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Legacy Specialist Carrick Specialty Holdings Buys UK-Based Community Re

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 …

Argo Ex-CEO Watson to Pay $450K to SEC for Not Disclosing $5.3M in Personal Perks

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 …

Canada Regulator to Allow Insurers, Banks to Pay Some Special Dividends

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 …

Philadelphia Insurance Promotes Glomb to CEO; O’Leary Continues as Chairman

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 …

Swiss Re Corporate Solutions Authorized in S. Africa to Write Direct Insurance

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 …

Aon’s $30B Bid for Willis Towers Watson Faces EU Probe: Reuters

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 …

Lloyd’s, Insurtech Parsyl Launch Insurance Facility for COVID-19 Vaccine Shipments

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 …

Insurers, Regulators Warn About Safety of Jets Reactivated After Pandemic Storage

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 …

UK Insurer LV= to Sell Savings, Retirement Businesses to Bain Capital for $707M

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 …

German Insurtech Startup Wefox Expects Profitable 2021

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 …

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