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XL Group’s McGavick Cuts Exposure to Hedge Funds to Boost Investment Yield

Feb 14 2018 // XL Group Ltd., the insurer with about $38 billion of investments, is reducing its exposure to hedge funds, Chief Executive Officer Mike McGavick said.“We still do see some value there, but at this time we’ve...

XL Catlin Promotes Powell to Chief Underwriting Officer for International Financial Lines

Feb 13 2018 // XL Catlin’s insurance operations announced that Tim Powell has been promoted to chief underwriting officer for international financial lines (IFL), effective March 1.Powell will be responsible for the underwriting...

XL Group Attracts Interest from Allianz, Other Rivals as Potential Buyers

Feb 7 2018 // Bermuda-based insurer XL Group Ltd. is attracting interest from rivals including Allianz SE of Germany, according to people with knowledge of the matter.Interest from insurers in potentially acquiring XL, which had a...

XL Catlin Promotes MacColl as Global Practice Leader for Hull, Succeeding Talbot

Feb 7 2018 // XL Catlin announced the promotion of Mike MacColl to the position of global practice leader for Hull with immediate effect. Previously, MacColl held the role of head of Hull for the UK. MacColl takes on the role from Mike...

XL Catlin Enhances Aviation Insurance Online Platform

Feb 7 2018 // XL Catlin has enhanced its online P&B aviation insurance platform, VB Bind Speed, with added, instant servicing options for brokers.According to Eric Donofrio, North America regional manager of XL Catlin’s...

AXA Insurance Chief Warns of ‘Uninsurable Basements’ from New York to Mumbai

Jan 26 2018 // Private property below ground in New York and Mumbai may not be insurable in the next decade if climate change advances, the head of one of Europe’s largest insurers said.“If you go much further to 2020, 2030,...

XL Group: Loss Estimates of $45M Related to Southern California Wildfires

Jan 22 2018 // XL Group Ltd. in mid-January announced preliminary estimates of natural catastrophe net losses of roughly $45 million related to the recent wildfires in Southern California and $20 million related to other events.The...

XL Group: Loss Estimates of $45M Related to Southern California Wildfires

Jan 11 2018 // XL Group Ltd. on Wednesday announced preliminary estimates of natural catastrophe net losses of roughly $45 million related to the recent wildfires in Southern California and $20 million related to other events.The...

Rosengarten Retires as XL Group’s Enterprise Risk Officer; Norton Named Successor

Jan 5 2018 // XL Group Ltd. announced that Jacob Rosengarten, group chief enterprise risk officer, retired effective Dec. 31, 2017. Fielding (Fid) Norton, who previously held the position of deputy chief enterprise risk officer, has...

XL Catlin Launches Coverage for Marine Contractors

Jan 2 2018 // XL Catlin’s North America has launched a new product from its marine insurance business specifically designed for marine contractors in the U.S. The new XL Catlin’s marine contractor insurance includes...

World Leaders Aim to Breathe New Life into Paris Climate Pact; AXA Plans Initiatives

Dec 11 2017 // French President Emmanuel Macron this week will seek to breathe new life into the fight against global warming and sway debate away from skeptics of the process led by U.S. President Donald Trump.At a series of events in...

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Dec 4 2017 // Woodruff-Sawyer & Co. has named Brendan Williams its Southern California practice leader.Williams will be assuming leadership of the Southern California region in early 2018 upon the retirement of Ron Packouz, founder...

XL Catlin Taps Coladon from The Guarantee as Fine Art & Specie U/W in Canada

Nov 20 2017 // XL Catlin has appointed Farzina Coladon as underwriter, fine art and specie (FAS) in Canada. Coladon is responsible for underwriting fine art, jewelers block and general specie insurance across Canada.Based in Toronto,...

France’s AXA to Focus on M&A in 16 Countries; Eyes Sale of Some Non-Core Assets

Nov 14 2017 // French insurer AXA will narrow its acquisition focus to 16 key countries and could sell some assets in markets where it lacks scale, its executives said on Tuesday.“We want to focus on fewer countries. We want to...

AXA Simplifies Structure with 5 Geographies; New Management Committee Formed

Nov 14 2017 // AXA Group announced it is simplifying its operating model by creating five global geographies: France, Europe, the U.S., Asia, and International.In addition, it has created a single, refocused Corporate Center, which is...

XL Catlin Names Chubb’s Konczal Assistant Vice President in California

Nov 2 2017 // XL Catlin’s Global Excess Casualty has named Joel J. Konczal as assistant vice president and underwriting manager for Northwest excess casualty. He will be based in San Francisco, Calif. and report to Matthew...

Beazley Taps XL Catlin’s Taboada, Zurich’s Misol as Financial Lines U/Ws, Spain

Oct 30 2017 // Specialist insurer Beazley continues to build its international specialty lines team, with the appointments of Estefania Taboada and Ana Misol as financial lines underwriters in Barcelona.Their appointments follow the...

XL Catlin Taps Allianz’ Broodryk as Cyber Product Leader, APAC Financial Lines

Oct 27 2017 // XL Catlin’s insurance operations announced the appointment of Max Broodryk as product leader of Cyber Risk, International Financial Lines for Asia Pacific, based in Sydney. In this role, Broodryk will be responsible...

XL Group Q3 Reports Losses in Excess of $1B on Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, Maria

Oct 25 2017 // XL Group reported losses exceeding $1 billion for the 2017 third quarter, blaming Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria for the results.The net loss of $1.04 billion for Q3 amounted to negative-$4.06 per fully diluted share,...

Insurers Weigh Premium Hikes for UK’s Tall Buildings After Grenfell Tower Fire

Oct 23 2017 // Insurers are considering raising premiums for tall buildings in Britain with flammable cladding panels and no sprinklers or even excluding related risks following the Grenfell fire in London earlier this year.Inquiries...