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Claims Adjusting Firm Global Risk Solutions Opens London Office

Jun 7 2019 // Global Risk Solutions, Inc., the Miami-based provider of claims adjusting and environmental risk management services, announced the opening of a London office.Located at Dawson House, 5 Jewry Street, London, the new office...

Dunleavy Named Aspen Re’s CUO, Succeeding Issavi Who Moves to Ryan Specialty

Jun 7 2019 // Emil Issavi, previously Aspen Re’s president and chief underwriting officer and managing director of the Americas is taking on a new role as a senior executive of Ryan Specialty Group (RSG), RSG Underwriting Managers...

Two New London Market Model Cyber Exclusion Clauses Published by IUA

Jun 6 2019 // Two new London Market model clauses to help underwriters manage cyber losses have been published by the International Underwriting Association (IUA).The wordings have been developed in order to address issues of...

London Must Avoid Becoming ‘Offshore’ Financial Center After Brexit, Says CFTC Chief

Jun 5 2019 // Policymakers should “tether” London to the European Union to avoid isolating the region’s largest financial hub, harming the euro zone economy and spawning an offshore financial center, the head of the...

Opponents of Airport Expansion Plan to Use Drones to Close London’s Heathrow

May 31 2019 // Climate activists from Extinction Rebellion have drawn up plans to use drones to shut London’s Heathrow Airport this summer in a campaign to stop the construction of a third runway at Europe’s busiest airport,...

New York Reclaims Top Financial Center Title from London

May 28 2019 // New York once again has bragging rights as the world’s leading financial center, having reclaimed the title from London where Brexit continues to cast a shadow of uncertainty over the UK economy.However, the Big...

UK Financial Services Industry Will Emerge Stronger from Brexit: Gov’t Ministers

May 21 2019 // Britain’s finance industry will emerge stronger from Brexit, remaining one of the world’s top financial centers, ministers in Prime Minister Theresa May’s government forecast on Monday.Since Britain voted...

HDI Global Specialty Taps Jackson from Neon as Head of Aviation and Space

May 20 2019 // HDI Global Specialty SE, the specialty lines insurer, has recruited Martin Jackson as head of aviation and space. Jackson joins the London office on May 20 from Neon, where he was class underwriter, marine and transport....

London Marine Insurers Expand Middle East Threat Zone After Saudi Ship Attacks

May 17 2019 // London’s marine insurance market has extended the list of waters deemed high risk to include Oman, the United Arab Emirates and the Gulf after ship attacks off Fujairah, officials said on Friday, in a move that could...

London’s Marine Insurers to Assess Risk Level After Ship Attacks in Middle East

May 16 2019 // London’s marine insurance market will meet on Thursday to assess whether it needs to change the risk level for vessels in the Gulf after an attack on ships off the United Arab Emirates earlier this week, a senior...

Aspen to Place UK MGA in Runoff, Closes Dublin Office and Makes Executive Changes

May 15 2019 // Aspen Insurance Holdings is placing its UK managing general agency in runoff, closing its Dublin office and making a slew of executive personnel changes including naming a new CEO of Aspen Bermuda, a new group chief...

Guy Carpenter Announces Series of International Analytics, Advisory Appointments

May 13 2019 // Guy Carpenter & Co., the reinsurance broking subsidiary of Marsh & McLennan Cos., announced a series of London-based hires designed to further build out the firm’s strategic advisory and analytics...

Guy Carpenter Names Senior Reinsurance Leadership Team to Further Integrate JLT Re

May 9 2019 // Guy Carpenter & Co., the global risk and reinsurance specialist and a wholly owned subsidiary of Marsh & McLennan Cos., announced a series of international leadership appointments to facilitate the integration of...

Going to Court Over Losses When Robot Is to Blame

May 7 2019 // Robots are getting more humanoid every day, but they still can’t be sued.So a Hong Kong tycoon is doing the next best thing. He’s going after the salesman who persuaded him to entrust a chunk of his fortune to...

Founder of London-Based Broker H.W. Wood Ltd. Dies

May 7 2019 // Hugh W. Wood, chairman and founder of HW International, the London-based broker, died peacefully on April 26, 2019, at the age of 75.Wood founded the HW International Group in 1982 and expanded the brokerage to offices in...

London-Based EC3 Brokers Appoints Murphy from Integro as Head of Broking

May 2 2019 // London-headquartered EC3 Brokers announced the appointment of James Murphy to the newly created role of head of broking.Murphy joined EC3 on May 1 from Integro Insurance Brokers Ltd. and will be responsible for expanding...

Liberty Specialty Promotes Hall, Wheeler in Specialty Binders Team in London

Apr 29 2019 // Liberty Specialty Markets (LSM), part of Liberty Mutual Insurance Group, has made two promotions within its specialty binders team in London. Kerry Hall becomes underwriting manager for property while Richard Wheeler...

Lloyd’s Innovation Drive Faces Headwinds from Some Brokers, Underwriters

Apr 26 2019 // Lloyd’s of London, the world’s oldest insurer of seafaring vessels, is facing its own perfect storm.Old-fashioned business practices, exposure to natural disasters, competition from rival centers and Brexit are...

Royer Named Head of Liability for Zurich Canada

Apr 16 2019 // Marco Royer has been named head of Liability for Zurich Canada. Royer will be responsible for leading the underwriting teams in Zurich Canada’s liability portfolio, including casualty, energy casualty, construction...

London Continues to Lose Financial Sector Jobs Over Brexit

Apr 15 2019 // Job vacancies in London’s finance industry have halved in two years as uncertainty over Brexit knocks business confidence, a survey by recruiter Morgan McKinley has found.The number of jobs available in the...