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People Moves: Chubb Overseas General Insurance Promotes Shead to Head of Property; QBE Taps AIG’s Smallridge as UK Casualty Portfolio Manager

Dec 9 2025 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Chubb and QBE.A summary of these new hires follows here. Chubb Promotes Shead to Head of Property, Overseas General InsuranceChubb announced that Aaron...

One of Highest Property Claims Severity Recorded in Q3 on Low Volume, Says Verisk

Dec 9 2025 // A new report from Verisk has found that property insurance claims volume during the third quarter 2025 was the lowest it has been in the past five years but claims severity during the period was one of the highest in...

People Moves: Aon Names Norman as Senior Broker in Global ReSpecialty Property Team; AHJ Miller Taps Carpenter’s Ehrencrona as Head of Nordic Fac

Dec 8 2025 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at the brokers Aon plc and AHJ Miller.A summary of these new hires follows here. Aon Names Norman as Senior Broker in its Global ReSpecialty Property...

Hurricane Readiness: Protecting Your Property This Season

Nov 19 2025 // This post is part of a series sponsored by IAT Insurance Group. The 2025 Atlantic hurricane season is shaping up to be one of the most active yet, with up to 25 named storms expected โ€” and the potential for major damage....

Property Cat Reinsurance MGA, Bobcat Re, Launched in US by Former K2 CAT Execs

Nov 18 2025 // A new property-catastrophe reinsurance MGA, Bobcat Re, has been launched by a group of private investors, including former K2 CAT executives David Carson and James Sharpington as well as Glenn T. Jackson from...

Don’t Look Now, But Florida’s State Plan, Citizens, Is No Longer the Largest Property Insurer in the Sunshine State

Nov 17 2025 // Citizens Property Insurance Corp., the state-created insurer of last resort, is no longer the largest carrier in Florida. The ranking is seen as a significant milestone in the push for a more stable, market-based insurance...

People Moves: Markel Int’l Promotes Davies as MD of Newly Created London Mkt Business; Lockton Re Taps Aon’s Khan as Head of Property Innovation & Solutions

Nov 13 2025 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at insurer Markel International and broker Lockton Re.A summary of these new hires follows here. Markel International Promotes Davies as MD of Newly Created...

People Moves: AXA XL Promotes Lahrmann to Head of International Property; Fidelis Insurance Group Taps IQUW’s Waddell-Dudley as UK CUO

Nov 5 2025 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at AXA XL and Fidelis Insurance Group.A summary of these new hires follows here. AXA XL Promotes Lahrmann to Head of International PropertyAXA XL announced...

People Moves: Ryan Appointed CMO of Howden US; McCrosson Joins AXA XL Reinsurance as Sr. Underwriter, US Property Treaty

Nov 4 2025 // McCrosson Joins AXA XL Reinsurance as Senior Underwriter, US Property TreatyAXA XL Reinsurance hired Dan McCrosson to the U.S. property treaty reinsurance team in Stamford, Connecticut, as a senior underwriter, U.S....

Don’t Look Now, But Citizens Is No Longer the Largest Property Insurer in Florida

Nov 3 2025 // Citizens Property Insurance Corp., the state-created insurer of last resort, is no longer the largest carrier in Florida. The ranking is seen as a significant milestone in the push for a more stable, market-based insurance...

Reinsurers Hold Bulk of Jamaica’s Property Exposures From Hurricane Melissa: Reports

Oct 29 2025 // Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Jamaica as a powerful category 5 storm โ€“ a record for the Caribbean island nation — which brought storm surge, torrential rain, strong winds and massive damages.Making landfall...

Rotting Apple: Berkley Explains Property Market, Company Appetite

Oct 23 2025 // Analysts trying to reconcile third-quarter premium jumps reported by line of business for W.R. Berkley Corporation with the CEO’s opening remarks during an earnings conference call this week may well have been...

People Moves: Liberty Specialty Markets Promotes Nelson as Active U/W for Syndicate 4472; Westfield Specialty Int’l Taps Faraday’s Richardson to Lead Open Market Property

Oct 9 2025 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Liberty Specialty Markets and Westfield Specialty International.A summary of these new hires follows here. Liberty Specialty Markets Promotes Nelson as...

Connecticut Launches Free Online Property Risk Mapping Tool

Oct 8 2025 // Connecticut has launched a free online risk mapping tool that allows Connecticut homeowners and businesses to assess their property’s risk from flooding, wildfires, and other perils to better understand their...

Katrina 2005-2025: How Property Policies Changed

Oct 6 2025 // Hurricane Katrina made landfall on August 29, 2005, with the eye of the Category 3 hurricane centered on Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, though the storm is remembered largely because of the devastation to New Orleans,...

SCDOI Approves Rate Drop on Credit Property Insurance

Oct 2 2025 // South Carolina’s insurance director has given final approval to a rate cut on credit property insurance, the coverage that lenders take out on personal property used as collateral.The 2026 rate for household goods...

Allstate Promotes Rizzo to COO, Merten to President of Property-Liability

Oct 2 2025 // Allstate Corp. did some shuffling of it’s senior leadership team Oct. 1.Effective immediate, Mario Rizzo is chief operating officer. He will be responsible for the Northbrook, Illinois-based insurer’s...

Vietnam Estimates Property Damage From Typhoon Bualoi at $303 Million

Oct 1 2025 // Vietnam’s government said Typhoon Bualoi caused an estimated 8 trillion dong ($303 million) of property damage this week, saying in a preliminary assessment on Wednesday that nearly 170,000 houses were damaged or...

External Threat: Protecting Your Property when the Fire Starts Outside

Sep 30 2025 // This post is part of a series sponsored by IAT Insurance Group.In early 2025, a 30,000-square-foot steel warehouse full of storage was destroyed by fire โ€” and deemed a total loss. The building, located in the Southwest,...

Skyward Specialty Names Zitzmann President of Inland Marine, Transactional Property

Sep 15 2025 // Skyward Specialty Insurance Group recruited Christopher Zitzmann as president of Inland Marine and Transactional Property. With more than two decades of experience in the property and inland marine markets, Zitzmann is...