All the headlines from our Sompo International Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 13 2017 // Sompo Canopius Re announced the appointment of Christopher Gray as head of P&I reinsurance, effective immediately. Gray, who joins from Swiss Re, reports to Andy Gladwin, global head of marine treaty.Sompo Canopius Re...
Jan 27 2017 // Sompo Canopius AG has appointed Steve O’Riordan as head of international property with immediate effect.O’Riordan brings 30 years’ experience in the international property markets to Sompo Canopius and...
Nov 23 2016 // Sompo Canopius AG announced that Stuart Davies is stepping down from his role as group CEO and all other related responsibilities, effective immediately.Davies joined Sompo Canopius in 2015 with a mandate to lead the group...
Sep 8 2016 // Sompo Canopius AG announced the hire of Spencer Pearce as head of heavy industry. Pearce, one of a number of recent senior hires for Sompo Canoipius, joins from AIG.He will report to Mike Southgate, head of Marine, Energy...
Aug 31 2016 // Sompo Canopius AG is diving into the U.S. ocean marine business. The global specialty insurer and reinsurer, which is wholly-owned by Sompo Japan Nipponkoa Insurance Inc., calls this a “significant expansion”...
Aug 18 2016 // Sompo Canopius has appointed Mark Newman as chief executive officer Sompo Canopius Asia Pacific, Middle East and North Africa. He is based in the Singapore office, reporting to Mike Duffy, chief underwriting officer.Newman...
Aug 1 2016 // Sompo Canopius* AG has appointed Paul Kedney as chief commercial officer. Kedney will join the group’s executive committee and work closely with Stuart Davies, group chief executive officer, and Mike Duffy, group...
Jul 18 2016 // Sompo Canopius AG announces has hired Laurie Banez as head of U.S. financial and professional lines. Banez is based in the New York office and reports to Stephen Hartwig, group head of casualty.She joins from Argo Pro with...
Jun 30 2016 // Sompo Canopius AG and Mexico’s Grupo Nacional Provinical SAB formed a strategic partnership.This arrangement will help both parties to develop new business and insurance products for the Mexican market,...
Jun 1 2016 // Sompo Canopius AG announced that Bernie de Haldevang is joining the group as global head of specialty.He will be responsible for further developing the group’s political risks lines and its accident & health and...
May 31 2016 // The Sompo group companies have launched a model for evaluating risks to onshore and offshore wind farms.The model, which provides key pricing and cat modeling data for insuring the construction and operation of wind...
Apr 13 2016 // Sompo Japan Nipponkoa Holdings Inc. is nearing an agreement with CIMB Group Holdings Bhd. to distribute general insurance products through the Malaysian lender’s branches across Asia, people with knowledge of the...
Mar 8 2016 // Sompo Canopius AG announced the appointment of Mike Southgate as global head of Marine, Energy and Engineering. He will join the group underwriting committee and report to Mike Duffy, group chief underwriting...
Feb 19 2016 // Allianz SE, AXA SA and Sompo Japan Nipponkoa Holdings Inc. made final bids for the rights to distribute their general insurance products through CIMB Group Holdings Bhd.’s branches across Asia, people with knowledge...
Feb 12 2016 // Sompo Canopius AG has entered into a license agreement with SSBN, which will provide it with flood models and hazard maps for the United States.SSBN works within the insurance sector, providing global flood risk analytics,...
Feb 9 2016 // Sompo Canopius AG has announced a number of changes to its organizational structure. The company is simplifying its underwriting management and structure to enhance cohesiveness and focus on profitability across the group....
Dec 14 2015 // French reinsurer SCOR Group issued a statement following the announcement from Sompo Japan Nipponkoa Holdings Inc. that it no longer plans to go through with an agreement to buy a 15 percent stake in SCOR.SCOR said it...
Nov 30 2015 // A.M. Best has assigned a financial strength rating of A (Excellent) and an issuer credit rating of “a+” to Sompo Japan Canopius Reinsurance AG, a wholly owned subsidiary of Canopius Group AG. The outlook...
Sep 14 2015 // Canopius Group AG* announced the formation of an integrated global business unit to manage the assumed reinsurance business previously written separately by Canopius and Sompo Japan Nipponkoa Insurance Inc.The business...
Jul 17 2015 // Japanese insurers including MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings Inc. and Sompo Japan Nipponkoa Insurance Inc. are seeking mergers with peers in the United States, as a declining population at home forces them to pursue...