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The underwriter has worked at Hiscox, Lloyd’s, Chubb and Zurich. -
The platform aims to “bend the loss curve”.
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The carrier notified California regulators that it would stop renewing plans starting last month.
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Tim Barber joins from QBE Re, where he was head of North America.
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The broker announced the launch of its cross-class facility this week.
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She was most recently claims manager at QBE France.
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The carrier cited elevated cat and large-loss activity, including the LA wildfires.
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Bridges joins from QBE, where he spent over 17 years.
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Last year, the firm obtained a Class 4 license in Bermuda.
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Bridges had been at QBE for 17 years.
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The claim hits the downstream market following a loss-hit start to the year.
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There have been several personnel moves in the fast-growing tax insurance space recently.
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Andrew Kane has spent eight years at QBE.
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The carrier incurred claims from LA wildfires and flooding in Queensland.
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The facility provides follow capacity to US and international placements.
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The steep reduction in quantum stands to benefit specialty excess of loss reinsurers.
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Retention levels for reinsurance fell across the different geographies the carrier operates in.
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Fast Track is led by QBE and backed by Canopius, Arch and Beazley.
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Capacity will be available to 11 open-market lines of business.
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Anthony Norfolk joins from Swiss Re, where he was a senior engineering underwriter.
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The insurer will focus on UK regional growth and opportunities in cyber for the coming year.
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The insurer has renewed separate three and five-year arrangements.
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The appointment comes after the departure of Mark Benbow, who is joining Westfield.
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The move marks a return to underwriting for Michelle Boyd, who worked at Axa XL and HDI.
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The carrier’s lower hurricane exposure was driven by portfolio exits and optimisation.
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RiverStone is assuming $1.2bn of a $1.6bn legacy deal.
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A significant amount of new capacity has flowed into the political violence and terror market in recent months.
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The regulator alleges customers were promised discounts they did not receive.
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The reinsurer’s A&H head Simon Parkinson left earlier this year to join Redriff Underwriting.
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Negligence must be proved to cover any loss of life for passengers under P&I cover.
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QBE has “effectively stopped writing new business” in response to its New Caledonia loss.
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The legacy firm said the deal would strengthen its Bermuda operations.
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The transactions will de-risk all North America middle-market reserves up to 30 June 2024.
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The international business grew premiums by 12.5% over the period.
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Loss assessment is ongoing but the event looks likely to be a total loss.
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The Mexican state oil company delivered the upstream market its largest claim in 2023.
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Reinsurance sources say the pool targets the wrong aspects of Australian cat losses.
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Ambac Financial Corporation recently acquired a majority stake in Beat.
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The company will now focus on its better-positioned businesses.
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The carrier said nat-cat claims were running in line with plan assumptions.
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Nicola Schroder was head of environment and transition.
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The carrier is hiring after Simon Parkinson left to join start-up RedRiff.
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Catalina Romero and Iain Bird have been added to the trade credit team.
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Combined ratios have improved as prices rise and investments return to profit.
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The underwriter will report to Kristina Maffit.
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Coppola was also a member of the NA exec management board.
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Shallow will also become joint active underwriter for Syndicate 2999.
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Finan was VP of construction and infrastructure at Marsh.
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The Australian insurer will have $1.7bn of core XOL cover this year.
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The international business grew premiums by 17%.
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The carrier has been hiring after the launch of a new specialty practice.
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The A&H reinsurance underwriter was launched by Peter Wilkins at the end of last year.
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The carrier is rebuilding its energy underwriting team after a number of staff departures.
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Rice has been appointed as senior underwriter and head of business development for Europe.
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Carmen DeSilva will help build out QBE Re’s Bermuda specialty reinsurance business.
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Salvatore Sama has been named global product head for casualty, while Jane Farren has been named global head of financial professional lines.
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Andrew Guarnori joins from Swiss Re, while Ashish Ahluwalia was previously head of reserving.
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RedRiff Agency will underwrite A&H insurance and reinsurance through a Lloyd’s consortium led by Beat 4242.
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The broker said that cat losses were around $950mn in the year to October.
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Ablett is currently QBE’s global head of trade credit and surety and has headed up its global credit team since 2018.
