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Allianz (AGCS) makes senior adjustments

19th March 2019

Allianz’ corporate insurance carrier, Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS), is appointing its current Chief Underwriting Officer, Corporate, Hartmut Mai to the Board role of AGCS Chief Regions and Markets Officer for the company’s three strategic business units: Central & Eastern Europe (CEE), Mediterranean and Africa. This announcement comes as AGCS ... Read the full article

Beazley adds financial lines underwriters to Barcelona team

11th January 2019

Specialist re/insurer Beazley has appointed Francisco Alcaide and Alexander van Nierop as financial lines underwriters at the company’s hub for continental Europe in Barcelona. Alcaide joins Beazley from Hiscox, where he has spent the previous eight years as a senior underwriter in the insurer’s professional risks team in Spain, with responsibility ... Read the full article

Top 100 U.S. Property & Casualty Insurance Companies

23rd November 2018

The largest P&C insurers in the United States This Top 100 U.S. Property & Casualty Insurance Companies directory is based on research data from rating agency A.M. Best. Listing the top property and casualty insurance companies in the United States, this directory provides a simple way to analyse the top P&C insurance companies ... Read the full article

Willis Towers Watson expands Plug and Play insurtech partnership

8th October 2018

Re/insurance broker Willis Towers Watson (WTW) has expanded its partnership with Plug and Play, an innovation platform and venture fund that specialises in the development of early-to-growth stage technology startups. The new agreement extends WTW’s access to insurtech startups across all of Plug and Play’s platforms, which include Beijing, Munich, New ... Read the full article

World’s Largest Insurance Companies

10th April 2018

The world's largest insurers This World's Largest Insurance Companies directory is based on research data from rating agency A.M. Best. Listing the top insurance companies in the world, this directory provides a simple way to analyse the world’s top insurance companies by premiums underwritten and by their net assets. The largest ... Read the full article

German government-backed platform offers global climate risk database

2nd November 2017

A global online database platform to share good practices and innovative solutions in climate risk insurance has been launched by the Global Index Insurance Facility (GIIF), the Munich Climate Insurance Initiative (MCII), and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ). The German government commissioned platform promotes risk transfer as an approach ... Read the full article

Lloyd’s pegs Hurricane Maria loss at $0.9 billion

23rd October 2017

Lloyd’s has released a preliminary $0.9 billion hurricane Maria claims estimate, and lowered its net claims estimates for hurricanes Harvey and Irma from a combined $4.5 down to $3.9 billion. "The claims estimate for Harvey and Irma has reduced approximately 10% from the precautionary figure we issued with our half year ... Read the full article

Harvey, Irma, and Maria to drive overall Lloyd’s market loss, says Moody’s

13th October 2017

Analysts at Moody's expect the impacts of hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria to result in an overall loss for the Lloyd's of London specialist insurance and reinsurance marketplace. Combined, Lloyd's announced previously that it expects hurricanes Harvey and Irma to drive losses of around $4.5 billion, net of reinsurance, estimates that ... Read the full article

Lloyd’s puts hurricane Harvey & Irma loss at around $4.5 billion

28th September 2017

The specialist Lloyd's of London insurance and reinsurance marketplace expects to experience net claims, after reinsurance, of roughly $4.5 billion (£3.37bn) as a result of the impacts of hurricanes Harvey and Irma. Hurricanes Harvey and Irma battered parts of the U.S. and the Caribbean in late August and early September, bringing ... Read the full article