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RKH Reinsurance Brokers targets APAC treaty growth with new hires
7th August 2020
RKH Reinsurance Brokers (RKHRB), the dedicated reinsurance arm within RKH Specialty, has announced three new additions to its APAC operations. Steve Warwick has been named Head of Treaty Reinsurance APAC, Xueyang Wang as Director, and Steven Chung as Associate Director. All three of the new additions will be based in Hong Kong ... Read the full article
Hiscox launches variable consortium for challenging general liability risks
3rd July 2020
Specialist insurer Hiscox has partnered with RKH Reinsurance Brokers on a new variable consortium with a maximum line of over $20 million. It will cover a wide range of general liability risks Hiscox considers 'hard to place' such as wildfire, trucking and construction. Hiscox says the variable structure allows Hiscox and its consortium ... Read the full article
RKH, Descartes complete first parametric weather trade on AkinovA
19th May 2020
RKH Reinsurance Brokers and Descartes Underwriting has completed the first parametric wind trade on AkinovA, a broker-centric electronic marketplace. This is the first weather transaction to be completed on the platform and opens up a new, yet tested, channel for similar deals. The twelve-month parametric wind instrument was purchased by a European ... Read the full article
Hyperion X appoints Shumway as Head of Strategic Advisory
1st October 2019
Hyperion X, the data and technology focused unit of the global Hyperion Insurance Group, has hired former JLT employee Mark Shumway to the role of Head of Strategic Advisory. Shumway was most recently the Global head of Strategic Advisory at reinsurance brokerage JLT Re and also a representative of JLT Capital ... Read the full article
Howden & RKH brokerages to be merged by Hyperion
12th September 2019
Hyperion Insurance Group, the global independently owned insurance and reinsurance broking and underwriting organisation, is merging its two broker arms Howden and RKH. Hyperion said that aligning the two broking operations under a single management will "deliver seamless access to the Group’s talent for clients" by bringing together Howden’s international retail ... Read the full article
RKH hires Dave Saxton amid alternative capital drive
22nd October 2018
RKH Reinsurance Brokers (RKH RB), part of the global Hyperion Insurance Group, has appointed Dave Saxton from Steadfast Re to its London operations, according to reports from our sister site, Artemis. The appointment will bring additional treaty, insurance-linked securities and collateralised broking expertise to RKH, and comes amid a wider ... Read the full article
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