Operations/tech

The move counters the assumption London market carriers will shrink their real estate footprint after a year of home working.

The FinTech specialist will take on the role from April and joins Andreas Roth and Sebastiaan Bongers on the leadership team.

US carriers lag European peers, but the country is rising from its slumber under Biden.

The pre-eminent reinsurance event is cancelled for the second year running over Covid-19 concerns.

The former Corporation chief technology officer will report to Thibaud Hervy.

The Luther Pendragon director will be seconded to the role on a part-time basis from 1 April until the end of 2021.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is looking at the feasibility of mandating diversity targets in its premium listing framework to improve diversity and inclusion, according to the FCA’s chief executive Nikhil Rathi.

Existing investors HGGC and Aimco will retain minority holdings after a deal which reportedly values the insurance services provider at £1.2bn.

The MGA aims to improve its cyber claims and incident response abilities through the deal.

Written comments should be submitted by email by 3 May and the draft methodology is available online.

The board says each business should be individually responsible for managing the associated risks and opportunities.

The reinsurer accelerates its retreat as part of a new set of targets to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050.