Swiss Re

Jonathan Smith has left as RKH continues to reorganise its lines of business.

Based on a property-specific risks, Swiss Re’s partnership may become a model for US.

Deborah Duss will lead marine, energy and construction.

While reinsurers are benefiting from low cats, pricing fundamentals remain weak.

There were positive share price changes over the quarter from only 13 companies in the index.

The ratings firm said the survival ratio last year improved slightly to 7.8x.

The InsurTech MGA plans to expand to the densely populated US Eastern seaboard.

Diane Link becomes head of E&S lines casualty for North America while Allen Kwan will run sales for the west of the US.

Any attempt to create a dividing line between the corporate world of financial concerns and the real world of moral issues will be thwarted by the smoggy reality that business is always personal to someone.

It is a very dangerous situation to have insurers ethically objecting to offering cover.

A strengthening US economy should help global non-life insurance premiums to rise in coming years, despite a deceleration in emerging economies.

Toulkeridis makes the switch after a restructure within the specialty reinsurance business of Swiss Re reduced the number of units from five to two.