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News about Marsh, one of the world’s leading insurance brokers and part of the Marsh & McLennan group of companies.
News on Marsh’s activities in insurance markets, as a broker, originator, adviser and structurer of risk transfer transactions.
Marsh is also associated with reinsurance broker Guy Carpenter, another member of the Marsh & McLennan group.
Marsh names CEO & Client Director of UK Real Estate Practice
19th June 2019
Global re/insurance broker Marsh has announced the appointments of Tim Scoble as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of its UK Real Estate Practice, and Mark Lumley as Client Director. Part of Marsh JLT Specialty, the UK Real Estate Practice provides insurance and risk advisory services to real estate owners, operators, managers, and ... Read the full article
MMC urges U.S Senate to renew terrorism risk insurance act
19th June 2019
Tarique Nageer, Property Terrorism Placement and Advisory Leader at Marsh, a Marsh & McLennan firm, has testified before a U.S Senate Committee to highlight the importance of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Reauthorization Act (TRIPRA). Nageer urged members of the Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs to renew the Act, ... Read the full article
The risk transfer industry has never been so important: Dan Glaser, Marsh
13th June 2019
The President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Marsh & McLennan (MMC), Dan Glaser, believes that the risk transfer industry has never been so important or relevant. Addressing delegates at the opening of the MMC Rising Professionals Forum 2019 in London, Glaser stressed that there is no better time to be ... Read the full article
MMC highlights importance of tech in fast-changing environment
13th June 2019
Participants across the risk transfer value chain must harness new technologies and adapt to the evolving operating landscape in order to meet client needs and remain relevant. This is according to Marsh & McLennan Companies (MMC) President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Dan Glaser and Victoria Carter, Chairman of Global Capital ... Read the full article
New tech allowing more captives to profit from third-party risks: Marsh report
5th June 2019
The number of captive insurers writing third-party business is rising as new technologies expand the ways in which organisations can deliver insurance solutions, says re/insurance brokerage Marsh in a new report. By underwriting third-party risks in a captive, parent companies can bring in additional premium and generate profits should the captive ... Read the full article
TRIPRA expiration could weaken global property terrorism market: Marsh
24th May 2019
While the global property terrorism insurance market remains strong and well capitalised, the potential expiration of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Reauthorization Act (TRIPRA) could create capacity shortfalls, especially for businesses located in high profile cities and employers with significant workers’ compensation accumulations. In a new report, global re/insurance brokerage Marsh ... Read the full article
Commercial insurance prices continue growing at Q1, finds Marsh
17th May 2019
Global commercial insurance prices increased by 3% during the first quarter of 2019, according to data from re/insurance broker Marsh, marking a sixth consecutive quarter of price increases. Marsh also noted that the rate of growth in commercial insurance prices was at its highest since it began its survey in 2012. Regionally, ... Read the full article
Cyber insurance surges as risk awareness grows: Marsh report
29th April 2019
Over the last five years, the number of Marsh’s US clients purchasing cyber insurance has doubled, from 19% in 2014 to 38% in 2018, according to a new report by the global re/insurance broker. The report indicates that as risk awareness has grown, cyber insurance products have evolved to address a ... Read the full article
Marsh to rollout proof of insurance blockchain platform
26th April 2019
Global re/insurance broker Marsh is to begin rolling out its proof of insurance blockchain platform to US commercial clients. There are many who feel that blockchain technology will transform the certificate of insurance process, which is currently manual, and allow clients to more easily hire contractors and transfer risk while increasing ... Read the full article
MMC JLT integration could affect near-term organic growth: Dan Glaser
25th April 2019
The ongoing efforts to fully integrate the Jardine Lloyd Thompson (JLT) business within broking and advisory giant Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. (MMC) could mean a near-term hit to organic growth, MMC CEO Dan Glaser said today. MMC's acquisition of JLT completed on April 1st, meaning the mission to bring ... Read the full article
MMC results reflect strong revenue growth for Marsh & Guy Carpenter
25th April 2019
Broking and advisory giant Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. (MMC) has released its results for the first quarter of 2019, posting underlying revenue growth of 4%, buoyed by the performance of its re/insurance broking subsidiaries, Marsh and Guy Carpenter. MMC’s consolidated revenue in the first quarter of 2019 was $4.1 billion, ... Read the full article
Marsh, Guy Carpenter, JLT combine LatAm facultative reinsurance
23rd April 2019
It's been announced that Marsh and Guy Carpenter will combine their Latin American facultative reinsurance operations with those of JLT Group, following the completed acquisition of JLT by Marsh & McLennan Companies (MMC) on April 1st, 2019. The combined operations will be called Carpenter Marsh Fac Re, and will be ... Read the full article
LiquidX, Marsh partner on electronic platform for trade credit insurance
2nd April 2019
LiquidX, the international network for illiquid assets, has partnered with global insurance and reinsurance broker Marsh, on the launch of a "next generation" platform for the trade credit insurance sector, called the Liquid Trade Credit Insurance Marketplace. The new electronic marketplace went live recently, with numerous transactions executed and underwritten by ... Read the full article
Marsh appoints Anthony Gruppo as CEO of Jelf
29th March 2019
Global re/insurance broker Marsh has announced the appointment of Anthony Gruppo as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Jelf and leader of its wider UK & Ireland Commercial and Consumer client segment. He will take up his new London-based position in May, succeeding Phil Barton who is leaving with immediate effect 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