May 2016/4

Capita Insurance Services is set to make several members of its business development team redundant following an internal review, The Insurance Insider can reveal.

Jonathan Zisaruk, vice president of M&A at Enstar, has resigned from the company, The Insurance Insider has learned.

The Hanover's Lloyd's arm Chaucer has made a brace of accident and health (A&H) underwriting hires from Markel International, The Insurance Insider can reveal.

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Berkshire Hathaway reinsurance chief Ajit Jain has hinted at a potential shift in strategy at reinsurer Gen Re as it looks to navigate challenging market conditions at the same time as growing under its newly anointed CEO Kara Raiguel.

Lloyd's has appointed niche consultancy One6 to undertake a review of the structure of the Corporation, The Insurance Insider can reveal.

The beleaguered aviation war market could soon be hit with another total loss after the downing of EgyptAir flight MS804 last week.

Bernie de Haldevang, former head of Finpro International at Aspen, is set to join Lloyd's (re)insurer Sompo Canopius as head of specialty, The Insurance Insider understands.

Swiss Re has launched a start-up accelerator in Bangalore aimed at supporting InsurTech start-ups with the potential to disrupt the (re)insurance market.

UK broker Towergate is understood to be close to hiring former Windsor managing director Neil Pearce to head up its London market operations, The Insurance Insider can reveal.

Marine market veteran Chris Clark has indicated that he will retire from Willis Re next year, The Insurance Insider can reveal.

On a recent trip to New York I finally got around to reading the Malcolm Gladwell book Outliers.