Reinsurance News
7th February 2019
International re/insurance broker RFIB Group has announced the appointment of Joseph Stanoch as a Managing Director of RFIB Americas, effective immediately. Stanoch, who joins with over 35 years’ experience in the reinsurance industry, will be based in the company’s Minneapolis office and report to Nick Foden-Pattinson, RFIB Group’s Managing Director of ... Read the full article
4th February 2019
International re/insurance broker RFIB Group has announced two new additions to its African operations as well as the opening of new offices in Johannesburg. Fhumulani Munzhedzi joins as Head of Facultative for Africa and is reunited with Lee Ellis, Chief Executive Officer - RFIB Africa and Neesha Parbhoo, Director - RFIB ... Read the full article
30th January 2019
International insurance and reinsurance broker, RFIB, has appointed Stephen Warwick as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Reinsurance, Asia Pacific, effective February 1st, 2019. In his new role, Warwick will report to Kevin Stratton, Managing Director of the broker's Specialty division. He will be based in Hong Kong where he will establish ... Read the full article
31st December 2018
International re/insurance broker RFIB has entered into a partnership with VIPR, an insurance industry IT solutions provider, in order to utilise the firm’s bordereaux management solution 'Intrali'. VIPR states that an impressive bid matching RFIB’s brief was submitted, highlighting evidence of how Intrali has helped the industry, as well as emphasising ... Read the full article
10th December 2018
RFIB Group Limited, the international and Lloyd’s re/insurance broker, has announced the hiring of Kevin Stratton to lead its specialty business as Managing Director. Stratton joins RFIB as of January 1st 2019, taking on the role of Managing Director of its recently restructured Specialty business and reporting directly to the CEO, ... Read the full article
26th October 2018
A consortium of insurance entities including AXA XL, Neon, MS Amlin, RFIB Group, and Antares has formed to test a new platform created by London-based software company Whitespace. Whitespace has built a fully-digital mobile and desktop platform to negotiate, quote and place insurance risks. Since April this consortium have engaged with the company ... Read the full article
23rd October 2018
RFIB Group, along with a number of Lloyd’s & Company private reinsurers and the African Trade Insurance Agency (ATI) have helped the African Development Bank (AfDB) secure a $500 million credit insurance deal structured to cover a portion of the bank’s portfolio of non-sovereign operations throughout the continent. The insurance will ... Read the full article
15th October 2018
RFIB Group Limited, the international Lloyd’s re/insurance broker, has announced the appointment of Simon McCrum as Managing Director, Asia Pacific at RFIB Singapore. McCrum takes up his position with immediate effect and will be reporting to Regional Head of Asia Pacific, Chris Bracegirdle. Subject to the appropriate regulatory/ministry approvals, he will be ... Read the full article
9th October 2018
Global Lloyd's insurance and reinsurance broker RFIB Group Limited has announced the appointment of Elizabeth Jenkin as Managing Director of Client Solutions. Jenkin joins RFIB from Aon where she has worked for the previous 18 years, most recently serving as Chief Broking Officer for EMEA. She has a total of 24 years’ ... Read the full article
10th September 2018
Global Lloyd's insurance and reinsurance broker, RFIB Group Limited, has announced the appointment of Craig Douglas as an Executive Vice President of RFIB Americas, effective immediately. Douglas joins from JLT Specialty Bermuda, and will be based in RFIB's Bermuda office, ... Read the full article
11th June 2018
Limehouse Agencies, the MGA subsidiary of RFIB’s Risk Transfer Group Limited (RTG), has announced the acquisition of Corporate Underwriting Ltd (CUL), a specialist marine underwriting agency and Lloyd’s coverholder. The acquisition of the Dublin-based CUL forms part of RTG’s (formerly CCP TopCo) new corporate strategy, which was outlined in May ... Read the full article
7th June 2018
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of insurance and reinsurance broker RFIB and its parent the Risk Transfer Group (RTG), Steven Beard, is confident in the firm's ability to create opportunities throughout the value chain as it looks to expand its presence and capabilities as an intermediary. As part of its strategy to ... Read the full article
22nd May 2018
CCP TopCo, the holding company of international insurance and reinsurance broker RFIB, has announced a rebrand of the business to the Risk Transfer Group (RTG). In an interview with Reinsurance News today, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Steven Beard underlined RTG's relationship to RFIB, commenting, “The new brand is a functional name for ... Read the full article
20th November 2017
Steven Beard has been appointed to Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of RFIB and Limehouse holding company and to Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of newly created services company, George Yard Services (GYS), effective December 4th, 2017. Beard joins from a role as Group CEO of technology and professional services firm Agilisys, which ... Read the full article
30th October 2017
Independent insurance and reinsurance broker RFIB Group Limited (RFIB) has expanded its footprint in Asia with the opening of an office and operations in Singapore. In announcing the launch of RFIB (Singapore) Pte Ltd, the company said that its new base will serve as a hub for the continued development of ... Read the full article
