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Sompo International
Sompo Intl GRS launches unit focused on tech industry
2nd June 2020
Bermuda-based specialty P&C re/insurer Sompo International Global Risk Solutions has formed a new team that will offer products to clients in the technology industry. The new unit, part of Sompo GRS, will work through a network of retail brokers to offer primary casualty products (general liability, commercial auto, worker’s compensation), as ... Read the full article
Sompo International profits surge on specialty growth
21st May 2020
Bermuda-based property and casualty re/insurer, Sompo International, saw its profits surge 81% to $320 million for the full-year 2019, mainly due to top line growth centred on specialty insurance. The figure was up by $142 million on the adjusted profit of $177 million posted by the company in 2018. Notably, Sompo International ... Read the full article
Sompo International announces agricultural insurance partnership
23rd April 2020
Specialty property and casualty re/insurer Sompo International Holdings’ global agricultural platform has entered into a partnership to offer crop insurance solutions to the agricultural sector in Portugal. The partnership between AgriSompo and Portuguese Managing General Agent ATLAS Segurmina will result in the offering of a variety of traditional crop insurance products ... Read the full article
Sompo to consolidate London presence, cease writing business from Lloyd’s
15th April 2020
Bermuda-based P&C insurer and reinsurer, Sompo International Holdings Ltd., has announced that as part of its ongoing transformation, it plans to consolidate its London presence into a single company platform. Effective January 2021, Sompo International will cease writing business from Endurance at Lloyd's or Syndicate 5151, with all renewals and new ... Read the full article
Sompo adds Michael Carroll as SVP for GRS unit
30th March 2020
Bermuda specialty P&C re/insurer Sompo International has appointed Michael Carroll as Senior Vice President and Deputy Head of Life Sciences for its Global Risk Solutions unit. Carroll will be responsible for driving the development of the company’s Life Sciences platform and brings over 30 years of technical underwriting experience at Chubb ... Read the full article
Sompo Intl appoints Donelan to lead reinsurance business as CEO
23rd March 2020
Bermuda-based P&C re/insurer Sompo International has appointed Christopher Donelan to serve as Chief Executive Officer of the company’s reinsurance business. Donelan, who currently serves as deputy CEO of SI Reinsurance, will report to Christopher Gallagher, CEO of SI’s Commercial P&C business. Stephen Young, the current CEO of Reinsurance at SI has resigned ... Read the full article
Sompo GRS launches replacement value protection insurance
9th March 2020
Bermuda-based P&C re/insurer Sompo International has announced that its Global Risk Solutions division has entered a strategic partnership with Fisher Harris Shapiro to offer specialised protection against covered property perils to US commercial real estate and financial institutions. Sompo GRS Replacement Value Protection helps protect lenders/owners in commercial real estate financings ... Read the full article
Sompo International forecasts 80% rise in FY19 profit
14th February 2020
Sompo International has revealed that it expects its full year 2019 adjusted profit to increase by just under 80% to USD 318 million, when compared with the previous year. Global re/insurance giant Sompo Holdings has released its financial results for the nine month period ended December 31st, 2019, which includes the ... Read the full article
Sompo GRS launches product built for life sciences industry
7th February 2020
Sompo Global Risk Solutions, a subsidiary of Bermuda-based specialty property and casualty re/insurer Sompo International, has introduced a state-of-the-art products-completed operations and errors and omission liability protection product built for the life sciences industry. Sompo Life Science Plus offers coverage for various life science products, including products used in human clinical ... Read the full article
Julian James to lead Sompo’s London & International Insurance units
23rd January 2020
Bermuda domiciled specialty P&C insurer and reinsurer, Sompo International Holdings Ltd., has announced that Julian James is set to join the firm to lead its London market and International Insurance operations. Following a transition period and subject to regulatory approvals, James will take over as Chief Executive Officer (CEO), London market ... Read the full article
Sompo International hires Head of Commercial Management Liability & Financial Institutions
9th January 2020
Sompo International, the Bermuda-based P&C re/insurer, has announced the appointment of Ray Santiago as Executive Vice President and leader of the company’s US Commercial Management Liability (CML) and Financial Institutions (FI) teams. In this role, Santiago will have management oversight for Sompo International’s US CML and FI teams. These teams will continue ... Read the full article
David Carter appointed CUO & EVP, Sompo GRS
8th January 2020
Bermudian insurer and reinsurer, Sompo International Holdings Ltd. has announced the appointment of David Carter as Chief Underwriting Officer (CUO) and Executive Vice President (EVP) of Sompo Global Risk Solutions (GRS). In his new role, Carter will report to Michael Chang, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Sompo GRS, and will become ... Read the full article
Sompo International establishes Brazilian insurance holding company
29th November 2019
Sompo Holdings, Inc. has announced the establishment of Sompo International Holdings Brasil Ltda, a Brazilian Insurance Holding subsidiary designed to achieve further growth in the group's overseas insurance business. The group's new Brazilian insurance subsidiary was established on October 1st, 2019 and will be based in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Sompo has announced ... Read the full article
Sompo International names new CEO amid restructure
19th November 2019
Sompo Holdings is to transfer all overseas group companies under Sompo International Holdings by 2020 and will appoint Mikio Okumura to oversee the strategy’s execution as Chief Executive Officer. This move is designed to establish a more integrated global platform and expand overseas business. Once this integration is completed, Sompo Holdings says ... Read the full article
Sompo International profits hit by large losses in H1
19th November 2019
Bermuda-based property and casualty re/insurer, Sompo International, increased its profits only marginally during the first half of the 2019 fiscal year, due to the impact of large losses on the business. The company, which represents part of the overseas operations of Japanese re/insurer Sompo Holdings, posted a profit of US $190 ... Read the full article