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Ki Syndicate 1618 Binds 1st Risk with AmWINS’ Broking Unit THB

Nov 30 2020 // Ki, the first fully digital and algorithmically driven Lloyd’s syndicate, announced it has bound its first risk with THB, the International broking arm of global specialty wholesale broker, AmWINS Group Inc.The risk...

Private Equity Investors Pelican Ventures, J.C. Flowers Complete Ariel Re Deal

Nov 25 2020 // Private equity investors Pelican Ventures and J.C. Flowers & Co. have completed their acquisition of Ariel Re from Argo Group.Ariel Re underwrites a global portfolio of reinsurance products in Bermuda, London and Hong...

Digital Lloyd’s Syndicate Ki Goes Live with List of Broker Trading Partners

Nov 23 2020 // Ki, the first fully digital and algorithmically driven Lloyd’s syndicate, announced the onboarding of its first trading partners to its proprietary digital platform, providing access to its algorithmic underwriting...

New Insurance Group Inigo Raises $800M of Capital; Founded by Former Hiscox Execs

Nov 23 2020 // Inigo Ltd., a new London-based insurance group, announced it has completed a capital raise of approximately $800 million from a consortium of global investors, comprising (among others) funds controlled by Caisse de...

Insurtech Blink Launches Non-Damage Business Interruption Parametric Solution

Nov 20 2020 // Irish insurtech Blink has launched a hurricane non-damage parametric insurance solution which provides liquidity to small and medium-sized businesses in the immediate aftermath of a natural disaster.Called “Blink...

AXA XL Promotes Harris to Head of Energy, UK & Lloyd’s Market

Nov 19 2020 // AXA XL Insurance announced that Nicola Harris has been promoted to head of Energy, UK & Lloyd’s market.In her new role, Harris is responsible for developing the UK energy book, executing strategy and designing...

Global COVID-19 Insurance Losses to Be Higher than Early Estimates: Lloyd’s Chairman

Nov 19 2020 // Global insurance losses from the COVID-19 pandemic will be higher this year than the $107 billion Lloyd’s of London had previously estimated, its Chairman Bruce Carnegie-Brown said on Wednesday.Carnegie-Brown told...

How Lloyd’s Underwriters Are Viewing Today’s U.S. Casualty Insurance Environment

Nov 19 2020 // Today’s Lloyd’s of London market for casualty insurance is marked by rising prices, reduced capacity, and buyers embracing more self-insurance, according to underwriters at Lloyd’s.It is also marked by...

Enstar to Sell Starstone’s Lloyd’s Managing Agency to New Re/Insurance Venture Inigo

Nov 18 2020 // Enstar Group Ltd. and Stone Point Capital LLC announced they have signed definitive agreements to sell StarStone Underwriting Ltd. (SUL), the Lloyd’s managing agency, together with the right to operate Lloyd’s...

How Lloyd’s Underwriters Are Viewing Today’s U.S. Property Insurance Environment

Nov 12 2020 // While the COVID-19 pandemic has slowed business activity around the globe, for underwriters in the Lloyd’s market who were in the process of increasing property insurance rates when the pandemic hit, the timing may...

Coverys Managing Agency Placing Lloyd’s Syndicate 1991 Into Runoff

Nov 12 2020 // Coverys Managing Agency Ltd. announced that its DTW Syndicate 1991 at Lloyd’s of London will stop accepting new and renewal business starting December 31, 2020. “Every effort has been made to implement...

Hamilton Promotes 3 at Lloyd’s Unit as Managing Agency CEO, CUO Resign

Nov 10 2020 // Hamilton Insurance Group announced three promotions in the leadership team at its Lloyd’s operations following the resignations of Hamilton Managing Agency Limited CEO Tim Glover and Chief Underwriting Officer David...

Digital Lloyd’s Syndicate Ki to Provide Howden with Follow Capacity

Nov 9 2020 // Fully-digital Lloyd’s of London syndicate Ki and global insurance broker Howden announced a partnership in which Ki is committing to provide substantial follow capacity for Howden’s clients and business...

Coverys European Holdings Subsidiary Acquires Lloyd’s Italian Coverholder Gava

Nov 5 2020 // AEC Wholesale Group, a subsidiary of Coverys European Holdings (CEH), announced the acquisition of Gava S.R.L, a Lloyd’s coverholder based in Brindisi, Italy.AEC Group will assume 100% ownership of Gava, bringing the...

Lloyd’s Drops Plan to Form Electronic Exchanges, Opting to Work with Existing Platforms

Nov 5 2020 // Lloyd’s of London has dropped ambitious plans to set up its own electronic exchanges and will work with other existing platforms to speed up the underwriting process and cut costs, the commercial insurance market...

Private Equity Investors Pelican Ventures, J.C. Flowers to Buy Ariel Re from Argo Group

Nov 2 2020 // Pelican Ventures and J.C. Flowers & Co., both private equity investors with significant insurance expertise, announced they have agreed to acquire reinsurance franchise Ariel Re from Argo Group for an undisclosed...

Pennsylvania Judge Allows COVID Business Loss Suit Against Lloyd’s to Advance

Oct 30 2020 // Lloyd’s of London lost its initial bid to squelch a coronavirus business interruption lawsuit brought by a Philadelphia bar and restaurant.Judge Gary S. Glazer of the Court of Common Pleas in Philadelphia turned...

Lloyd’s Approves Syndicate-in-a-Box, Picnic Syndicate 2460, to Support Mutuals

Oct 22 2020 // Asta, the third-party managing agent at Lloyd’s, announced the Council of Lloyd’s granted in-principle approval for the launch of Picnic Syndicate PIC 2460, a syndicate-in-a-box (SIAB).Picnic will commence...

Cryptocurrency Exchange Bitstamp Adds Lloyd’s-Backed Crime Insurance Policy

Oct 22 2020 // Bitstamp, a cryptocurrency exchange, has expanded the insurance offered to its customers with an additional crime insurance policy.The crime insurance policy is offered by specialist insurance brokers, Paragon...

Lloyd’s Reviews Product Design of Insurance Contracts in Response to COVID-19

Oct 12 2020 // Lloyd’s of London is reviewing the way insurance products are designed and sold as it calls for simpler products in response to the coronavirus pandemic, the commercial insurance market said on Monday.Insurers have...