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The move comes as Michael Creighton is made credit and political-risk director for Africa. -
Private capital providers are being signed down as two strong years have piqued interest.
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The London MGA is considering various options, including a minority investor.
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The appointments are aimed at offering a clearer team structure.
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The EUR100mn+ Ebitda firm is courting both PE and trade suitors.
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The hire will lead the firm’s UK and Europe operations.
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Property pricing fell by 8%, while casualty rate increases tapered to 3%.
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Reinsurers are willing to concede on pricing, while cyber interest is on the rise.
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The financial services growth strategy could be “turbo-charged” by involving brokers, it said.
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Majority shareholder Fosun will continue to hold the remaining 86.7% of shares.
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The investor has made four new investments post-H1.
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EMEA CEO Laurent Rousseau said reinsurance must retain its relevance to investors.
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Munich Re is among the insurers with a stake in the German carrier.
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The change forms part of a broader leadership reorganisation.
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Property, cyber and workers’ comp rates were all down mid-single digits, offsetting casualty hardening.
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The reinsurer stressed it “did not shy” from cat business in 2023.
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Insurance grad vacancies were down 18% year-on-year in the UK, ahead of a 3% nationwide drop.
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Jamie Smith joined Arch in 2018, taking on the senior underwriter role in 2022.
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Debbie Hobbs joined Miller in 2021 from EmergIn Risk.
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Michael Shen will be succeeded by deputy Camilla Walker.
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The reshuffle is likely laying the foundations for the eventual succession to CEO Mario Greco.
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Class actions and third-party litigation funding will drive up losses.
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The European broker said a London wholesaler is the ‘missing piece’ of its strategy.
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Manuel Perez will continue in his ongoing role as head of cyber for LatAm.
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Jennings will reunite with Cameron-Williams, who he worked with at BDO.
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White will join from Allianz trade, and Summers from Talbot.
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The reinsurer plans to grow its US business at a higher rate than its non-US business.
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The carrier has hired José David Jiménez García as managing director for Germany.
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Scott was most recently head of claims at MGA Geo Underwriting.
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The Ryan Specialty renewables MGA launched an international arm last year.
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Despite a rocky H1, 2025 insured losses from nat cat events may not surpass 2024 levels.
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The specialty insurer was recently acquired by Korean carrier DB Insurance.
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It comes as the MGA expects to write more than $1bn of premium in 2026.
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The carrier will pay special dividends only in exceptional circumstances.
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Samir Hemsi was CUO at Westfield Syndicate and sat on the firm’s board of directors.
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The newly united company has set out ambitions to double in size by 2030.
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Julia Graham played a key role in the UK's introduction of captive-friendly regulation.
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The ratings agency cited a reduction in exposure to nat cat risk as a reason for the change.
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The protection gap must be closed before a public cyber reinsurance scheme is possible.
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Other MGAs in the transactional-liability class are also expanding into the US.
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Continental composite carriers aim to smooth volatility with new initiatives.
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Kantara now holds a majority stake in the MGA, with the rest held by employees.
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The upcoming Lloyd’s Lab cohort 16 will include a dedicated Irish theme.
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Legacy reinsurance deals will be reviewed by the Legacy Review Panel.
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Tom Potter was global casualty underwriting manager for UK & Lloyd’s at Axa XL.
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The deal will be watched closely by Radian’s handful of similar peers.
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Small modular reactors are increasingly viewed as a means of meeting surging energy demand.
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Georges De Macedo will remain within the group as a board member.
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Aon’s Enrico Vanin will lead the platform as CEO.
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After losing in the High Court, insurers pin their hopes on the Court of Appeal.
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The sponsorship deal comes ahead of the Winter Olympics and Paralympic Games next year.
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The London broker has also recently hired Michael Lohan from Lockton.
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Global pricing is now 22% below the mid-2022 peak.
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MGA Amiga Specialty launched in May, with backing from investor BP Marsh.
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The rating action follows the upgrade of Italy's sovereign rating earlier this month.
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The broker’s headline Ebitda was $20mn, up from $5.6mn in 2023.
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The executive met with UK colleagues to discuss plans for the US business.
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The change in reinsurance intermediary follows an RFP for the account.
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The economic loss from the event was around EUR7.6bn.
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Losing senior women creates a knock-on effect as juniors lose role models.
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The acquisition furthers Howden’s expansion into the US retail space.
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The CEO said the lack of portfolio crossover was highly attractive to Inigo.
