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BGC Insurance
BGC in $500mn sale of brokerage business to Ardonagh
26th May 2021
BGC Partners has entered into an agreement to sell its Insurance Brokerage business for $500 million to The Ardonagh Group. Ed Broking Group and Besso Insurance, recently grouped together under the brand of Corant Global, comprise of global wholesale and specialty re/insurance broker Ed, Lloyd’s broker Besso, aviation specialist Piiq Risk ... Read the full article
Ed hires Christina Ong from Howden to Chairman of Ed Asia role
3rd May 2021
Reinsurance, specialty and wholesale brokerage Ed, part of Corant and the broader BGC Partners group, has announced a key hire in Asia, appointing Christina Ong of Howden as its new Chairman of Ed Asia. Located in Singapore, Ong will join Ed Asia immediately and take up the Chairman role, bringing decades ... Read the full article
Corant Global launches as holding company for BGC’s insurance interests
19th January 2021
Corant Global Limited, the new name for BGC Insurance (BGCI), has launched today and will become the holding company for all the insurance interests of global brokerage and financial technology firm, BGC Partners, Inc. Corant will comprise of insurance and reinsurance broking operations Ed, Besso, Piiq Risk Partners and Junge, alongside ... Read the full article
BGC’s Piiq Risk Partners adds Ian George as Senior Partner
14th January 2020
Piiq Risk Partners, the recently branded global aerospace brokerage of BGC Insurance Group, has announced the appointment of Ian George as Senior Partner. Set to join the firm later this year, George brings 23 years of global experience in both the aviation and space sectors. He joins Piiq from Willis Towers ... Read the full article
BGC Insurance reveals name & brand of new global aerospace broker
6th January 2020
BGC Insurance Group, a division of global brokerage and financial technology firm BGC Partners Inc., has now announced the name and brand for its global aerospace insurance and reinsurance brokerage, Piiq Risk Partners. The inception of the company's specialist global aviation and aerospace re/insurance brokerage was announced in the summer of ... Read the full article
BGC Insurance adds JLT’s Bruce Fine to aviation re/insurance brokerage
3rd September 2019
BGC Insurance Group (BGCI), a division of broker and fintech firm BGC Partners, has announced the addition of Bruce Fine to its new global aviation and space re/insurance brokerage. Based in Atlanta and Chicago, Fine will serve as Managing Partner for US Aviation and Aerospace, as well as President of the ... Read the full article
BGC Insurance adds a further Marsh exec to aviation & space brokerage
5th August 2019
BGC Insurance Group (BGCI), a division of BGC Partners Inc., has announced the appointment of Oyin Heath to its newly formed global aviation and space re/insurance brokerage. Heath joins BGCI from Marsh JLT Specialty, where she was a Managing Director and Leader of the Aerospace and Manufacturer Segments of the Aviation ... Read the full article
BGC Insurance adds Marsh exec to aviation & space brokerage
2nd August 2019
BGC Insurance Group (BGCI), a division of BGC Partners Inc., has announced the addition of Mark Costin to its new global aviation and space re/insurance brokerage. Costin joins BGCI from Marsh JLT Specialty, where he served as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for its Aviation and Aerospace division. He arrived at Marsh in ... Read the full article
Willis Towers Watson’s Smaje joins BGC Insurance as CEO, global aviation & space brokerage
1st July 2019
BGC Insurance Group, a division of BGC Partners, Inc. has named Philip Smaje as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of its new global aviation and space re/insurance brokerage. The appointment of Smaje follows the recent addition of JLT's Marcel Chad as President of the unit and subject to regulatory approval, Smaje ... Read the full article
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