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People Moves: Miller Taps Marsh’s Holloway as Head of Europe; HSB Canada Names Walker Chief Distribution Officer; HDI’s UK & Ireland Branch Announces Key Hires

This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Miller, HSB Canada and HDI Global. A summary of these new hires follows here. Miller Taps Marsh’s Holloway as Head of Europe Miller, the London-based specialist reinsurance broker, announced the appointment …

Europe’s Most Important Trade Route Is at Risk From Climate Change

The Rhine River has been a reliable shipping lane for centuries, helping spawn industrial giants along its banks. But those days are coming to an end, and the scramble is made all the more urgent as Germany’s government fails to …

Japan Casualty Insurers’ Shares Sink on Concerns Over Suspected Price Fixing

A price-fixing scandal at Japan’s biggest casualty insurers is escalating following a media report that the suspected collusion is likely to be wider than initially believed. Shares of Tokio Marine Holdings Inc., MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings Inc. and Sompo Holdings …

2 Investors Take Minority Stake in Mosaic Insurance, Providing Capital for Growth

Mosaic Insurance has secured strategic investment from two US growth-capital providers to drive the specialty insurer’s talent acquisition and product development. Alternative asset manager Atalaya Capital Management and financial services-focused private-equity firm Culpeper Capital Partners LLC are taking a minority …

Re/insurance Broker Consilium Granted License in Cayman Islands

Consilium, the London-based re/insurance brokerage arm of Aventum Group, has been granted a license by the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority (CIMA). Consilium’s focus in the region will be in the financial and professional lines, construction and commercial property sectors, drawing …

Point of No Return? Australians Fight for the Right to Work Permanently From Home

Before COVID-19 sent one-third of the global workforce home, the Melbourne property surveyor that employs drone operator Nicholas Coomber called its 180-strong staff into the office every day at 9 a.m. to hand out assignments. Now that they work from …

GAO Urges Changes to NFIP as Study Highlights Potential $27B Shortfall

FEMA’s National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) substantially improved ratemaking by implementing Risk Rating 2.0 in 2021 but the program faces a potentially significant premium shortfall, a study by the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) found. Published ahead of reauthorization of …

Aon: Public D&O Pricing Drops for Fifth Straight Quarter; 96% Retain Carriers

Despite movement in limit and deductible levels, public directors & officers (D&O) pricing continues to drop for the fifth consecutive quarter. The pricing index from Aon Commercial Risk Solutions’ Financial Services Group decreased to 1.15 in the second quarter from …

Fintech Vesttoo to Slash Jobs After Fake Collateral Scandal

Financial services company Vesttoo said on Tuesday it was laying off about 75% of its staff and closing some offices in Asia, as it tries to recover from a scandal over a fraudulent letter of credit used as collateral in …

X, Musk Seek Dismissal of Lawsuit Over Ex-Twitter Workers’ Severance Pay

X Corp, the social media company formerly known as Twitter, and owner Elon Musk have asked a Delaware federal judge to dismiss one of several lawsuits claiming they failed to pay promised severance to laid-off employees. X, in a filing …

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