Marine

Aegis London has hired Jonathan Humm from Hiscox as head of hull, The Insurance Insider can reveal.

Axis Capital has started to look for a renewal rights deal for Steve Saunders' international downstream energy book that could also see the team move to a rival, The Insurance Insider understands.

The soft market for upstream energy is over.

Britannia P&I has hired former JLT Middle East CEO John O'Flaherty to set up a new branch Singapore, as the mutual's manager, Tindall Riley, expands in Asia.

Coastal Marine, the Hong Kong-based small tonnage hull specialist MGA, is to revive its Singapore launch plans in 2018, according to chief underwriting officer Mark Stevens.

Energy market veteran Chris Wildee is set to make a return in a senior underwriting role at Oman Insurance, The Insurance Insider can reveal.

Turkey is to establish a nuclear insurance pool to offer EUR700mn ($829mn) of protection for the country's first nuclear power plants, located in Akkuyu and Sinop, according to reports

Specialty insurer Navigators has reshuffled its senior marine leadership after promoting group leader Michael McKenna to chief underwriting officer (CUO) for its US insurance segment.

The UK P&I Club has chosen to establish a new EU subsidiary in the Netherlands to safeguard market access rights to the European Economic Area after Brexit.

Lloyd's carrier Canopius has entered an agreement with State National to offer US ocean marine and US management and professional liability business on admitted paper.

Falvey Insurance Group plans to close its yacht underwriting business just weeks after The Insurance Insider reported the managing general agent had handed $70mn of losses to Lloyd’s.

North P&I Club will establish a subsidiary in Dublin to retain market access to the European Economic Area (EEA) after Brexit.