Aerospace

Mapfre Global Risks (MGR) has hired Oscar Becerra from Willis to start writing aviation business from London.

Clear Blue's latest addition to its stable of programs has the backing of Qatar Re as its reinsurer, The Insurance Insider can reveal.

Dubai-based MGA Elseco has confirmed the appointment of Olivier Marre as its head of aviation, as first reported by The Insurance Insider in February.

The UK Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) has said it expects all firms operating under the Solvency II regime to give "specific consideration" to their management of "silent" cyber exposures

Talbot's head of treaty John Cutts has left after well over a decade with the company, The Insurance Insider has learned

Aviation underwriters and their representatives have agreed on new policy wording to limit the impact of Brexit on multi-year insurance coverage

JLT Specialty USA has made four senior appointments within its aerospace practice that draw on three JLT insiders and one external hire

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Liberty Specialty Markets has hired Hans Towler to succeed the outgoing leader of its aviation reinsurance division, the company announced today

Marsh has hired a duo of aircraft finance experts from the US Export-Import Bank (Ex-Im), a government-backed export facilitator, to work on its newly established Boeing credit insurance facility.

The pricing of aviation risk is unsustainable, with a major catastrophe on top of mounting attritional losses likely to throw the sector off balance, according to Global Aerospace group CEO Nick Brown

Marsh has formally announced the formation of the Aircraft Finance Insurance Consortium (AFIC) alongside aircraft manufacturer Boeing, which The Insurance Insider originally revealed in April