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Organisations were challenged to address systemic DEI failure rather than play “word salad” with labels.
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The deal marks the latest step in Catalina’s shift from P&C to life run-off.
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The ILS manager has $6.8bn in assets and will be led by MariaGiovanna Guatteri.
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The carrier plans to reduce 623’s stamp by around 10% next year.
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The combined casualty treaty team has also made a number of hires.
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Property remains the dominant line, accounting for nearly 30% of total London premiums.
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Her predecessor will become head of US excess casualty and operations.
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The MGA is backed by three Lloyd’s syndicates, offering capacity limits of up to $10mn.
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Ex-Western Europe CRB head Alberto Gallego and colleagues left for a Marsh joint venture.
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The deal represents a first entry into the US MGA market for the $1.1tn asset manager.
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Plaintiffs allege that manufacturers and retailers have broken environmental laws.
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Giles has spent more than five years at Themis Underwriting.
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From aviation claims to retention challenges, underlying dynamics will take time to play out.
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He was appointed CUO of casualty, Americas, in July last year.
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Nick Fallon is the latest in a string of retro-broker moves in the market.
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The Howden MGA established its marine presence in the Netherlands in 2023.
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There are concerns that repeated delays could lead to market disengagement with the process.
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The carrier’s US and Europe claims teams will report to Clayden.
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The platform aims to “bend the loss curve”.
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The relationship between growth and capital is “symbiotic”, the broker said.
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The syndicate is targeting capital allocation for 1 January, the company confirmed.
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Lenders include Morgan Stanley, Permira and Bridgepoint.
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The carrier’s chief buyer urged a partnership approach from reinsurers.
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Blackstone-style capital seeking to get closer to source is a net negative for reinsurers.
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Cedants target methods of reducing pressure on earnings as reinsurers chase growth.
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Lloyd’s has pursued a Big Game Hunting strategy to lure major insurers into the market.
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New capacity continues to flow into the hull market, despite rating pressure.
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An M&A senior analyst and M&A underwriter for emerging markets are also set to depart.
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The syndicate will be targeting approximately $50mn of GWP in its first year.
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Scale is increasingly becoming a differentiator for reinsurance carriers, the broker noted.
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Geopolitical turbulence brings new challenges that primary specialty lines carriers urgently need to address.
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Being conservative and stable is the name of the reinsurer’s game.
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Apollo most recently received in-principle approval for Syndicate 1972.
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The aviation market may prove an outlier following a disastrous year of loss activity.
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The private ILS segment took losses from LA wildfires and Mid-West severe convective storms in H1 2025.
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The sector recorded total premiums written in London of £11.9bn in 2024
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The insurer’s plans for the syndicate were revealed by this publication earlier this year.
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The MGA has set a "new market benchmark" for non-US primary tax risk, it said.
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Litigation funders are promoting “aggressive” tactics in the UK, Holland and Israel.
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Hannover Re Capital Partners is in talks with two investors for 1 January launch.
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The former Hannover Re CEO said reinsurers must use alternative capital and tech.
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Earnings covers do not need to equal aggregate reinsurance deals, the broker said.
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Reinsurers are ready to draw a line under a worsening claim outlook across the casualty market.
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The carrier M&A cycle has started and reinsurance is a segment where acquisitions work better.
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A survey from PwC described the sector as “stable”, “evolving” and “dynamic”.
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CEO Thierry Léger also stressed his intention to repair the carrier’s relations with Covea.
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Stefan Golling also said Munich Re’s appetite for agg covers was unchanged.
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Swiss Re forecasts more risk transferring to reinsurance and retro markets in the future.
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Excess capacity will sustain softer rates, as organic growth challenges lead to more M&A chatter.
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Reinsurance CEO Wakefield said reinsurance structures may evolve for prolonged growth.
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Agency reactions ranged from Fitch revising down its sector outlook to AM Best keeping a positive outlook.
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Terms are expected to hold, underpinning the stronger recent performance of reinsurers.
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The reinsurer’s new CEO said he sees no need for a radical shift in strategy.
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Ryan Alternative Capital Re was launched in partnership with Axis Capital.
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Mark ‘Ollie’ Hollingworth has held his current role at Atrium since 2017.
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Tim Barber joins from QBE Re, where he was head of North America.
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Heyburn joins from Brit, where he was A&H class underwriter.
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Rönesans covers lines including aviation, energy, engineering and liability.
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Lloyd’s reported reinsurance GWP increased 10.6% to £13.2mn.
