Cyber

Callaghan Insurance placed the cover for the Gibraltar Blockchain Exchange.

The executive will be based in London and report to global cyber and technology head Dan Trueman.

Tom Allen joined Channel in June 2016 to launch the cyber division.

Alex Smith joins the cyber and specialty lines MGA from Capital Risks.

Daljitt Barn follows recent arrival Paul Jardine onto the advisory board of the start-up.

Will underwriting as we know it survive the digital industrial revolution that the world is currently undergoing?

Artificial intelligence may drive many of the (re)insurance industry’s functions in years to come, but hiring top talent alongside it will be key to the sector’s future success.

Demand for larger limits is also increasing, with a race among brokers to place $1bn in limit.

Are we as an industry any good at practicing what we preach?

The Moore Stephens pricing and data platform will merge with Sequel.

The hotel group’s cyber placement is led by AIG and brokered by Lockton.

The carrier is scrutinising and amending group-wide policy language to clarify coverage for cyber risk across all lines of business.