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- January 10 2025
Jeju Air, Azerbaijan Airlines crashes add early pressure on market: Gallagher Specialty
Losses alone are unlikely to prompt a market reaction, but will impact year-end underwriting results, broker says in a report.
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- January 3 2025
Exclusive: Tyson Vickery takes up role as global placement leader for Marsh Europe
Vickery, who was placement leader for Marsh Asia, officially started in the new role on January 1 and is relocating to Zurich, he confirms to IAN.
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- December 2 2024
LK Re chosen as Lloyd’s broker after three years in Singapore
This will allow the reinsurance broker to participate directly in the Lloyd's market and take advantage of the marketplace's licences in more than 200 countries.
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- November 29 2024
Specialty, casualty pricing needs tangible change: Lloyd’s Neal
Underwriting discipline, global scale to help industry respond to emerging risk, the CEO said speaking to the London market.
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- November 12 2024
Australian MGA Criterion expands into environmental impairment liability, D&O, casualty
The waste and recycling specialist is also planning to launch professional indemnity coverage, says underwriting director Stuart Kinsella.
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- November 7 2024
Steadfast expands into London market with US$30m Lloyd’s broker HW Wood buy
The acquisition, which is expected to be completed on December 2, gives the Australian group full ownership of the target, including its operations in France and Greece.
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- October 31 2024
AUB Group to focus on building out its UK retail capabilities in FY 2025
The Australian broking group has combined the Tysers retail arm with Movo and Momentum to form a new UK retail unit, which will be led by recently named chief executive Bob Pybus.
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- October 3 2024
Optio Group acquires MGA Circles Group
The acquisition of the MGA that has offices in Hong Kong and Singapore is part of Optio's global expansion strategy.
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- September 30 2024
Fidelis eyes ‘BRICS+’ push with new property specialist MGA
The group's MGA platform Pine Walk has hired Kelly Sanders as CUO to found Seraphina, which will focus on international property business with a focus on the emerging markets.
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- September 19 2024
Australian, UK regulators greenlight Ardonagh’s takeover bid for PSC
The US$1.5bn scheme of arrangement to buy all the shares of the Australian broking group is now pending PSC's shareholders' and the court's approvals.
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- September 11 2024
Axa XL names Phil Russell as environmental risk consulting leader for APAC, Europe
With two decades of experience in sustainability; health, safety and environment for a diverse range of multinationals, Russell joined from sustainability consultancy Environmental Resources Management.
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- September 5 2024
Lloyd’s logs best interim results since 2007 as H1 underwriting profit up 24%
The market’s COR improved to 83.7% from 85.2% a year ago, as its underwriting profit rose to US$4.07bn, thanks to premium growth and better investment returns.
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- August 23 2024
PSC Insurance FY2024 revenue up 15.5% on UK business growth
The ASX-listed broking group said it expects to complete its US$1.5bn sale to The Ardonagh Group by October 11.
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- August 19 2024
AUB doubles down on UK retail expansion with Movo acquisition
The London-based broker is the second acquisition by the company in the UK after it picked up a 40% stake in AR network Momentum in June this year.
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- July 24 2024
Criterion secures capacity from Bridgehaven Specialty to target waste management and recycling
The "A" rated capacity enables the MGA to offer "significant line sizes" to the underserved demand for sustainable recycling covers across UK, Australia and New Zealand.
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- July 9 2024
Civil unrest, terrorism threats linger as Paris Olympics opens doors to 11 million visitors: WTW
The Games could point to more political violence losses as the anti-pension reform protesters have threatened to undermine the hosting of the event.
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- July 3 2024
Beazley promotes APAC head Lucien Mounier as Europe cyber risks leader
Mounier, who headed the Lloyd's insurer in the region for six years, has relocated to Barcelona in his new role.
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- June 26 2024
Mitsui Sumitomo plans to merge continental European subsidiaries
The Japanese insurance group has announced that it will integrate MS Amlin Insurance and MSIG Insurance Europe by summer next year.
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- June 25 2024
China Re-owned Chaucer hires Hayley Spink as group chief operating officer
London-based Spink, who joins from Apollo Syndicate 1969, has in the past worked in Shanghai helping set up Lloyd’s China.
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- June 24 2024
London’s digitalisation dream threatens to turn into nightmare
With Lloyd's delaying the implementation of Blueprint Two yet again, there is a growing feeling that the heralded change to the way the market works will come to nothing.