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Gross written premium was up 6% year on year.
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Signs of discipline indicate a “break” from past boom/bust market cycles.
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Sébastien Bardy joins from Allianz to lead the firm’s financial scale-up.
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The carrier is looking to take a lead position in energy-transition risks.
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City firms have introduced perks of extending working from home periods and half days in summer.
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The reinsurance veteran joined Aon nearly 20 years ago from Cooper Gay.
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The executive will buy reinsurance for HDI and Talanx’s corporate unit.
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Rates are bottoming out, but ample capacity is still preventing a hardening market.
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The firm has also updated the loss-calculation engines of existing Jeannie tools.
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The all-cash deal values the Bermudian’s stock at a 36% premium.
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This publication first reported deal talks last week.
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Last year marked the second consecutive year in which carriers made a positive return.
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Paul Jeroen van de Grampel drove Aon's M&A and litigation solutions proposition.
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Submission volume is up 10%-20%, according to sources.
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He succeeds Felix Cassau, who is joining Hannover Re.
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A notable uptick in attendance underpins the value still placed on the iconic trading centre.
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The division reported revenue up 13.3% at A$465.9mn.
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Equidad earlier sold its soccer team to group of US investors that includes actor Ryan Reynolds.
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Assurex’s global independent broker network pumps $4bn of premium into the London market.
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The broker said 2026 will bring a “cautious but deliberate” aviation reinsurance environment.
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This publication revealed yesterday that Sompo is currently in negotiations with Aspen.
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She was most recently claims manager at QBE France.
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Bartlett is the latest in a series of talent moves in the construction market.
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The deal comes amid heightened interest in German distribution assets.
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The combined ratio worsened slightly by 0.5 points to 91.6%.
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The mid-year renewals point to mounting pressure on reinsurance pricing.
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The deal was announced last month.
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The update will enable structured data capture early in the placing process.
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Placement head Delchar said Gemini will be available across its global book of in-scope risks.
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The carbon-credit insurer has appointed James Morrell head of credit underwriting.
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Signature of the exit plan is needed for cutover in 2026.
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Top line grew across all carriers even as pre-tax profits dipped.
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The move is a retaliation to Howden’s US retail launch.
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The broker has been on an aggressive hiring spree overseen by Lucy Clarke.
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Matthew Budd has over 30 years’ claims experience and previously worked for Talbot and XL.
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The CEO said the carrier will prioritise margin over top-line growth.
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Covea had requested a stay in the proceedings.
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The P&C division booked a combined ratio of 81.1% for the first half of 2025.
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The carrier also reported a slightly improved combined ratio of 94.6%.
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The insurer has substantially expanded its marine team in recent years.
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Layla O’Reilly and Mark Edwards are among the brokers leaving the firm.
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The Hannover Re CEO said rate adequacy remains “attractive” overall.
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Steven Crabb will become deputy chairman on the insurance solutions division.
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The company has recently made several senior changes to its UK and Lloyd’s leadership.
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The carrier is the first Fortune 500 company to take a stake in a League Two club.
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In trying to solve multiple needs, specialty reinsurance opens up complexities.
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California wildfires were the reinsurer’s largest H1 loss, at EUR615.1mn.
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This publication revealed two years ago that EQT could lodge a $1bn claim.
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Rachel Sabbarton has been promoted to CEO at Lancashire Syndicates.
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Tom Hester joined the broker in 2018 as SVP.
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Philip Dalton succeeds partner Colin Hasler, who has retired after a 42-year career.
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The reinsurer chair said the frequency of losses today “will prevent prices from slipping too much.
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The P&C re segment’s combined ratio improved by 12.7 points to 61.0%.
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The transaction is expected to close later this year.
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The carrier’s overall P&C combined ratio improved 1.8 points to 91.2%.
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The Swiss carrier improved its P&C combined ratio by 1.2 points to 92.4%.
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More investment in early stage firms is an indicator of bullish market, says Gallagher’s Johnston.
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This publication reported yesterday that Talanx was closing in on the sale.
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Natural catastrophe claims remained consistent compared with the prior year.
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With roughly 200 employees, the South American operations generated over EUR130mn in 2024 GWP.
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A limited number of broking staff are also leaving the business, including downstream head Dan Nicholls.
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Stephane Flaquet replaces George Marcotte, who has been interim COO since September 2024.
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The new team will be headed by Brown & Brown’s Ed Byrns.
