Irish market News

BHSI Hires Kidd from AIG as Head of Third Party Lines in Ireland

Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) announced that Louise Kidd has joined its growing European team as head of Third Party Lines in Ireland. Kidd comes to BHSI with nearly two decades of industry experience with a focus on third-party lines. …

HSB Launches Online Broker E-Trading Platform in Ireland

Specialist engineering and technology insurer HSB, part of Munich Re, has expanded its e-trade offering by launching HSB Fast Track, its broker online trading platform, in Ireland. The HSB Fast Track e-trade platform is offering brokers in Ireland a full …

BHSI Taps AIG’s Browne as Ireland Country Manager, Head of Casualty, U.K. & Europe

Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) announced it has named Hilary Browne to the dual role of country manager for Ireland and head of Casualty for U.K. and Europe. Browne comes to BHSI with nearly 20 years of European market experience. …

RSA Ireland Names Thompson from Insurance Ireland as CEO

Kevin Thompson has been appointed chief executive of RSA Ireland after being approved by the regulator Central Bank of Ireland. He will replace Ken Norgrove, who is moving to the role of CEO of Codan/Trygg-Hansa, RSA Group’s Scandinavian business. Thompson …

U.S. Multinationals Flee No-Tax Caribbean Havens, in Favor of Low-Tax Havens

Many U.S. multinational corporations have packed up or are choosing to open subsidiaries in low-tax, rather than no-tax, countries that are seen as more legitimate than the formerly popular island destinations of the Cayman Islands and the Bahamas. They’re fleeing …

Fidelis Sets Up Re/Insurer in Dublin to Prepare for Brexit; Senior Leaders Appointed

Fidelis Insurance Holdings Ltd. announced it has established a regulated re/insurer in Ireland, called Fidelis Insurance Ireland DAC (FIID), to take advantage of opportunities in the European Economic Area (EEA) after Brexit. On Oct. 22, 2018 the Central Bank of …

Pen Underwriting Builds on QBE Partnership with Irish P/C Capacity Deal

Pen Underwriting has extended its strategic relationship with QBE into the Republic of Ireland, with a new property & casualty capacity partnership in the highly specialist area of hazardous goods & environmental industries. The new partnership takes effect on Jan. …

BHSI Opens London Office, Expands UK & Southern Europe Team

Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Co. (BHSI), in coordination with its affiliate Berkshire Hathaway International Insurance Ltd. (BHIIL), announced it has opened a new office in London. In addition, key executive roles have been filled. Richard Nathan has been named head …

XL Catlin Launches Environmental Solution in Ireland

XL Catlin announced the launch of a new environmental insurance solution in Ireland, which is tailored to address the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Guidance on Financial Provision for Environmental Liabilities. A key stipulation of the guidance, published in October 2015, …

More UK Insurers Consider Move to Ireland for Europe HQs: Central Bank

A growing number of global insurers are considering moving to Ireland and some may choose to locate European headquarters there rather than Britain following that country’s vote to leave the European Union, Ireland’s central bank said on Thursday. Ireland is …