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ArgoGlobal Dubai names Gloria Kasuzweni as Assistant Underwriter
6th January 2022
ArgoGlobal Dubai has expanded its Casualty & Professional Lines team with the appointment of Gloria Kasuzweni as Assistant Underwriter. Kasuzweni brings over 17 years of industry experience and joins from United Fidelity Insurance Company, where she was Team Leader for just under three years. Prior to that position, she worked at United ... Read the full article
Argo Group to sell Malta operation to Riverstone
20th December 2021
Argo Group, the US and international focused specialty insurer, has announced an agreement to sell its Malta business operations, ArgoGlobal Holdings (Malta) Ltd., to legacy and run-off specialist Riverstone Holdings Limited. The ArgoGlobal SE business unit has been unused for a time, as Argo shifted its focus back to the United ... Read the full article
ArgoGlobal partners with green finance MGA Tierra Underwriting
17th May 2021
Lloyd's of London insurer and Argo Group subsidiary ArgoGlobal has partnered with Tierra Underwriting Limited (Tierra) to provide insurance in support of green project finance transactions. ArgoGlobal will provide $25 million in underwriting capacity to support the MGA, which Tierra will use to support transactions that have carbon abatement at their ... Read the full article
ArgoGlobal adds StarStone underwriters to Political Violence & War team
5th November 2020
Lloyd's of London insurer and Argo Group subsidiary ArgoGlobal has announced the additions of Henry Gillingham as political violence and war class underwriter, Chris Marsh as underwriter, and Chris Sparrow as underwriting assistant. All three were recruited from Starstone and will take up their new roles with immediate effect. Marsh and Sparrow ... Read the full article
ArgoGlobal announces RITC transaction with RiverStone
12th October 2020
ArgoGlobal, a Lloyd’s insurer and member of speciality reinsurer Argo Group, has entered into a reinsurance-to-close (RITC) transaction with legacy specialist RiverStone. The deal will see RiverStone undertake an RITC of ArgoGlobal’s Syndicate 1200 for 2017 and prior years with net technical provisions of £356 million. The transaction is expected to receive ... Read the full article
ArgoGlobal-backed Loadsure secures Lloyd’s coverholder approval
10th February 2020
Loadsure, a managing general agency (MGA) focused on the U.S. spot freight industry, has been granted coverholder status by the specialist Lloyd's of London insurance and reinsurance marketplace. ArgoGlobal, a division of re/insurer Argo Group, has partnered with Loadsure to provide capacity and support for its development, and has been working ... Read the full article
ArgoGlobal adds Noel Praveen to Dubai underwriting team
15th October 2019
ArgoGlobal, the Lloyd’s insurer and member of Argo Group, has announced the appointment of Noel Praveen to its underwriting team in Dubai. He will taken up his position as Senior Underwriter for Casualty and Professional Lines with immediate effect. Praveen joins ArgoGlobal from Abu Dhabi National Insurance Company, where he most recently ... Read the full article
ArgoGlobal’s Lloyd’s Syndicate 1200 to exit Asia
2nd September 2019
Lloyd's of London insurer and member of Argo Group, ArgoGlobal, has announced plans to exit Syndicate 1200 underwriting operations in Asia and the majority of its hull underwriting business within the syndicate. The move comes as part of recent actions undertaken by the firm to improve profitability in the syndicate. In ... Read the full article
ArgoGlobal adds active underwriter for Syndicate 1200
29th July 2019
Lloyd's of London insurer and member of Argo Group, ArgoGlobal has appointed John Moffatt as an active underwriter for Syndicate 1200, reporting to Matt Harris, group head of International operations. Moffatt's appointment remains subject to regulatory approval, and sees him move from his previous role with ArgoGlobal as the head of ... Read the full article
ArgoGlobal hires international A&H underwriter from TMK
14th May 2019
ArgoGlobal, the Lloyd’s insurer and member of Argo Group, has announced the appointment of Zachary Tan as Accident and Health (A&H) Underwriter, effective immediately. He will focus on business in the Asia Pacific and Middle East regions, and will report to Michael Scala, Chief Underwriting Officer for Asia Pacific at ArgoGlobal. Tan ... Read the full article
ArgoGlobal names Head of Operations for Europe, Middle East & Asia
1st April 2019
ArgoGlobal, the Lloyd’s insurer and member of Argo Group, has announced the appointment of Helen Donegan as Head of Operations – Europe, Middle East and Asia. Donegan joins ArgoGlobal from MS Amlin, where she has served as Group Head of Underwriting Management since the merger of Amlin and MSIG in 2017. Prior ... Read the full article
ArgoGlobal appoints new CUO for Europe, Middle East and Asia
12th March 2019
Lloyd's of London insurer ArgoGlobal has announced the appointment of Alfredo Alonso as Chief Underwriting Officer (CUO) for Europe, Middle East and Asia, effective March 2019. Alonso will be based in London and will report to Group of Head of International Operations, ArgoGlobal, Matt Harris. "Alfredo’s extensive underwriting expertise spans European, Middle ... Read the full article
Waypoint approved as A&H coverholder for ArgoGlobal at Lloyd’s
23rd January 2019
Specialty managing general underwriter (MGU) Waypoint Underwriting Management has obtained coverholder approval to underwrite accident and health (A&H) products on behalf of ArgoGlobal Syndicate 1200 at Lloyd’s. Waypoint offers insurance and reinsurance solutions to clients in the U.S, led by an executive team that has started, owned and run multiple reinsurance ... Read the full article
ArgoGlobal adds Aspen’s Chief Actuary Paul Lucas
3rd December 2018
Lloyd’s insurer and member of Argo Group, ArgoGlobal, has appointed Paul Lucas as Chief Actuary, International. Lucas takes up his role immediately and will report to Bob Katzman, Chief Actuary at Argo Group. Lucas brings 17 years' industry experience to ArgoGlobal and joins from Aspen, where he served as Global Insurance Chief ... Read the full article
ArgoGlobal appoints Marcello Lombardini to Director role
15th October 2018
ArgoGlobal Assicurazioni, a member of Argo Group International Holdings, an international underwriter of specialty re/insurance, has appointed Marcello Lombardini as Distribution and Business Development Director. Lombardini joins from Banca IFIS, where he most recently served as Senior Insurance Consultant. In his new role, he will report to Giovanni Tucci, Managing Director of ... Read the full article
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