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It’s a Very Different World for P/C Insurance Underwriters, Says Guy Carpenter

Oct 29 2018 // Property/casualty insurers’ operating environment today is very different than just a few short years ago.Lines that were stable are now volatile and those that have struggled are looking profitable, reinsurance...

MMC Reports 5% Growth for Q3; Marsh Revenues Up 10%

Oct 25 2018 // Global insurance, risk and consulting firm Marsh & McLennan Companies (MMC) reported consolidated revenue in the third quarter of 2018 was $3.5 billion, an increase of 5 percent compared with the third quarter of...

Marsh McLennan Acquisition of JLT Clears Key U.S. Antitrust Hurdle

Oct 15 2018 // The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Justice Department have concluded their competitive review of the proposed acquisition of London-based re/insurance broker Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group (JLT) by New York-headquartered...

Get Ready for the Insurtech Revolution, Act 2

Oct 8 2018 // The digital revolution in insurance is about to begin its second act.Having in its first phase used science and technology to inspire a rethinking of insurance that is making insurance easier and more efficient to buy and...

Louisiana’s Eustis Insurance & Benefits Acquired by Marsh & McLennan Agency

Oct 3 2018 // Marsh & McLennan Agency LLC (MMA), the middle market agency subsidiary of Marsh, has acquired Eustis Insurance & Benefits, a Louisiana-based independent insurance agency. Terms of the acquisition were not...

Guy Carpenter Taps O’Brien from Marsh as Head of Cyber Centre of Excellence

Oct 1 2018 // Guy Carpenter & Co. announced the appointment of Siobhan O’Brien as head of the Cyber Centre of Excellence for International and Global Specialties, with effect from Oct. 1.Based in London, O’Brien will...

Business Moves

Oct 1 2018 // Marsh & McLennan, JLTMarsh & McLennan Inc. agreed to buy Jardine Lloyd Thompson for about $5.7 billion to expand its global offering of reinsurance and consulting services. New York-based Marsh said the purchase of...

Drivers of Marsh & McLennan-JLT Deal: Too Much Capital, Not Enough Growth – Opinion

Sep 19 2018 // Too much capital and not enough growth. Faced with this ailment, the insurance sector is reaching for a costly remedy — M&A.Marsh & McLennan Cos. Inc. Tuesday became the latest [insurance industry participant]*...

Marsh & McLennan Moved Quickly as Stars and People Aligned in JLT Deal

Sep 18 2018 // Marsh & McLennan Inc. (MMC) has been preparing for a major acquisition and admiring its competitor Jardine Lloyd Thompson (JLT) for years. So right after the CEOs of the two firms met on Sept. 7 and he sensed an...

Marsh & McLennan to Acquire Broker JLT

Sep 18 2018 // Marsh & McLennan Inc. agreed to buy Jardine Lloyd Thompson for about 4.3 billion pounds ($5.7 billion) to expand its global offering of reinsurance and consulting services, adding to the frenetic pace of deal activity...

People

Sep 17 2018 // Pryor Cashman hired insurance coverage attorney Christopher Loeber in the firm’s New York office to lead the newly-created Insurance Recovery and Counseling practice.With more than 20 years of experience, Loeber...

GC Genesis, Guy Carpenter’s Insurer-Insurtech Matchmaker, Aims to Prevent Bad Relationships

Sep 11 2018 // Insurtech is often touted as the cure that will solve the insurance industry’s inefficient and antiquated processes – from distribution, to underwriting, to claims. While many insurers want to investigate the...

Guy Carpenter Taps Sinniah from Willis Re as Head of Strategy & Client Engagement

Sep 5 2018 // Guy Carpenter & Co., a global risk and reinsurance specialist and a wholly owned subsidiary of Marsh & McLennan Cos., announced the appointment of Shaun Sinniah as head of Strategy and Client Engagement for the...

Marsh & McLennan Agency Hires Perlman in Virginia

Sep 4 2018 // Marsh & McLennan Agency (MMA) has hired Denise Perlman as executive vice president of Business Insurance and National Partnerships. Perlman is based in Richmond, Va., and reports to MMA President Bill Jeatran.In this...

Guy Carpenter Partners with RPC Consulting to Offer Re/Insurance Analytic Platform

Aug 22 2018 // Guy Carpenter & Co., the global risk and reinsurance specialist and wholly owned subsidiary of Marsh & McLennan Cos., announced a multi-year, global strategic partnership with Reynolds Porter Chamberlain Consulting...

Guy Carpenter Licenses the CoreLogic U.S. Inland Flood Model

Aug 20 2018 // This post is part of a series sponsored by CoreLogic.2017 was a game-changing year for the insurance industry. Between the catastrophic deluge of water dumped in Texas from Hurricane Harvey and the unprecedented...

Business Moves

Aug 6 2018 // BNC Insurance Agency, Murray, Schoen & HomerBNC Insurance Agency Inc., an independently owned retail brokerage firm with headquarters in Rye Brook, N.Y., has acquired Murray, Schoen & Homer Inc., also located in...

FEMA Grows Its Flood Reinsurance Plan with $500 Million Cat Bond

Aug 1 2018 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has secured a reinsurance placement for the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) that for the first time is directly backed by capital markets investors.FEMA has entered...

Marsh & McLennan Reports Q2 Revenues Up

Jul 26 2018 // Marsh & McLennan Companies reported consolidated revenue was $3.7 billion, an increase of 7 percent over the second quarter of 2017.Operating income was $691 million for the quarter. In the Risk & Insurance...

JLT Re Hires Guy Carpenter’s MacColl to Head Credit, Surety for North America

Jul 16 2018 // JLT Re (North America) has appointed Scott MacColl as head of Credit and Surety for North America. In addition to his role in North America, he will be working with global teams to help build out this specialized practice...