Article 0 Comments A fire that shut London’s Heathrow airport in March, stranding thousands of people, was caused by the UK power grid’s failure to maintain an electricity substation, an official report said on...
Article 0 Comments Ki Appoints Ex-PartnerRe Exec Bonneau as Chair Ki, the algorithmically powered Lloyd’s digital follow platform, announced the appointment of Jacques Bonneau as non-executive chair for Ki Financial Ltd., effective July 1,...
Article 0 Comments This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Beazley and QBE Insurance. A summary of these executive hires follows here. Beazley, headquartered in London, appointed Stefan Wunderlich as head of...
Article 0 Comments Lloyd’s, headquartered in London, the world’s leading marketplace for insurance and reinsurance market for global risk, made several new appointments and updates to its executive team. Rachel Turk is appointed as...
Article 0 Comments A ransomware attack is the cause of a disruption at Marks & Spencer Group Plc., with hackers using a potent kind of malware to lock down some of the British retailer’s...
Article 0 Comments The U.S. excess and surplus (E&S) lines market continues to offer profitable growth opportunities for insurers and reinsurers in the London market – which could help counteract some possible headwinds, according...
Article 0 Comments Arch Insurance Taps Seip From LSM as Head of Fine Art & Specie for Europe Arch Insurance announced the appointment of Paul Seip as head of Fine Art & Specie, European...
Article 0 Comments Markel Promotes Brooke to Senior Underwriter of War and Terrorism Markel, the insurance operations within Markel Group Inc., announced that Matthew Brooke has been promoted to senior underwriter, War and Terrorism,...
Article 0 Comments The April reinsurance renewals saw a competitive, buyer-friendly market with plentiful capacity and price reductions for loss-free accounts – in a continuation of the favorable market conditions seen in January, according...
Article 0 Comments MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings Inc. announced it will merge two of its non-life insurance company subsidiaries – Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Co. Ltd. and Aioi Nissay Dowa Insurance Co. Ltd. This merger...