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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.
Cryptocurrency firm Gemini sets up captive insurer in Bermuda
16th January 2020
Gemini Trust Company LLC, a cryptocurrency exchange and custodian, has set up a captive insurance company in Bermuda, with support from re/insurance brokers Marsh and Aon. Licensed by the Bermuda Monetary Authority (BMA), the captive will provide insurance for customers of Gemini Custody, the crypto cold storage service by Gemini. The solution ... Read the full article
Sarah Stephens named Head of Cyber, International at Marsh JLT Specialty
10th January 2020
Global re/insurance brokerage Marsh has announced the appointment of Sarah Stephens as Head of Cyber, International, within Marsh JLT Specialty, effective immediately. Stephens will serve in this newly created role in addition to her current position as Cyber, Media & Technology Leader within the UK FINPRO Practice. She will take responsibility for ... Read the full article
Marsh enhances commercial real estate program
10th January 2020
Global re/insurance brokerage Marsh has added several coverage enhancements to its ZMAX commercial real estate insurance program, including cyber liability. Marsh said that the enhancements were designed to address potential gaps in insurance coverage faced by US mid-size commercial real estate firms. ZMAX plus is a single-carrier solutions that aims to help ... Read the full article
Marsh appoints Walsh head of corporate division office, Leeds
17th December 2019
Global re/insurance brokerage Marsh has appointed John Walsh as head of office, corporate division in Leeds. Walsh, who has been with Marsh for over six years, reports to Allan McPherson, regional managing director for North of England & Scotland, Corporate Division. In his new role as head of office in Leeds, Walsh ... Read the full article
Carlos Rivera named CEO of Marsh’s LatAm Fac division
6th December 2019
Carpenter Marsh Fac, Marsh and Guy Carpenter's Latin American facultative reinsurance intermediary, has announced the appointment of Carlos Rivera as Chief Executive Officer (CEO), based in Bogota, Colombia. In his new role, Rivera will report to Dean Klisura, President, Global Placement and Advisory Services, Marsh and Ricardo Brockmann, CEO of Marsh ... Read the full article
Guy Carpenter & Victor target enhanced US public entity offering
5th December 2019
Guy Carpenter, the reinsurance broking arm of Marsh & McLennan, has announced that Victor US, which is the US business of affiliate Victor, is to offer Guy Carpenter clients who are members of US public entity insurance pools with a range of property and casualty (P&C) solutions not traditionally offered ... Read the full article
Marsh names Anita Sathe global head of Bluestream platform
4th December 2019
Global re/insurance brokerage Marsh has appointed Anita Sathe global leader of its cloud-based digital broker platform Bluestream, as well as leader of its US Affinity business. Sathe is based in Portland, Oregon and will report to Kevin Tobin, president of Marsh’s Insurance Services Group. She brings over 15 years’ experience to the ... Read the full article
Marsh recruits Chemicals & Life Sciences leader from Munich Re
27th November 2019
Global re/insurance brokerage Marsh has announced the appointment of Jenny Yu as Chemicals and Life Sciences Industry Practice Leader for the UK & Ireland. Yu joins Marsh from Munich Re, where she most recently served as Life Science Risk Solutions Leader. She has spent the last nine years at Munich Re in ... Read the full article
John Drzik steps down as head of Marsh division, takes advisory role
22nd November 2019
Global re/insurance brokerage Marsh has announced that John Drzik will step back from his full time responsibilities as President of the Global Risk and Digital (GR&D) division, effective January 1, 2020. Drzik will, however, remain involved with the business as a senior advisor, working with John Doyle, President and CEO of ... Read the full article
Arch & Marsh develop $150mn policy for crypto security firm Ledger
15th November 2019
Arch Insurance (UK) Limited and Marsh have collaborated to provide a customised crime insurance program that covers digital assets secured by the Ledger Vault platform. Ledger Vault is a core business unit of Ledger, a security firm for cryptocurrencies and blockchain applications. It provides information technology infrastructure for financial institutions to securely ... Read the full article
Global commercial insurance pricing up 8% in Q3: Marsh
11th November 2019
Marsh's Q3 global insurance market index shows that commercial insurance pricing increased for the eighth consecutive quarter. The index offers a proprietary measure of global commercial insurance premium pricing change at renewal. Average commercial insurance pricing increased 8% in the third quarter of 2019, the largest increase since the survey began in ... Read the full article
Marsh & McLennan Agency promotes Paul Hering to Vice Chairman
22nd October 2019
Global re/insurance broker Marsh's middle market agency, Marsh & McLennan Agency LLC (MMA), has appointed Paul Hering to the newly created position of Vice Chairman. In his new role, Hering takes responsibility for helping to lead the firm's key growth strategies, which includes talent development, acquisitions, and carrier relations. He will ... Read the full article
Guy Carpenter appoints Samengo-Turner as Global Facultative Leader
17th October 2019
Guy Carpenter, the reinsurance broking arm of Marsh & McLennan Companies, has announced the appointment of Dominic Samengo-Turner as Global Facultative Leader, while Simon Delchar takes over as Head of Marsh JLT Specialty, Asia. Samengo-Turner will relocate to London and will report to John Trace, Chief Executive Officer (CEO), North America, ... Read the full article
TRIPRA expiration could cause “domino effect” of price rises: Marsh CEO
17th October 2019
John Doyle, President and CEO at Marsh, has warned that a failure to renew the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Reauthorization Act (TRIPRA) could cause a “domino effect” of price increases across multiple re/insurance lines. Doyle recently testified before the United States House Committee on Financial Services to advocate for a timely ... Read the full article
Marsh adds Aon directors to UK Real Estate Practice
10th October 2019
Global re/insurance brokerage Marsh has announced the appointments of Bryce Check as a Business Relationship Director and Anna Whitfield as a Client Service Director, both within its UK Real Estate Practice. Part of Marsh JLT Specialty, the UK Real Estate Practice provides insurance and risk advisory services to real estate owners, ... Read the full article
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