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Lockton Re appoints Oliver Brew as Cyber Practice Leader, London

18th October 2022

Global insurance broker Lockton’s dedicated reinsurance division, Lockton Re, has appointed Oliver Brew in a new role as Cyber Practice Leader in London. Brew brings more than 20 years of industry experience towards the role. He joins from CyberCube where he most recently served as Head of Client Success as part ... Read the full article

Resilience makes hires within underwriting, claims, distribution & security

29th July 2022

Resilience, an industry leader in cyber insurance and security solutions, has announced five senior executive appointments, as the company continues its global expansion in the UK & Europe. Industry veteran, Simon West has been appointed as Cyber Advisory Lead. West has more than 25 years of global security risk management experience ... Read the full article

Lloyd’s names General Representative for Luxembourg

13th December 2021

Lloyd’s Insurance Company S.A. (LIC), the European subsidiary of the insurance and reinsurance marketplace, has appointed Martial de Calbiac as its General Representative for Luxembourg. de Calbiac has more than four decades of experience, and currently holds the position of Retraité -  Gérant at Luxembourg-based firm Fremarlux Sàrl. He also served as ... Read the full article

Ontario Teachers’ to invest in Lloyd’s London Bridge Risk PCC

10th November 2021

Lloyd’s has announced the participation of the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board in the London Bridge Risk Protected Cell Company (PCC), providing initial capital in excess of £100 million with an expectation for that to grow over time. Ontario Teachers’ is the administrator of Canada's largest single-profession pension plan and has ... Read the full article

Marsh opens Cyber Catalyst 2020 evaluation program

4th March 2020

Re/insurance broker Marsh has announced the 2020 opening of its Cyber Catalyst program, which aims to evaluate and designate products and services that can be effective against major cyber threats. In the inaugural 2019 program, more than 150 products and services were submitted for evaluation, with 17 ultimately receiving a Cyber ... Read the full article

Guernsey reports uptick in new captive inquiries

24th September 2019

Guernsey has reported a large rise in captive insurance inquiries over the second half of 2019, following a notable dip in numbers last year. Industry figures said that the level of significant inquiries received over the summer easily surpassed recent years. Guernsey is responsible for more than a third of the European ... Read the full article

Tokio Marine HCC bolsters global Media, Film & TV team

25th July 2019

Tokio Marine HCC has announced the appointments of Stuart Wolstenholme and Lucy Smith in its international Media, Film & TV team within its Professional Risks unit. Wolstenholme has been named Media Property and Liability Underwriting Manager, and brings more than 15 years of experience in the Media and Music industries to ... Read the full article

Munich Re, Allianz & AXIS join Marsh for new cyber service

27th March 2019

Global re/insurance broker Marsh has announced the launch of Cyber Catalyst, a service that brings together a number of the market’s leading insurers to provide analysis and assessment of cybersecurity products. The objective of Cyber Catalyst is to identify and evaluate effective solutions for an organisation to deploy against cyber risk, ... Read the full article

Channel Syndicate 2015 promotes Anderson to Head of Tech & Cyber

29th January 2019

Channel Syndicate 2015 (Channel) at the specialist Lloyd's of London insurance and reinsurance marketplace, has announced the appointment of Gillian Anderson as Head of Technology and Cyber, effective immediately. In her new role, Anderson will report to Active Underwriter at Channel, Tom Corfield. She joined Channel in the summer of 2016 ... Read the full article

The U.S. TCJA could have more immediate implications for Bermuda’s re/insurers: KBRA

5th November 2018

The U.S. Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), signed into law in December of 2017, could have more immediate implications for Bermuda insurers and reinsurers, according to analysis by Kroll Bond Rating Agency (KBRA). In a recent report, KBRA discusses potential implications for Bermudian re/insurance companies regarding the implementation of the ... Read the full article

JLT Re appoints Henry Sanderson to London Global Markets division

9th September 2018

JLT Re, the reinsurance broking arm of global brokerage JLT Group, has announced that Henry Sanderson is to join the London Global Markets division this week. He will be focusing on Digital Risks & Innovation - Cyber and related products. “With our recent hiring of Erica Davis in New York and ... Read the full article

Advent Underwriting launches political violence rating tool for MENA

25th June 2018

Advent Underwriting, the Lloyd’s specialty re/insurer, has launched a new online pricing and placing tool for low-ticket political violence (PV) business in the Middle East & North Africa (MENA) region. The new rating tool, called PVPlus, was developed in partnership with independent MGA CFC Underwriting, and aims to provide SMEs in ... Read the full article

Lloyd’s expands North African presence with Casablanca office

5th April 2018

Lloyd’s has established a new office in Morocco’s Casablanca Finance City (CFC), a North African economic and financial hub. The office will allow Lloyd’s to better provide tailored risk solutions to the North African market, and was officially inaugurated on 3 April 2018, with Salah El-Kadiri as its General Representative. Speaking at ... Read the full article

Tokio Marine Kiln names Alex Jomaa as cyber underwriter

2nd February 2018

Tokio Marine Kiln (TMK) has strengthened its cyber team with the appointment of Alex Jomaa as cyber underwriter, set to take up the role immediately and report to head of enterprise risk Laila Khudairi. Jomaa joins from CFC Underwriting where he was cyber liability underwriter responsible for underwriting a worldwide cyber portfolio. Khudairi welcomed Jomaa ... Read the full article

Re/insurers could face up to $2.5 billion loss from next global cyber attack

14th July 2017

Graeme Newman, Chief Innovation Officer at CFC Underwriting, warned in a recent interview that the next global WannaCry cyber attack could cost the industry up to $2.5 billion, Bloomberg reported. "It’s exceptionally likely that we will see an event over the next months that will seriously affect insurers," said Graeme ... Read the full article