take a minority equity stake in OverArk and will also support the company’s infrastructure, including finance …

Stop Cutting Prices, Bank of England Warns Insurers

The London insurance market should not keep cutting prices to secure business because low interest rates mean investment earnings can no longer cushion poor underwriting, the Bank of England said. The key challenge for the industry, which has endured 10 …

Global Risk Partners Acquires U.K.-based SLK General Insurance Services

Global Risk Partners Ltd. (GRP), the London-based insurance broking and managing general agent investment vehicle, has acquired the commercial and personal insurance broker, SLK General Insurance Services Ltd., based in Ely, Cambridgeshire in the U.K. SLK Insurance’s management team will …

JLT Re Appoints Garnett as Managing Director, Malaysia

JLT Re, the London-based reinsurance broker and consultant, announced the appointment of Jonathan (Jo) Garnett as managing director, Malaysia, subject to regulatory approvals. Garnett will be based in JLT Re’s Kuala Lumpur office and will report to Stuart Beatty, CEO, …

Zurich Launches Commercial Insurance Unit; Shea Named as Head

Zurich Insurance Group AG named James Shea to head a new unit that will combine its global corporate and commercial businesses as part of a company-wide restructuring. Shea, 50, joins from American International Group Inc. where he headed global financial …

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