DIFC also reported a 20 per cent increase in registration of (re)insurance firms, including the first re-domiciliation of a Guernsey-based captive.
It aims to address investment managers' demand for greater clarity following Solvency II reforms and insurers' increased focus on solvency risk factors.
Titled ‘Positioning for the Future’, the event is expected to connect risk managers, captive owners, those considering setting up a captive, brokers, board members, advisers and insurers.
With extensive experience in the global (re)insurance industry, Goddard has held several underwriting and leadership roles, most recently as director of underwriting for specialty casualty at W. R. Berkley Corporation.
With an initial focus on the Benelux region, Germany, France, Denmark, Norway, Finland and Sweden, the company aims to use high resolution data, AI and automation to provide accurately priced freight insurance and insight products.
The new practice will brings together Marsh's parametric solutions, alternative risk transfer, captives and complex risk offerings.
Harris joined the firm in 2022 as an associate focusing on mining and heavy industry.
The purchase came from Aon’s funds affiliated with NFP’s main capital sponsor Madison Dearborn Partners and with HPS Investment Partners for US$13 billion.