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#1 Lloyd’s of London Shakes Up IT, Operations Teams

Nov 14 2024 // Commercial insurance market Lloyd’s of London is restructuring its data, operations and change departments, which will involve outsourcing some of those units’ work, a Lloyd’s spokesperson said on...

#2 Nonresident Surplus Brokers in Alabama Must Have $50,000 Bond Starting Jan. 1

Nov 12 2024 // Nonresident surplus lines brokers working in Alabama, like their in-state brethren, must secure a $50,000 fidelity bond to be licensed in the state, starting Jan. 1.The Alabama Department of Insurance posted the bulletin...

#3 Clear Group Acquires Lilley Plummer Risks, Entering Wholesale Lloyd’s Broker Space

Oct 29 2024 // Clear Group, the UK independent insurance broker that is owned by Private Equity at Goldman Sachs Alternatives, has entered the wholesale Lloyd’s broker space with the acquisition of Lilley Plummer Risks Ltd., a...

#4 Skyward Specialty Launches Life Sciences Liability Coverage

Nov 15 2024 // Houston-baed Skyward Specialty Insurance Group announced the launch of its new life sciences liability coverage. The strategic addition to the Company’s healthcare solutions underwriting unit offers comprehensive and...

#5 People Moves: Everest Insurance Appoints Corbo to Lead US Primary Casualty, Weiser to Lead US Excess Casualty

Nov 14 2024 // Nina Corbo Everest Insurance, the insurance division of Everest Group, headquartered in Warren, New Jersey, appointed Nina Corbo to lead U.S. primary casualty and Debbie Weiser to lead U.S. excess casualty. Corbo oversees...

#6 Monarch E&S Acquires Texas’ Professional Insurance Executives

Nov 4 2024 // Monarch E&S Insurance Services (Monarch E&S), a division of Specialty Program Group LLC, announced its strategic acquisition of the assets of Professional Insurance Executives, Inc. (PIE), a leading contract...

#7 People Moves: Great American Insurance Group Promotes Gambrell to Divisional President, Excess Liability

Nov 19 2024 // Todd Gambrell Great American Insurance Group, headquartered in Cincinnati, promoted Todd D. Gambrell to divisional president, excess liability, effective Jan.1, 2025. Gambrell will succeed John V. Bracca, who will retire...

#8 People Moves: Columbia Insurance Group Names Rieth VP of E&S

Nov 20 2024 // Aaron Rieth Columbia Insurance Group (CIG), headquartered in Columbia, Missouri, hired Aaron Rieth as vice president of excess and surplus (E&S). In this newly created position, Rieth leads the development of...

#9 People Moves: Rivera Appointed CEO of Marsh McLennan LATAM/Caribbean, Brockman Named Chair; HDI Global Taps AGCS’s Strasser as Board Member for Specialty Lines

Oct 31 2024 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Marsh McLennan Latin America and HDI Global.A summary of these new hires follows here. Rivera Appointed CEO of Marsh McLennan LATAM and Caribbean, Brockman...

#10 Business Moves: Ryan Specialty Acquires MGU Specialist; Clear Buys UK’s CoverMarque

Nov 6 2024 // Ryan Specialty, the Chicago-based specialty insurance services firm, has completed the acquisition of Innovisk Capital Partners from Abry Partners and BHMS Investments.Financial details of the deal were not disclosed....

#11 Geopolitical Conflict Could Cost Global Economy $14.5 Trillion Over 5 Years: Lloyd’s

Nov 4 2024 // The global economy could be exposed to losses of US$14.5 trillion over a five-year period from the threat of a hypothetical geopolitical conflict causing widespread disruption to global trade patterns and supply chains,...

#12 Doe & Emuss Launches as Professional Liability U/W Manager and Lloyd’s Coverholder

Nov 14 2024 // Doe & Emuss (D&E), the London-based boutique professional liability underwriting manager, has been launched with approved coverholder status at Lloyd’s.D&E is founded and led by industry veterans, Chief...

#13 Markets/Coverages: Aviva’s Lloyd’s Insurer Probitas Launches 5 New Lines of Business

Nov 13 2024 // Aviva’s Lloyd’s business Probitas announced it began to quote for five new classes of business – marine (cargo, fine art & specie, and ports & terminals), construction, renewable energy,...

#14 People Moves: Aon Underwriting Managers Appoints LSM’s Clapham as CUO; Lloyd’s Taps Aviva’s Adams as Chief People Officer, Succeeding Gomez

Nov 4 2024 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Aon Underwriting Managers and Lloyd’s of London.A summary of these new hires follows here. Aon Underwriting Managers Appoints LSM’s Clapham as...