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Pandemic Reinsurance Solution Gains Wide Support from UK Re/Insurance Industry

UK insurance executives have taken another step toward developing a public-private risk-financing mechanism for future pandemics with the creation of work streams to take the idea from the drawing board to an operating company. So-called “Pandemic Re,” which was first …

Massachusetts’ Sayata Labs Announces Two New Hires

Sayata Labs has announced two new hires to boost its on-the-ground capabilities. Valorie Owens will serve as U.S. business development manager, and Ben Goldfien will serve as insurance operations manager. They will both report to recent hire and former Beazley …

Iowa’s BrokerTech Ventures Adds 5 New Agency Partners, Names Hatten as COO

BrokerTech Ventures (BTV), the Des Moines, Iowa-based broker-led investor group and accelerator program, has added five new investor partners/sponsors, including Heffernan Insurance Brokers Inc., The Horton Group, Inc., IMA Financial Group, MJ Insurance and Woodruff Sawyer. BTV also has appointed …

Brown Reappointed as Texas Workers’ Comp Commissioner

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has reappointed Cassie Brown as Commissioner of Workers’ Compensation at the Texas Department of Insurance (TDI). Her term will expire on Feb. 1, 2021. Brown has served as workers’ comp commissioner since being appointed to the …

Starr Companies Restructures Casualty Business Units

Starr Companies has made organizational and leadership changes within its Casualty business units to bette aligns underwriting and risk management in the liability marketplace. Financial Lines and Professional Liability are consolidating under the leadership of Brian Inselberg, senior vice president. …

XL Catlin Taps Coladon from The Guarantee as Fine Art & Specie U/W in Canada

XL Catlin has appointed Farzina Coladon as underwriter, fine art and specie (FAS) in Canada. Coladon is responsible for underwriting fine art, jewelers block and general specie insurance across Canada. Based in Toronto, Coladon, joined on Nov. 6 and is …