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Aspen Insurance Appoints Global Product Heads

Jan 6 2016 // Aspen Insurance, the insurance segment of Bermuda-based Aspen Insurance Holdings Ltd., announced the appointment of new global product heads as part of its strategy to leverage its global platform and better align product...

Ex-McKinsey Consulting Partner Charged with Fraud Against State Farm

Jan 5 2016 // A former partner at consulting firm McKinsey & Co has been arrested on charges that he engaged in a scheme to submit fraudulent invoices and expenses to the company and clients, including State Farm, for more than...

Tokio Marine Kiln Appoints Dreblow as Head of Corporate & Commercial Property

Dec 30 2015 // Tokio Marine Kiln (TMK), the provider of specialist and corporate insurance, has appointed Paul Dreblow as head of Corporate and Commercial Property in its London office.The newly created position will see Dreblow...

Tokio Marine Kiln Hires Brand & Lynchehaun as Liability Underwriters in London

Dec 29 2015 // Tokio Marine Kiln (TMK), the provider of specialist and corporate insurance, has appointed Andrew Brand and Dervla Lynchehaun as liability underwriters in its London office.With more than a decade of experience, Brand...

IICF Unites P/C Industry for Record Year of Giving

Dec 23 2015 // Charity begins at home… and in the office.The year 2015 was a record-setting one for charitable giving and volunteering by property/casualty insurance professionals in offices across the insurance industry. Leading...

Marketform M&A Underwriter O’Reilly Moves to London as Sector Expands

Dec 21 2015 // Specialist Lloyd’s underwriter Marketform announced that M&A underwriter Astrid O’Reilly is relocating from Singapore to London as the company looks to strengthen the M&A product offering within the...

IICF Unites P/C Industry for Record Year of Giving

Dec 21 2015 // Charity begins at home… and in the office.The year 2015 was a record-setting one for charitable giving and volunteering by property/casualty insurance professionals in offices across the insurance industry. Leading...

Bates Named President of Atain Insurance

Dec 8 2015 // H.W. Kaufman Financial Group, headquartered in Detroit/Farmington Hills, Mich., has hired Wayne Bates to serve as president of Atain Insurance Cos. and corporate senior vice president of Kaufman Financial Group.He will be...

Hiscox Launches Product Recall Team in London, with 4 Appointments

Dec 7 2015 // Specialist insurer Hiscox has established a new product recall team within its London Market business with four new hires.Heading up the team is David Burke, who comes to Hiscox from Catlin after almost 30 years in the...

Kimberley Appointed Chief Underwriting Officer of Ascot Underwriting (Bermuda)

Dec 2 2015 // Ascot Underwriting Ltd., the London-based Lloyd’s managing agency, has appointed Simon Kimberley as chief underwriting officer of Ascot Underwriting (Bermuda) Ltd.Kimberley transferred to AUB in 2014 as underwriter...

London-Based CNA Hardy Appoints Hairsine as Head of Construction

Dec 1 2015 // CNA Hardy, the London-based specialist commercial insurance provider within the Lloyd’s and company markets, is pleased to announce the appointment of Caroline Hairsine as the new head of Construction.Hairsine joins...

CNA Hardy Continues U.K. Regional Expansion, with Opening of 5th Office

Nov 25 2015 // CNA Hardy* has further expanded its regional presence with the opening of its fifth U.K. office, in Birmingham, England. This marks the second U.K. office opening in 2015 for the London-based subsidiary of CNA Financial.In...

London Insurance Market Vulnerable to Major Cyber Attack: Xchanging Survey

Nov 23 2015 // Only one-third of insurers in the London market believes their firm could withstand a major cyber attack, and almost half felt they were underprepared, according to a survey conducted by Xchanging plc, the U.K. business...

ACE Names Future Leadership Team for Overseas General Insurance Operations

Nov 23 2015 // ACE Ltd. announced the senior leadership team it intends to appoint for the new Chubb Group’s Overseas General Insurance division. This division comprises two major businesses: one with distribution through retail...

Buffett’s Favored Banker, Trott, Plans European Expansion with London Office

Nov 19 2015 // Warren Buffett’s favored banker, Byron Trott, is planning to expand his investment and financial advisory firm BDT Capital Partners in Europe with a London office to attract billionaire clients, sources familiar with...

AXA’s Property Unit to Develop Tallest Skyscraper in City of London

Nov 17 2015 // AXA Investment Managers – Real Assets, the property unit of Europe’s largest insurer, won approval from the City of London borough to develop an office tower at 22 Bishopsgate near the skyscrapers nicknamed The...

Ryan Specialty Acquires UK’s Hunter George & Partners, M&A Specialist MGA

Nov 16 2015 // Ryan Specialty Group (RSG), the Chicago-based global specialty insurance services business, has reached an agreement to acquire Hunter George & Partners Ltd., the London-based specialist managing general agent (MGA)...

Climate Risk May Hit Equity Portfolios as Investor Sentiment Shifts: Study

Nov 12 2015 // Equity portfolios may lose as much as 45 percent of their value due to shifting investor sentiment about climate change, according to a report by.Investors are becoming more aware of the short-term impact that the warming...

Xchanging Wins 3-Year Services Deal Supporting Lloyd’s Asia Platform

Nov 10 2015 // Xchanging plc, the London-based business technology and services provider, has won a three-year contract to supply insurance services to the Lloyd’s service companies operating from the Lloyd’s Asia platform in...

London’s Development of Islamic Products Enhances Position as Insurance Hub

Nov 9 2015 // Islamic financial activity in London is developing a growing maturity, the chief executive of the International Underwriting Association (IUA), stated.Dave Matcham pointed to the growth of commercial sharia compliant...