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Reinsurance broker news, analysis and insight, covering reinsurance broker market trends and opportunities.
Reinsurance brokers have a core role to play in the market, so we frequently cover news related to their activities and also interview senior reinsurance broking executives as well.
JLT Re makes three new senior U.S appointments
4th April 2018
JLT Re (North America) Inc. has announced the appointments of George Daddario, Peter Chandler and Chip Ott to key executive positions within the company. Daddario, who joined JLT Re in 2014 in the acquisition of Towers Watson, has been appointed to the newly created role of Executive Chairman, and will be ... Read the full article
Marsh names Sue Woolterton as Head of Specialties
29th March 2018
Marsh has appointed Sue Woolterton to the newly created position of Head of Specialities, to be based in the firm’s second largest UK office in Norwich. Woolterton, who has been with Marsh since 1987, will now be responsible for developing Marsh’s UK Specialties Division, which covers its marine, energy, aviation, construction, ... Read the full article
Integro completes merger agreement with Lloyd’s broker Tyser & Co
29th March 2018
Integro Insurance Brokers has announced the completion of an agreement to merge its UK wholesale and UK retail operations with specialist Lloyd's broker Tyser & Co (Tysers). The agreement will see Integro acquire 100% of Hawkes Bay Holdings (HBH), the privately-owned principal parent company of Tysers, upon receipt of regulatory approval. The transaction ... Read the full article
Ed hires Herman from Lloyd & Partners to Risk Solutions team
27th March 2018
London-based re/insurance broker Ed has announced that it has expanded its Risk Solutions team with the appointment of Dean Herman to the role of Divisional Director. Herman joins Ed from Lloyd & Partners, where, as Head of U.S Property, he was responsible for the placement of global accounts across sectors like ... Read the full article
WTW expands Head of Corporate Risk & Broking Asia’s role to include Australasia
26th March 2018
Willis Towers Watson (WTW) has expanded Simon Weaver's current role as Head of Corporate Risk and Broking (CRB) for Asia to include operations in Australia and New Zealand. In what is a newly-created, expanded role, Weaver will head up CRB’s growth across Asia Pacific by coordinating Willis Towers Watson’s global CRB ... Read the full article
Stable 2018 global outlook for re/insurance brokers: Moody’s
26th March 2018
Moody’s Investors Service has reported that re/insurance brokers have a stable 2018 outlook, crediting high product demand, capital requirements, significant variable costs, and good profit margins and cash flows for the sector’s health. Brokers in the U.S will benefit in particular, due to steady economic growth, rising P&C re/insurance rates, and ... Read the full article
Marsh’s Roy White appointed Chair of LIIBA
23rd March 2018
Chairman of UK Specialties at broker Marsh, Roy White, has been appointed as the new Chair of the Board of the London & International Insurance Brokers' Association (LIIBA), succeeding Arthur J Gallagher's Andrew Agnew. Agnew leaves the post after two years, and White takes up the position after previously serving as ... Read the full article
Nathan Shanaghy to replace David Ledger as COO, Aon UK Ltd
23rd March 2018
Current Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Aon Risk Solutions UK and the London Global Broking Centre, Nathan Shanaghy, has been appointed COO of Aon UK Ltd, reporting to Julie Page, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Aon UK Ltd. He succeeds David Ledger, who is set to retire at the end of ... Read the full article
JLT Specialty USA names Josh Forbes as Senior Vice President
22nd March 2018
Insurance and reinsurance broker Jardine Lloyd Thompson (JLT) subsidiary, JLT Specialty USA, has announced the appointment of Josh Forbes as Senior Vice President (SVP). Forbes is based in New York, and will be responsible for building JLT Specialty USA’s Property Practice in a key growth market by delivering specialised solutions for ... Read the full article
Alliant expands Energy and Marine expertise with new First Vice President
21st March 2018
Alliant Insurance Services has announced that Rose Calpin-Dewey has been appointed First Vice President of the firm’s Energy and Marine Group. Based in Alliant’s Houston office, Calpin-Dewey will be responsible for providing insurance and risk advisory services to the re/insurance broker’s U.S energy and marine clients. John Ludwig, Senior Managing Director at ... Read the full article
BIBA signs agreement with WBN to ensure post-Brexit continuity
21st March 2018
The British Insurance Brokers’ Association (BIBA) and the Worldwide Broker Network (WBN) have signed an agreement that facilitates the introduction of BIBA member firms to one of WBN's member firms in an EU member country, in order to ensure continuity post-Brexit. The arrangement is scheduled to be launched to members by ... Read the full article
Aon Benfield names CEO for Bermuda in management restructure
20th March 2018
Aon Benfield, the reinsurance arm global brokerage Aon, has announced both the expansion of its Bermuda team as well as a new management structure, which includes the appointment of Matthias Meyenhofer as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Aon Benfield Bermuda. Meyenhofer joins from rival reinsurance broker Guy Carpenter, where he was most ... Read the full article
Capsicum Re selected as reinsurance broker for Arch’s mortgage pilot
20th March 2018
Capsicum Re has confirmed its role as reinsurance broker working with Arch Capital Group's new Washington D.C. based subsidiary, Arch MRT on the new mortgage credit risk transfer program Integrated Mortgage Insurance, IMAGIN. Led by Steven Rance, Capsicum Re's mortgage indemnity division and Arch have assembled the panel of re/insurers that will ... Read the full article
Aon UK hires Matt Kimber as Chief Risk Officer
20th March 2018
Aon UK Ltd has announced that Matt Kimber has been appointed new Chief Risk Officer (CRO) of the company, replacing current interim CRO John Nicholson. Kimber, who joins Aon from broker Jardine Lloyd Thompson (JLT), will become an Aon UK board member, and will report to Julie Page, Chief Executive Officer ... Read the full article
Aon’s One Underwriting unit appoints new Director from Swiss Re
19th March 2018
Global insurance and reinsurance broker Aon's Australian third-party distribution business, One Underwriting, has appointed Adam Cox as its new Director, as former One Underwriting Director, Alison Smith, transitions to the firm's broking area. Cox joins the broker after eight years with reinsurance giant Swiss Re, where he was most recently responsible ... Read the full article