XL Catlin News

XL Catlin Enhances Design Professionals Professional Liability Platform

XL Catlin has enhanced its online underwriting platform for design professional brokers to offer capabilities for quick, single-point access to rate, bind and issue professional liability insurance coverage for architects, engineers, and other design professionals. The technology is compatible on …

XL Catlin to Offer Network Modeling, Cyber Risk Scoring Platform Through RedSeal

XL Catlin and RedSeal have partnered on a new approach to cyber insurance using an objective measurement of a network’s resilience to help underwriters evaluate their clients’ risks over time and help clients continue to improve their cybersecurity and potentially …

Blockchain Insurance Industry Initiative, B3i, Forms Company Called ‘B3i Services’

The Blockchain Insurance Industry Initiative (B3i) announced the incorporation of B3i Services AG in Zurich, Switzerland. The company was formed by the founders of B3i, which previously operated as a collaborative initiative of 15 global insurers and reinsurers who came …

Sutherland Joins XL Catlin as a North Central Regional Leader in Chicago

XL Catlin has added Todd Sutherland in Chicago as its new regional leader, US North Central. Sutherland will lead the regional Broker and Client Management team in Chicago, working with XL Catlin brokers and clients throughout the North Central region …

XL Catlin Introduces Brexit Continuity Clause to Address Risk of Loss of EU Passporting

XL Catlin’s London-based insurance operation has introduced a Brexit contract continuity clause. The clause addresses the risk that contracts written by XL’s London-based entities prior to Brexit may become impermissible if passporting rights are lost as a consequence of the …

XL Catlin Taps Uhlmann from Zurich to Lead Canada Insurance Business

XL Catlin has appointed Urs Uhlmann as CEO, country manager for Canada. In his new role, Uhlmann will lead XL Catlin’s regional business strategy and overall insurance operations in Canada. Uhlmann joins XL Catlin after serving five years as CEO …

How AXA Wooed and Won XL Group in $15.3B Takeover Deal

AXA SA’s pursuit of its biggest ever takeover really got serious at a romantic hotel on the shores of Lake Zurich. That’s where top executives of the French behemoth and XL Group Ltd., fresh from the annual gathering of the …

XL Group CEO McGavick Comments on Firm’s Agreed Purchase by France’s AXA

XL Group’s CEO Mike McGavick has issued the following statement to clients and brokers in response to today’s announcement that XL has entered into an agreement to be acquired by French insurer AXA. Dear Valued Partners, We wanted to let …

XL Catlin Insurance Taps AXA’s Hanna as Head of Central Broker Management

XL Catlin’s insurance operations announced it has appointed Elie Hanna as head of Central Broker Management. He reports to Philippe Gouraud, head of Strategic Client and Broker Management, Insurance. Based in London, Hanna will be responsible for managing XL Catlin’s …

XL Catlin Launches Protect & Assist in Australia

XL Catlin has launched Protect and Assist, an accident and health insurance solution designed to help Australian businesses protect their people and meet their duty of care in the face of emerging risks and heightened security threats. Protect and Assist …