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Guy Carpenter Launches Hybrid Solutions UK with Willis Towers Watson’s Upton at Helm

Jul 16 2020 // Reinsurance broker Guy Carpenter & Co. announced the launch of Hybrid Solutions UK, a division of GC Fac, and the appointment of Laurence Upton, formerly with Willis Towers Watson in London, to lead the new...

Guy Carpenter Names Lawrence from Willis Towers Watson as Head of GC Fac UK

Jul 13 2020 // Guy Carpenter & Co., the reinsurance brokerage division of Marsh & McLennan Cos., announced the appointment of Henry Lawrence as a managing director, GC Fac UK, effective August 17.Lawrence will be responsible for...

Zaffino, AIG’s No. 2, Fights to Turn Around the House That Hank Greenberg Built

Jun 5 2020 // American International Group Inc.’s Peter Zaffino drew a clear line ahead of his jump to the insurer almost three years ago.“I didn’t want any advice,” Zaffino, AIG’s president, said in a rare...

Guy Carpenter Launches Probabilistic Philippines Flood Model

May 12 2020 // Guy Carpenter & Co., the reinsurance broker and subsidiary of Marsh & McLennan Cos., announced the launch of a new Philippines Flood Model. The probabilistic model provides countrywide coverage and enables insurers...

Marsh & McLennan Revenue Grew 14% in Q1

May 5 2020 // Marsh & McLennan Companies (MMC) marked the one-year anniversary of its acquisition of Jardine Lloyd Thompson (JLT) by reporting consolidated revenue in the first quarter of $4.7 billion, a 14% increase over the same...

Guy Carpenter Taps Williams from AIG as Global Head of Client Support Services

Apr 29 2020 // Guy Carpenter & Co., LLC, the reinsurance brokerage business of Marsh & McLennan Cos., announced that George Williams has been appointed managing director, global head of Client Support Services, effective...

Business Moves

Apr 20 2020 // The Hilb Group, D.F. Dwyer & AssociatesThe Hilb Group LLC has acquired certain assets of Rhode Island-based D. F. Dwyer & Associates LLC. The transaction became effective February 1, 2020. Based in Newport, R.I.,...

Marsh & McLennan Acquires Illinois Independent Agency, Assurance

Apr 1 2020 // Marsh subsidiary Marsh & McLennan Agency LLC (MMA) has acquired Schaumburg, Illinois-based Assurance Holdings Inc.Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Founded in 1961, Assurance is a full-service brokerage...

Guy Carpenter Partners with RiskGenius to Expand Silent Cyber Analysis

Mar 25 2020 // Reinsurance broker Guy Carpenter & Co. has entered into a strategic relationship with RiskGenius to expand the detection and qualitative analysis of silent cyber exposure across various lines of business.RiskGenius...

Agency M&As: Private Equity Still in Driver’s Seat; Digital Agencies Attract Attention

Mar 2 2020 // The private equity bandwagon continued to roll through the insurance agency and brokerage mergers and acquisitions territory in 2019. As many as two-thirds of all deals involved private equity, according to experts. Most...

Financial Services Firms Risk $1 Trillion in Losses from Climate Change: Report

Feb 24 2020 // The world’s financial services sector risks losses of up to $1 trillion if it fails to respond quickly to climate change and is hit by policy shifts such as the introduction of a carbon tax, a new report shows.The...

Marsh & Mclennan Appoints Krause as CEO of Southeast Region

Feb 10 2020 // Marsh & McLennan Agency LLC (MMA), the middle market subsidiary of Marsh, has appointed Peter Krause as Southeast Regional CEO, effective immediately.In this role, Krause will oversee MMA’s offices in Georgia,...

Business Moves

Feb 10 2020 // The Hilb Group, Kerr-Boswell, Wickford Insurance AgencyThe Hilb Group LLC has acquired Virginia-based Kerr-Boswell Inc. For more than 60 years, KB has provided employee benefits, property/casualty, life, health and...

20 Noteworthy Agency Merger Stories of 2019

Feb 10 2020 // 1. January Nationwide Acquires Liability Insurance Program Manager E-Risk Services: Nationwide acquired a New Jersey privately held program manager specializing in management liability lines. Nationwide said E-Risk will...

Marsh & McLennan Agency Acquires Ironwood Insurance Services of Georgia

Jan 21 2020 // Marsh & McLennan Agency LLC (MMA), the middle market agency subsidiary of Marsh, has acquired Ironwood Insurance Services, LLC, an independent broker in the Southeast. Terms of the transaction were not...

January 2020 Reinsurance Renewals Varied Significantly, Brokers Say

Jan 13 2020 // The January 2020 reinsurance renewals saw significant variation in pricing and capacity depending on geography, line of business, cedents’ loss record and client relationships, according to two reports published by...

January 2020 Reinsurance Renewals Varied Significantly, Brokers Say

Jan 6 2020 // The January 2020 reinsurance renewals saw significant variation in pricing and capacity depending on geography, line of business, cedents’ loss record and client relationships, according to two reports published by...

Guy Carpenter Promotes Saper as CEO of Pacific Region

Jan 6 2020 // Guy Carpenter & Co., the global reinsurance broker and subsidiary of Marsh & McLennan Cos., announced the appointment of Jeff Saper as CEO of the Pacific region, with immediate effect. In his new role, Saper will...

Guy Carpenter Appoints Schepens from Allianz as Benelux CEO

Dec 23 2019 // Guy Carpenter & Co., the reinsurance broker and subsidiary of Marsh & McLennan Cos., announced the appointment of Patrick Schepens as CEO of the Benelux region, effective April 2020.Schepens will be responsible for...

Zaffino Assumes Added Role of President at AIG

Dec 18 2019 // American International Group (AIG) has named Peter S. Zaffino as president, effective Jan. 1, 2020. Zaffino will continue to serve as global chief operating officer of AIG and chief executive officer of General...