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Beach & Associates rebrands as Acrisure Re and Acrisure London Wholesale
10 December 2020
UK Reporter Maria Ward-Brennan

Beach & Associates, Acrisure’s global reinsurance brokerage, will become Acrisure Re and Acrisure London Wholesale, as part of Acrisure, its parent company, rebrand

Aspen Re America appoints Ana Cifuentes as head of professional lines
08 December 2020
Bermuda Reporter Maria Ward-Brennan

Ana Cifuentes has been appointed head of professional lines for Aspen Re America, effective 9 December 2020

Zurich in talks to acquire MetLife’s US P&C business
23 November 2020
Switzerland Reporter Maria Ward-Brennan

Zurich Insurance Group, a Swiss multi-line insurer, has confirmed it is in discussions to acquire MetLife’s US property and casualty business

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

Aon launch new Alternative Distribution platform led by Graeme Rayner
20 October 2020
London Reporter Maria Ward-Brennan

Aon has launched a new platform that will match insurance underwriting expertise with capacity provision through fronting, managing general agent / managing general underwriter and captive solutions

Oklahoma completes first IBT in US
16 October 2020
Oklahoma Reporter Maria Ward-Brennan

The District Court of Oklahoma County has approved the Providence Washington Insurance Company to complete its insurance business transfer plan

BCC: growth in LatAm captive market attributed to improved knowledge
11 September 2020
Bermuda Reporter Rebecca Delaney

Progress in the Latin America captive market is attributable to improved knowledge and acceptability, according to Adriana Scherzinger of Zurich Insurance

Thomas Gamble to lead Arceo broker relations
19 August 2020
San Francisco Reporter Maria Ward-Brennan

Arceo, a cyber risk analytics company, has hired Thomas Gamble as an executive vice president, global chief distribution officer, based in New York

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Work smarter, not harder

The insurance industry has been considered a ‘laggard’ to financial services in adopting new technologies such as the cloud. However, for generative AI, insurers have been quick to recognise opportunities. But what will this mean for workers and captive markets?

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Cyber risk captives: mutually beneficial?

David Beyon looks at how and why cyber risks are finding their way into the captive space

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Promoting sustainable business through captive solutions

Captives are playing an increasing role in ESG risk strategies, providing ways to align C-suite concerns, risk management demands and HR priorities. David Benyon reports

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A heated topic

Industry professionals discuss trends around climate change-related risks and how captives can be implemented to help address these risks as they evolve in frequency and severity

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Graham Proud
Insurance Nexus

Ahead of Connected Insurance Europe 2019, conference organiser Graham Proud of Insurance Nexus discusses the motivation behind the event and how it serves as an important tool for both Europe’s big insurers and up-and-coming startups

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Stacey Huang
PARIMA

With captive insurance on the agenda at this year’s PARIMA conference, Stacey Huang reveals there is a heightened sense of interest in alternative risk financing...

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Steve Bauman
Zurich North America

Steve Bauman of Zurich suggests it will be interesting to see how regulators react and begin to craft legislation, controls and requirements around cyber

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Adrian Sweeney
Zurich Insurance Group

Adrian Sweeney of Zurich explains why Asia is looking to take the captive concept beyond the usual risk transfer, and how far the region has come...

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Latin America

Latin America continues to be one of the world’s largest emerging markets, and although challenges remain, education has been key to the region’s captive insurance market growth

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Latin America

Latin America continues to be one of the world’s largest emerging markets, but with GDP growth on the cards, will the region’s captive insurance industry follow suit?

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Guernsey, the Isle of Man and Jersey

Guernsey, the Isle of Man and Jersey are working harder than ever to promote themselves as the go-to jurisdiction and capitalise on new opportunities

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Ireland

Why does Ireland do insurance a little differently these days? Experts reveal all

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