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AGCS makes promotions to its UK financial lines team
26 January 2021
UK Reporter Maria Ward-Brennan

AGCS has appointed Hannah Tindal, Martin Stewart, James McGuire and Michela Moro to its financial lines business in the company’s regional unit London and Nordics team, covering the UK, Ireland, Nordic countries and the Middle East

AGCS: business interruption, pandemic and cyber named top business risks
19 January 2021
UK Reporter Maria Ward-Brennan

Business interruption, the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak and cyber incidents are this year’s top business risks, according to the Allianz Risk Barometer 2021 survey

AGCS: new risks incoming for D&O in 2021
15 December 2020
Germany Reporter Maria Ward-Brennan

The COVID-19 pandemic has created a highly volatile and uncertain environment for businesses resulting in a litany of new or heightened risks for D&O, according to a new report by Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty

BMS Group hire David Overton
14 December 2020
Miami Reporter Maria Ward-Brennan

BMS Group, the independent specialist reinsurance broker, have appointed David Overton as a director in BMS Latin America and Caribbean’s financial lines division, effective immediately

CIC Services reports spike in tech companies supplementing commercial insurance with captive insurance
07 December 2020
Tennessee Reporter Maria Ward-Brennan

CIC Services has seen an increasing number of technology companies replacing or supplementing commercial insurance with captive insurance, according to Randy Sadler, principal at CIC Services

Regulators see rise in captives writing cyber, says Grant Maxwell of AGCS
01 December 2020
Germany Reporter Maria Ward-Brennan

In response to the hardening market, existing captive owners are looking to increase the use of their captives to include additional risks while others are exploring setting up new captives, according to Grant Maxwell of AGCS

AGCS reports an increase in cyber-driven claims
20 November 2020
Germany Reporter Maria Ward-Brennan

There has been a 67 percent increase in the average number of security breaches in five years, according to a cyber report by Allianz Global Corporate & Speciality

USQ Risk appoints Parag Bavishi as CUO
20 November 2020
New York Reporter Maria Ward-Brennan

Parag Bavishi has joined USQ Risk’s managing general agent and programmes team as chief underwriting officer of innovative alternative risk transfer, based in New York

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Pardon the interruption

Nick Gurgone of Pinnacle Actuarial Resources and Grant Maxwell of Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty talk to Rebecca Delaney about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the demand for business interruption insurance through captives

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Better when working together

As firms moved to a work-from-home environment in response to COVID-19, cybersecurity has been highlighted as an increasing challenge. Industry experts suggest while captive coverage is tailored to the needs of the business, a commercial policy is just as important

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The next big thing

Alan Cabello of AGCS discusses blockchain technology, captives and the future

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