Atrium News

Airlines Face Doubling in War Insurance Premiums After Sudan Losses: Sources

Airlines could end up paying twice as much for insurance they need to protect themselves against losses triggered by war after a bruising year wiped out aviation war insurers’ revenue for 2023, industry sources say. Aircraft were destroyed at Khartoum …

Insurer Beazley Partners With Insurtech Gaia to Offer Coverage for IVF Treatment

Lloyd’s insurer Beazley partners with insurtech Gaia to offer a new solution for individuals undertaking in vitro fertilization (IVF) treatment. The health-focused insurtech has been working with Beazley and Chaucer to design a new underwriting approach and has been appointed …

People Moves: Gallagher Re’s Bousfield to Lockton Re Bermuda; Atrium Names Munich Re’s Cusition as Marine U/W; MS Amlin Hires RSA’s Forsyth as Lead Class Hull U/W

This edition of International People Moves details appointments at reinsurance broker Lockton Re and two insurers: Atrium Underwriters and MS Amlin Underwriting. A summary of these new hires follows here. Lockton Re Bermuda Appoints Gallagher Re’s Bousfield as Senior Broker …

Lloyd’s Launches Cryptocurrency Wallet Insurance Policy

Lloyd’s has launched an insurance policy to protect cryptocurrency held in online wallets against theft or other malicious hacks. The first of its kind liability policy, with flexible limits from as little as £1,000 (US$1,281), was created by Lloyd’s syndicate …

Best, S&P React to Ariel Re Sale of Bermuda, Zurich Units

Both A.M. Best and Standard & Poor’s issued bulletins following the announcement that Ariel Re was selling off its Bermuda-based reinsurance business to Arrow, a unit of investment Bank Goldman Sachs, and its trade credit and surety (C&S) operations, which …