December 15, 2020
Carrick Specialty Holdings LLC, a New York City-based international non-life legacy business that provides reinsurance and run-off management solutions, announced its UK-based subsidiary, Carrick UK Holdings Co. Ltd., has acquired London-based reinsurer Community Reinsurance Corp. Ltd. from Hampden PLC. Terms …
December 15, 2020
The Securities and Exchange Commission has settled with former Argo Group chief executive officer and president Mark Watson III over his role in the firm’s failure to disclose more than $5.3 million worth of perks and personal benefits. The SEC …
December 15, 2020
TORONTO – Canada’s financial regulator said on Monday it could allow institutions to pay special non-recurring dividends under “exceptional circumstances,” even as it maintains a March moratorium on broader dividend increases and share buybacks. The Office of the Superintendent of …
December 15, 2020
Philadelphia Insurance Companies announced that after 38 years with the company, Bob O’Leary will step aside as chief executive officer at the end of the year. President John W. Glomb is being promoted to CEO effective January 1. O’Leary spent …
December 15, 2020
Swiss Re Corporate Solutions announced it has received a direct insurance authorization from the South African joint regulators Prudential Authority and Financial Sector Conduct Authority. Located in Johannesburg and fully operational, Swiss Re Corporate Solutions Africa offers customers in South …
December 15, 2020
BRUSSELS – Aon’s $30 billion bid for Willis Towers to create the world’s largest insurance broker faces a full-scale investigation because of its complexity, two people familiar with the matter said. The companies, which are the second and third-largest brokers …
December 15, 2020
Lloyd’s and insurtech start-up Parsyl Inc. announced the launch of the Global Health Risk Facility (GHRF), which will provide billions of dollars of insurance coverage, together with risk mitigation services, to help protect and support the global distribution of COVID-19 …
December 15, 2020
SYDNEY – Regulators, insurers and experts are warning airlines to take extra care when reactivating planes left in extended storage during the COVID-19 pandemic, citing potential pilot rustiness, maintenance errors and even insect nests blocking key sensors. The unprecedented number …
December 15, 2020
LONDON — Mutual insurer Liverpool Victoria Financial Services (LV=) has agreed to sell its savings & retirement and protection businesses to funds advised by private equity firm Bain Capital Credit LP for 530 million pounds ($706.54 million), the company said …
December 15, 2020
BERLIN – German insurance technology startup Wefox expects to achieve revenue of 300 million euros ($365 million) and be profitable at the operating level next year, its founder and CEO, Julian Teicke, said in an interview. In pursuit of that …