RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. announced it has received all regulatory approvals required in connection with its previously announced acquisition of Platinum Underwriters Holdings, Ltd. The transaction remains subject to approval by the shareholders of Platinum at Platinum’s previously announced shareholder meeting …
Stephen Catlin, who is selling his Lloyd’s of London insurer to XL Group plc for $4.2 billion, expects the pace of mergers among smaller insurers to gather pace. “Anyone who has got a market value of less than $5 billion …
Beazley plc is targeting 5 percent growth for 2015 as the insurer looks to its U.S. unit to help offset falling prices for coverage at its Lloyd’s of London business. Beazley, the first of its peers to report results, forecasts …
Lloyd’s, the specialist insurance and reinsurance market, has appointed Christopher Mackinnon as its new general representative in Australia. Mackinnon starts in early February and brings with him more than 21 years’ experience in the international insurance industry, having extensive knowledge …
Terrorism, security and political risk experts from Willis provided some broad observations about last week’s terror attacks in Paris and how insurance buyers are responding. “The tragic events in Paris are a continuation of a pattern that has been proliferating …
Entrepreneurial organizations go through stages of growth, says the chief executive of one of the world’s largest wholesale insurance and reinsurance brokerages. Toby Esser, CEO of Cooper Gay Swett & Crawford (CGSC), says his company went through many transitions in …
China Reinsurance (Group) Corporation has received approval from Lloyd’s to transform its existing special purpose syndicate into a stand-alone syndicate that will underwrite a diversified book of business, initially focusing on reinsurance, incepting from January 1, 2015. The China Re …
Hamilton Insurance Group, the Bermuda-based holding company for property-casualty reinsurer Hamilton Re and insurer Hamilton USA, announced it has entered into a share purchase agreement to acquire Sportscover Underwriting Limited, a Lloyd’s managing agent which manages Syndicate 3334, and Kinetic …
Lloyd’s of London is offering Ebola coverage for first responders through its U.S. distributor, Specialty Insurance Advisors, as an added benefit to its pre-existing Needle Stick and Workplace Violence coverage. The cover will protect healthcare and law enforcement workers in …
Hardy Underwriting Asia Pte Ltd (Hardy Asia), a subsidiary of CNA Financial Corporation, has promoted Chris Wright as director and principal officer for Hardy Asia. (Hardy is a specialist underwriting business operating within Lloyd’s of London.) In this role, Chris …
