The Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) has revealed it is to make improvements the Solvency II directive, less than two years after its implementation date

Innovative Captive Strategies (ICS), the captive programme of Holmes Murphy, has appointed Andrew Sissel as senior investment analyst

Incumbents and start-ups working together in harmony is key to achieving the best possible innovation in the insurance sector, attendees heard at this year’s Guernsey Insurance Forum in London

The ILS market is ready to deal with the increasing rate of natural disasters, despite the fact that aggregate losses from catastrophes in Q3 2017 are likely to reach $100 billion, according to a market update from WTW Securities

The signing of the EU-US Covered Agreement is a “good step” for EU and US reinsurers, but full implementation could take up to five years, according to A.M. Best

Apex Group will be managing the move through its newly rebranded Apex Insurance Fund Services, formerly known as Equinoxe Alternative Investment Services

Malcolm Newman, CEO of Scor’s London hub and sponsor of the London Market Group’s (LMG) ILS Taskforce is “cognisant of the time pressures if ILS applications are to be made in time for 1 January renewals”

Centaur Fund Services has appointed IC Condat as its head of insurance linked-securities (ILS), based in the firm’s Bermuda office

Roundstone Management and HUB International have partnered up to create self-funded medical captive programmes

Sun Life and Pareto Captive Services have teamed up to establish a new stop-loss group captive solution, Legend Re

European run-off insurance company DARAG has appointed Tullio Ferrucci as CEO of DARAG Italia, following the acquisition of ERGO Assicurazioni

Losses from cybercrime are only likely to increase because of far-reaching global connectivity, warned James Trainor, Aon’s senior vice president of cyber solutions