WTW

Tom Haddrill joins from Lloyd’s, where he spent 11 years, most recently as CEO for Lloyd’s Asia and country manager for Singapore.

WTW has been on a hiring spree in the wake of the failed Aon merger, and said France was one of its “most important” markets.

The broker has been re-stocking its talent base following staff departures linked to the failed Aon merger.

Only D&O and workers’ compensation clients experienced price decreases during Q3, according to WTW.

Evan Freely will head up a team of 130 staff specializing in credit and political risk.

Mahoney joins from Aon, where he was team leader for US general casualty and energy in London.

The Corporate Risk and Broking head of global lines of business said staff and client attrition has been reversed – and cast doubt on predictions of further specialty market hardening.

Announcements and interviews at the UN conference have shed light on the tools emerging to help carriers decarbonise their underwriting portfolios.

The platform will automate a range of processes across risk submission, risk appetite evaluation, underwriting and pricing for quotation, using a lead algorithm.

The product will provide $100mn in cover across eight countries at high risk of tropical cyclones.

The project, funded by Agence Française de Développement, was revealed during the G20 Leaders’ Summit in Bali.

The broker warned that more insurers will restrict or drop oil and gas business in the coming years.