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Liberty Mutual Announces Organizational Changes, Leading to 370 US Job Losses

Liberty Mutual Insurance announced major organizational changes and executive leadership appointments, which are aimed at enhancing its personal and small commercial lines business in long-term strategic markets. Approximately 370 jobs will be lost in the US as a result of …

FedNat to Cancel 56,000 Policies Under Restructuring Plan; Monarch Finds Investor

Starting today, May 16, Florida insurance agents and 68,000 policyholders will have 45 days to find new homeowners and dwelling coverage, under a financial restructuring plan submitted by FedNat Insurance and its sister companies. But unlike an insolvency, FedNat Insurance …

UK Brokerage Group Jensten Simplifies Corporate Structure, Brands

The Jensten Group, the UK independent insurance broking group, has embarked upon a transformation program across the business which will see it simplify its corporate structure, systems, and brands. The restructure will see the business rationalize over a period of …

Beazley Restructures Its Underwriting Team to Support Growth Ambitions

Beazley has restructured its underwriting team with the creation of four new divisions: Specialty Risks, Cyber Risks, MAP Risks and Property Risks. The divisions will be interconnected, able to operate at scale, and will generate efficiencies and deliver innovation that …

ING to Sell $1.2 Billion Stake in NN Group in Stock Offering

ING Groep NV, the biggest Dutch financial services company, is cutting its stake in NN Group NV by selling shares worth about 1.06 billion euros ($1.21 billion). ING is offering about 43 million shares in NN Group in a sale …

ACE USA Restructures Global Property Division

ACE USA, the U.S.-based retail operating division of The ACE Group, has reorganized its Global Property division to now include three property insurance units designed to serve the needs of domestic and multinational businesses. The commercial property, specialty catastrophe, and …

Willis International Announces European Leadership Appointments

Willis Group Holdings has announced a series of senior leadership appointments in its Willis International business unit, “focusing on its UK and wider European operations.” Willis also explained that the new appointments “complete a reorganization process which began a year …

South to Head Marsh’s Combined Asia-Pacific; Piccolomini Continental Europe

Marsh has embarked on a major reordering of its regional activities, which it said is “in order to align the delivery of its global capabilities more closely to the needs of clients around the world.” Marsh has combined its Asia …

Euro Zone, IMF Secure Deal on Cutting Greek Debt

Euro zone finance ministers and the International Monetary Fund clinched agreement on reducing Greece’s debt on Monday in a breakthrough to release urgently needed loans to keep the near-bankrupt economy afloat. After 12 hours of talks at their third meeting …

Wisconsin’s Sentry Insurance Cuts Office Jobs, Home-Based Agents

Sentry Insurance, based in Stevens Point, Wis., says it’s cutting 27 office jobs in central Wisconsin and 144 home-based agents across 10 states as it restructures its strategy for selling personal line policies. Those policies are generally home and auto …