April 2007/5

QBE Limit has expanded its aviation team hiring Tony Ambrose as an underwriter for Syndicate 5555's Products and Airports team.

AM Best has confirmed the appointment of former Lloyd’s commercial director Roger Sellek, a development first reported in Insider Week No 271.

Xchanging has priced its proposed initial public offering (IPO) at 210 to 240 pence a share, effectively valuing the company at £500mn at the mid-point price.

PartnerRe has promoted Costas Miranthis to become deputy chief executive of its non-US operations, PartnerRe Global.

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Reinsurance broker Benfield Group has successfully completed 98 percent of its 1/4 Japanese renewals electronically with the G6 group of Lloyd’s insurers.

Fast growing insurer Canopius Ltd is looking at options to expand its platform outside Lloyd’s, Insider Week can reveal.

Cat modelling firm Risk Management Solutions (RMS) has said the recent increases in Florida’s property values has exposed some cat bonds to a higher risk.

Patrick Snowball, Aviva UK’s group executive director, has resigned suddenly from the company and is set to join the insurance consolidator Towergate Partnership as deputy chairman.

AXA is set to securitise a further portion of its motor portfolio some 18 months after its landmark FCC Sparc transaction.

Catlin Group underwriter Matthew Yeldham has become the latest ex-Wellington Underwriting employee to leave the group after it was confirmed he would be joining Bermudian firm Aspen Insurance Holdings Limited as its head of International Insurance.

Japan’s improving economy has sparked an upgrade in the financial strength and debt ratings of Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance Co Ltd from AA- to AA.