Sompo Canopius has appointed Mark Newman as chief executive officer Sompo Canopius Asia Pacific, Middle East and North Africa. He is based in the Singapore office, reporting to Mike Duffy, chief underwriting officer. Newman has 30 years in insurance and …
Sompo Canopius* AG has appointed Paul Kedney as chief commercial officer. Kedney will join the group’s executive committee and work closely with Stuart Davies, group chief executive officer, and Mike Duffy, group chief underwriting officer. Previously actuarial and risk director …
Sompo Canopius AG announces has hired Laurie Banez as head of U.S. financial and professional lines. Banez is based in the New York office and reports to Stephen Hartwig, group head of casualty. She joins from Argo Pro with nearly …
Sompo Canopius AG and Mexico’s Grupo Nacional Provinical SAB formed a strategic partnership. This arrangement will help both parties to develop new business and insurance products for the Mexican market, “capitalizing on GNP’s position as a leading domestic insurer and …
Sompo Canopius AG announced that Bernie de Haldevang is joining the group as global head of specialty. He will be responsible for further developing the group’s political risks lines and its accident & health and casualty lines, as it looks …
The Sompo group companies have launched a model for evaluating risks to onshore and offshore wind farms. The model, which provides key pricing and cat modeling data for insuring the construction and operation of wind turbines, was created by Sompo …
Two insurers, Travelers and Novae, have joined the Construction Consortium at Lloyd’s to offer greatly increased underwriting capacity for the largest construction risks in the world across all major onshore construction and engineering risk categories. The consortium was launched in …
Sompo Canopius AG announced the appointment of Mike Southgate as global head of Marine, Energy and Engineering. He will join the group underwriting committee and report to Mike Duffy, group chief underwriting officer. Southgate, who was previously joint active underwriter …
Sompo Canopius AG has entered into a license agreement with SSBN, which will provide it with flood models and hazard maps for the United States. SSBN works within the insurance sector, providing global flood risk analytics, which are based on …
Sompo Canopius AG has announced a number of changes to its organizational structure. The company is simplifying its underwriting management and structure to enhance cohesiveness and focus on profitability across the group. It is also making some changes to its …
