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Markel Appoints Beazley’s Lam as Professional & Financial Risks Underwriter

Aug 23 2018 // Markel International, the London-based specialist insurer, has appointed Gordon Lam as a senior professional and financial risks (PFR) underwriter. He will be based in Singapore initially and is expected to relocate to the...

Beazley Launches Consortium at Lloyd’s for Wage & Hour Risks

Aug 1 2018 // Beazley has launched a new consortium at Lloyd’s to bring increased capacity for wage & hour risks, expanding the choices available to U.S. organizations.Building on Beazley’s experience in employment...

Business Email Attacks on the Rise; Office 365 Users Hardest Hit: Beazley

Jul 31 2018 // Attacks targeting business email accounts continued to climb in the second quarter. Hardest hit were organizations using Office 365, the popular cloud-based product, according to data released by specialty insurer...

Beazley Taps Hawthorne, Formerly with Guarantee, as Territory Manager for E. Canada

Jul 6 2018 // Beazley, the specialist insurer, has appointed Jo-Anne Hawthorne as territory manager for eastern Canada.Hawthorne will report to Cheryl Hobbs and will be responsible for developing closer relations with brokers in...

Russia World Cup Insurance Premiums Rise on Risks of Terrorism, Hooliganism

Jun 14 2018 // The risk of terror attacks and damage from hooligans has pushed up premiums for businesses and players buying insurance for the soccer World Cup in Russia compared to the previous event in Brazil, brokers and insurers...

Beazley Adds Miranda to Latin American, Caribbean Team

May 11 2018 // Specialty insurer Beazley has appointed Vicente Miranda as a specialty lines underwriter responsible for developing Beazley’s specialty lines portfolio with brokers and clients in Latin America and the Caribbean. He...

Insurer Sees Growth in Insurance Market for Telemedicine Providers

May 4 2018 // As the U.S. market for telemedicine continues to expand, so does demand for insurance coverage for these providers, according to Beazley, which launched its product last summer.The U.S. is the largest and most mature...

Beazley, Lloyd’s Broker, Bitfury Creating Blockchain Registry for Crisis Coverages

May 1 2018 // Insurer Beazley has partnered with three companies to build a blockchain-based registry that will manage insurance for crisis situations such as mass shootings, the companies told Reuters.The registry will use blockchain...

Beazley’s Digital Weather Policy: Plain English and Personalized

Apr 30 2018 // Specialist insurer Beazley has launched a digital insurance policy in the U.S. that can be customized and describes in plain English precisely what coverage the customer has bought.Beazley Weather Guard protects U.S. event...

Beazley Launches GDPR Helpline for UK Policyholders

Apr 25 2018 // Beazley has partnered with international law firm DAC Beachcroft to launch a General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) helpline for its Beazley Breach Response (BBR) policyholders in the UK.The new GDPR regulations, which...

Beazley Appoints Mounier to Head Asia Pacific Operations

Apr 13 2018 // Specialist insurer Beazley has appointed Lucien Mounier to head its Asia Pacific operations. He moves from Paris where, for the past two years, he has been responsible for managing and growing Beazley’s portfolio of...

Beazley Names Bergler as Head of Broker Relations for Continental Europe

Apr 10 2018 // Specialist insurer Beazley has announced the appointment of Andreas Bergler as head of Broker Relations for Continental Europe. At the same time, the company said, Martin Fricke would succeed Bergler as head of treaty in...

London Market Group Appoints Beazley’s Horton as Chair, Succeeding Aubert

Apr 9 2018 // The London Market Group (LMG) announced the appointment of Andrew Horton, CEO of Beazley, as its new chair with effect from May 4, 2018.He will succeed Nicolas Aubert, head of Great Britain for Willis Towers Watson who has...

INSUREtrust Adds Beazley’s Ujjin as Account Manager in Atlanta

Mar 29 2018 // INSUREtrust has hired Michael Ujjin as an account manager for the company’s cyber production team led by Executive Vice President Christiaan Durdaller’s. As account manager, Ujjin will be a primary business...

Cyber Insurance Claims from Fraudulent Instruction Scams Rise: Beazley

Feb 5 2018 // Organizations are being forced to deal with an increased threat to their operations from fraudulent instruction scams, according to specialist insurer Beazley’s most recent Breach Report.According to the insurer,...

Beazley Adds Post-Breach Services to Cyber Coverage for Small, Mid-Sized Policyholders

Jan 24 2018 // Beazley has further enhanced its Beazley Breach Response (BBR) coverage for small and mid-sized policyholders in the U.S. In conjunction with Lodestone Security, a specialist advisory firm and wholly owned subsidiary of...

People

Jan 22 2018 // Connie Clarke has been appointed president of TDECU Insurance Agency LLC in Lake Jackson, Texas.Clarke brings more than 20 years’ experience in both the insurance and financial services industries to the...

Beazley Names Moy to New U.S. Marine Insurance Underwriting Team

Jan 4 2018 // Specialty insurer Beazley has appointed John Moy as U.S. marine insurance underwriter within its newly- launched U.S. marine platform.Moy will be responsible for underwriting and building the company’s U.S. hull,...

Beazley Establishes Marine Insurance Platform In U.S.

Nov 30 2017 // Beazley has established its new U.S. marine platform with an initial focus on hull, protection & indemnity (P&I) and liability coverage for the marine and marine construction marine platform sectors.Beazley has...

Beazley Launches Suite of Financial Lines Products in Spain

Oct 31 2017 // Specialist insurer Beazley has unveiled a comprehensive suite of financial lines products in Spain, designed for the needs of a broad range of commercial and financial organizations.Led by Lorena Segovia, Beazley’s...