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Chicago-based Aon Corp. reported that David P. Bolger, executive vice president, chief financial officer and chief administrative officer, will leave the company after the appointment of his successor. Bolger will remain with Aon while a search for his successor is …

People and Places

Emeryville, Calif.-based Commodore Insurance Services Inc. appointed Mark Cravens president. Cravens was recently with Wellington Underwriting, which was acquired by Catlin, where he led development of catastrophe modeling and risk assessment practices and resources, and also advanced underwriting support and …

Munich Re Leads Caribbean Nat Cat Risk Syndicate

Munich Re will lead a syndicate – the “Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility” (CCRIF), set up to offer 16 countries in the Caribbean insurance cover against hurricanes and earthquakes. The syndicate officially opens for business today, June 1. Munich Re …

AIG Capital Invests in Sindicatum Carbon Capital

AIG Capital Partners, Inc. (AIGCP), a member company of AIG Global Investment Group (AIGGIG) has reached an agreement to become a significant investor in London-based Sindicatum Carbon Capital Ltd. (SCC). The Company is a “a principal financier/developer of green house …

Langley Leaving Hiscox to Become Lloyd’s Director

Sue Langley, previously Chief Operating Officer at Hiscox, is leaving the Bermuda-based/UK insurer to take up a new position as Lloyd’s Director, Market Operations and North America. She is expected to formally join Lloyd’s this summer Lloyd’s indicated that Langley …

S&P Warns EU Insurers Not to Ignore Solvency II

Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has issued a report – “Beware Solvency II: As The 2010 Implementation Date Looms Closer, European Insurers Should Ignore It At Their Peril” -, warning the EU’s insurance community that the impact from the implementation …

CSFI Report Finds Regulatory Burdens Top List of Industry Concerns

“Too much regulation” tops the list of industry concerns according to a recent survey compiled by the Centre for the Study of Financial Innovation (CSFI) in association with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. The “Banana Skins” survey has analyzed the banking industry’s main …

Nas Offers Network Security Insurance for Hospital, Physician Carriers

Encino, Calif.-based Nas Insurance Services is offering Network Security Insurance (e-MD), which covers allegations against an insured physician or medical group such as breach of privacy, identity theft, etc. e-MD includes government investigations defense cost insurance, which covers government investigations …

Greenberg Growing C.V. Starr at Home and Abroad

Exclusive Video Interview Greenberg Interview, Take 4: Growing C.V. Starr Chairman Maurice “Hank” Greenberg is busy growing his current insurance organization, privately-held C.V. Starr & Co. and all of its units, through acquisitions and investments at home and abroad. His …

Lloyd’s Ark Syndicate Licenses Use of RiskLink® from RMS

Ark Syndicate Management has entered into an agreement with Risk Management Solutions to license its RiskLink® catastrophe modeling platform. “Ark will use RMS peril models as part of a holistic approach to understanding catastrophe risks and accumulations, and to report …