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PE Firm Brera Partners Buys 70% of Shares in Italian Broker GBSAPRI Group

Brera Partners, a Zurich-based private equity firm specializing in investments in the asset-light financial services sector, announced it has acquired 70% of the shares in Italian insurance broker GBSAPRI Group, with the strategy to drive consolidation in Italy’s fragmented insurance …

Worst Taiwan Quake in 25 Years Kills at Least 9, With Hundreds Injured

Taiwan’s strongest earthquake in a quarter century leveled dozens of buildings on the eastern side of the island, killing at least nine people and disrupting semiconductor production at some of the world’s leading chipmakers. The quake hit at 7:58 a.m. …

Swiss Re Names Berger as Group CEO, Succeeding Mumenthaler

Swiss Re announced that Andreas Berger will become group chief executive officer, effective July 1, 2024, taking over from Christian Mumenthaler, who will step down. “The board unanimously determined that Andreas Berger is the right person to build on the …

People Moves: BHSI Appoints 3 for Transactional Liability, Claims and Customer & Broker Engagement Teams

Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) named a new head of Transaction Liability in Canada and has also promoted two executives in Europe within the claims and customer & broker engagement teams. Chres Lee has been named head of Transactional Liability …

Jensten Acquires UK Specialist Broker Henry Seymour & Co.

Jensten, the London-based independent insurance broking group, announced the acquisition of Henry Seymour & Co. The deal, which is subject to regulatory approval, will introduce to the business a team of 22 professionals, an office located in Sutton, England, as …

Devonshire Underwriting Launches MGA Specializing in Transactional Risk Solutions

Devonshire UW Ltd. and its affiliate Devonshire UW Europe GmbH (known collectively as “Devonshire Underwriting”) announced the launch of a managing general agent specializing in transactional risk solutions. Focused on positively disrupting the transaction risk insurance market, the MGA will …

Japanese Authorities Inspect Second Kobayashi Pharma Factory After Deaths

Health authorities searched a second Kobayashi Pharmaceutical factory in western Japan on Sunday after the company reported five deaths possibly tied to dietary supplements, an official said. The inspection in Wakayama prefecture follows one on Saturday in Osaka, expanding the …

US Executive Gets UK Judgments Thrown Out After Revealing Hackers Swayed His Case

An American aviation executive has had British judgments worth more than $4 million against him thrown out after a judge ruled that his legal opponent had covered up its use of hackers to steal the businessman’s emails in order to …

Shell Says Landmark Court Ruling Obstructs Fight Against Climate Change

Shell on Tuesday told a Dutch court a 2021 order that it should drastically cut greenhouse gas emissions lacks a legal basis and risks obstructing the fight against climate change. In a landmark ruling that shocked the energy sector, a …

Russia’s Baltika Sues Carlsberg Subsidiaries for Over $900M in Damages

Russia’s Baltika Breweries has sued four Carlsberg subsidiaries for damages amounting to 6.24 billion Danish crowns ($902 million), Russian court filings showed, as the two parties fight over the future of Russia’s largest brewer. Moscow took control of Carlsberg’s stake …

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