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Fidelis’s Pine Walk launches specialist energy liability MGA
12th January 2022
Pine Walk Capital Limited, a Fidelis Group company and specialist MGA platform, has announced the launch of its sixth MGA, OPEnergy Limited. OPEnergy received regulatory approval from the FCA on 6 January 2022 and will write onshore and offshore energy liability risks, providing public, products and pollution liability lines. The MGA is ... Read the full article
Synapse launches energy practice with new hire
9th December 2021
Specialty wholesale insurance broker Synapse Services has announced the expansion of its business lines with a dedicated energy practice. Emris Graham has been appointed Vice President to lead the new unit, effective immediately, and will operate out of Birmingham, Alabama. Graham joins Synapse Services bringing over 16 years of experience broking complex ... Read the full article
Gallagher looks to develop in Middle East & Africa with energy hire
27th October 2021
Re/insurance broker Gallagher has announced plans to further develop its energy proposition in the Middle East and Africa with the addition of William Peilow as a partner in its Specialty energy team. Peilow joins from Willis Towers Watson (WTW) and brings existing relationships with risk managers, insurance and reinsurance companies in ... Read the full article
Markel adds two energy underwriters to APAC team
14th October 2021
Markel International, a subsidiary of the Markel Corporation, has announced the additions of Max Robbie and Yong Ruay Heah as specialist energy underwriters within its Asia Pacific team. Based in Dubai, Robbie has been appointed as head of upstream – Asia, and will report directly to Christian Stobbs, managing director of ... Read the full article
Hurricane Ida could cause major hit to Lloyd’s & energy markets: Peel Hunt
1st September 2021
Analysts at Peel Hunt have warned that Hurricane Ida could result in a major hit to both the Lloyd’s and energy re/insurance markets, in addition to massive costs for the US P&C sector. Ida made landfall in Louisiana as a Category 4 hurricane just south west of New Orleans on Sunday ... Read the full article
Guy Carpenter launches new Marine & Energy division
2nd November 2020
Guy Carpenter, the reinsurance arm of global brokerage Marsh, has announced the launch of a new Marine & Energy mutual, agency and captive reinsurance solutions practice. The practice, which forms part of Guy Carpenter’s Global Marine & Energy Specialty group, will be led by Managing Director Demian Smith. Guy Carpenter’s aim is ... Read the full article
AXA XL’s New Energy Risk insures fuel cell project in South Korea
21st October 2020
New Energy Risk (NER), an affiliate of global re/insurer AXA XL, has provided an insurance solution to Bloom Energy to facilitate the purchase and financing of fuel cells in South Korea. NER developed an insurance solution and monitoring schedule that addresses the operation of the fuel cells for 15 years. NER has ... Read the full article
Turkey’s Eximbank provides $79mn reinsurance support to UKEF
8th July 2020
Türk Eximbank, Turkey's official export credit agency, is set to provide $79.2 million of reinsurance backing to the UK Export Finance Agency (UKEF) for its energy projects in Iraq. A statement from Trade Minister Ruhsar Pekcan says the amount to be provided to UKEF is proportionate to the value of Turkish ... Read the full article
Climate risk to transform energy sector: Willis Towers Watson
16th April 2020
Analysts at Willis Towers Watson (WTW) have suggested that climate change risks and environmental social governance (ESG) will have a transformative effect on the energy insurance industry in the coming years. As part of its annual Energy Market Review, WTW noted that the recent oil price war and the reduction in ... Read the full article
Downstream continues to lead hardening energy market: Marsh JLT Specialty
10th January 2020
Downstream continues to see the largest rate increases in an overall hardening energy re/insurance market, according to Marsh JLT specialty, although there are signs that the upstream sector could soon step up a gear. Analysts noted that market correction efforts accelerated relentlessly for downstream energy across all regions in the fourth ... Read the full article
Rate divergence continues for upstream & downstream energy: Marsh JLT Specialty
17th October 2019
A new report from Marsh JLT Specialty has highlighted the ongoing divergence in rates between upstream and downstream energy markets, as the upstream market continues to struggle to achieve meaningful increases. In contrast, downstream energy rates are gaining more traction, driven by withdrawals and cutbacks in capacity. Other specialty lines – including ... Read the full article
PCS to improve granularity on marine & energy loss estimates
9th September 2019
Property Claim Services (PCS), a division of Verisk that collects and aggregates the re/insurance industry loss data, has announced that it plans to offer greater granularity for estimates reported under its Global Marine and Energy platform. From November 1, 2019, PCS will report industry loss estimates for new qualifying loss events ... Read the full article
kWh Analytics closes 23 MW Solar Revenue Put, backed by Swiss Re
12th July 2019
kWh Analytics, a leading solar risk management provider, has closed a Solar Revenue Put for a 23 MW solar project, with capacity provided by Swiss Re Corporate Solutions. The 23-MW dc Grand Ridge Solar project, located in La Salle County, Illinois, was refinanced with the Solar Revenue Put protecting cashflows. Grand Ridge ... Read the full article
Liberty Mutual Re announces Marine & Energy hire from AXA ART
20th June 2019
Liberty Mutual Reinsurance, the reinsurance unit of Liberty Specialty Markets, has announced the appointment of Jens Voges as Senior Underwriter and Product Leader for Marine & Energy within its London Market Risk (LMR) team. Voges joins Liberty Mutual Re from AXA ART Insurance, where he has served as Senior Reinsurance Specialist ... Read the full article
Alesco launches $3.5bn energy reinsurance facility for Equatorial Guinea
21st March 2019
Alesco Risk Management Services, the specialist insurance and risk management broker, has been appointed by Africa Reinsurance Corporation (Africa Re) to arrange a reinsurance facility for all international upstream energy insurance programs written from Equatorial Guinea. The commission of the $3.5 billion facility, which will largely be placed through Lloyd’s, adheres ... Read the full article
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