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Mallen previously spent over 10 years at Chaucer, most recently as a US casualty reinsurance underwriter.

Aon Re Brazil CEO Antonio Jorge Rodrigues and four other executives have left the firm and are expected to join rival broker Howden, this publication has learned. 

The business has engaged with the AssuredPartners process, and has also met with a range of other private brokers including Galway and NFP.

Nichols joins from Aeolus Capital Management, where he’d served as a portfolio manager after previously spending nearly a decade at Guy Carpenter.

He rejoins Aon after 15 years at Guy Carpenter.

A Delaware judge has ruled in favour of Vesttoo’s automatic stay in the bankruptcy case.

In the initial court documents, Aon alleged its rival broker and former head of PFI “conspired unlawfully” to recruit key members of the team.

As the curtain comes down on the millionth Monte Carlo Rendez-Vous, and the prices in the cafes and restaurants are presumably reset to their customary levels, the conference has again done its main job.

Insurance Insider has compiled a bite-sized wrap-up of the exclusive news stories and CEO interviews from this year's Monte Carlo Rendez-Vous.

Data from the broker indicated that around 70% of global losses were driven by SCS, with events in the US causing $35bn of insured losses over H1.

The executive also recommitted Aon to its mission around creating net new markets – including growing IP – in the wake of the Vesttoo issues.

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