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Willis Re Appoints Hannover Re’s Carroll to Western Europe Team

Willis Re has appointed Ronnie Carroll as head of Structured Solutions for Europe West and senior UK client advisor. He will report to Alkis Tsimaratos, managing director, head of Europe West. Carroll joins from Hannover Re where he was a …

RSA Appoints Stewart as Chief Risk Officer for UK and Western Europe

London-based RSA has appointed Doug Stewart to the new role of chief risk officer for the UK and western Europe. Stewart will be responsible for the governance of significant risks to the UK and Western European businesses, including strategic, insurance, …

RSA Appoints Thomas as Broker Relationship Director for UK, Western Europe

RSA, one of the largest UK commercial insurers, has appointed Owen Thomas as relationship director, effective May 13. In this newly created role, Thomas will have responsibility for leading the top broker relationships across UK and western Europe, with an …

Winter Storm ‘Bomb’ Watch Begins From New York to Europe

As fall gives way to winter, meteorologists from the U.S. East Coast to the shores of Western Europe will be watching for signs that the next storm heading their way will turn into a bomb. That’s right — a bomb. …

Standard & Poor’s Report Reviews Global Insurance Ratings

A report from S&P’s rating services notes that “after revising its insurance criteria earlier this year”, the rating agency “affirmed more than 91 percent of its global ratings, raised 7 percent, and lowered 2 percent. The regional and global differences …

Civil Unrest Leads Aon to Downgrade 37 Countries on Political Risk Map

Aon Risk Solutions, the global risk management business of Aon plc, has just issued its latest political risk map, which gauges the level of risk for international business in more than 200 countries. Aon said “37 countries were downgraded in …

PERILS Estimates Windstorm Andrea Property Losses at $407 Million

PERILS AG, the independent Zurich-based company providing industry-wide European catastrophe insurance data, has updated its loss report for windstorm Andrea, which struck Western Europe in early January. PERILS’ second property market loss estimate for Andrea is โ‚ฌ309 million [$407 million], …