International & Reinsurance News for October 2016
- Financial Services Firms Likely to Flee Britain If ‘Passport’ Regulations Lost ECB’s Lane
- Northern Ireland Can’t Block Britain’s Brexit: Court
- UK Uber Drivers’ Court Victory Over Pay Could Rejigger Gig Economy
- Swiss Re Covers China’s Economic Hub, Guangdong, for Nat Cats up to $350M
- West Antarctica’s Ice Loss Shows Signs of Becoming ‘Unstoppable’
- AIR Worldwide Comments on Central Italy’s 2 Powerful Earthquakes
- RenaissanceRe Promotes Fraser and James in Finance Team
- BHSI Launches Civil Liability Cover for Australia/NZ Financial Institutions
- Ironshore Int’l Offers Documents, Services in Mandarin for M&A Unit
- Hiscox Leads New $1B Fine Art Consortium, in Collaboration with Ascot
- JLT Re Taps Willis Re’s Punch as MD, APAC, for Regional Clients & Retrocession
- Autumn Clock Change Raises Evening Accident Risk by 30%: UK Telematics Study
- Update: XL Group to Realign P/C Operations with Senior Leadership Team Named
- UK’s Regulator Reviews Mission as It Redefines Itself Under New CEO
- EU Floats Uniform Tax Rules for Multinationals to Stem Tax Avoidance
- UK Employers Downbeat About Economy, Hiring After Brexit Vote: Poll
- Casserley to Leave Willis Towers Watson
- Hannover Re Expects Higher Renewal Premiums in Germany; Stresses Technical Pricing at Baden Baden
- Review of 14 Studies Identifies Risk Factors for Kids’ Bicycle Injuries
- Ping An Insurance Executive Says Stock Considerably Undervalued
- Reinsurers at Baden Baden Forum Expect P/C Insurers to Resist 2017 Price Hikes
- P/C Tech Firm, Xceedance, Opens London Office; Davies Heads EMEA Region
- Willis Re and SpatialKey Partner to Launch European Windstorm App
- Brazil Charges 21 with Homicide for Failing to Avert Samarco Mine Disaster
- Neon Bermuda Taps Chubb’s Hunt to Become SVP, Property Insurance
- Big Data Gathered by Twitter Monitoring Could Cut Premiums – and Erode Privacy
- Mitsui Buys 15% Stake in XL’s ILS Firm, New Ocean Capital
- Typhoon Haima Hits China as Weaker Storm; AIR Worldwide Comments
- AXIS Insurance Names Harrington Cloud as SVP, Distribution & Broker Relations
- Bermuda-Based Somerset Re Raises Capitalization to $375 Million
- Western Insurers Slowly Re-Enter Deals with Iran – a Market Valued at $9B
- PartnerRe to Buy Canada’s Aurigen Capital, in Life Reinsurance Push
- Asta Gets Initial Lloyd’s Approval to Launch & Manage Verto Syndicate 2689
- Typhoon Haima Batters Philippines; Weakened Storm Heads to China
- Brokerslink Completes Private Stock Offering to Support Global Growth Strategy
- UK Specialist Insurer JRW Group Appoints Williams as Executive Chairman
- Third Point Re Shuns M&As Because Many Such ‘Marriages’ End in Divorce
- French Utility Firm Veolia Beefs Up Cyber Security to Protect Water Plants
- Cobalt & Capita Plan to Launch Lloyd’s 1st Fully Shariah Compliant Syndicate
- France to Hike Premium Tax to Bolster Compensation Fund for Attack Victims
- EU Needs Pan-European Pension Product to Cut Complexity, Costs: Regulator
- Moon Appointed CEO of JLT Re Korea
- Philippines Readies for Super Typhoon Haima – in 2nd Storm in a Week
- AIG to Sell Certain Latin American, Central and Eastern Europe Business to Fairfax
- MS Amlin’s Rayner Joins Pioneer Underwriters as Group Director of Underwriting
- Slow Pace of Insurance Payouts, Rebuilding Angers Alberta Wildfire Victims
- UK’s Century Underwriting Launches Liability Division, Senior Leaders Named
- Typhoon Sarika Hits Philippines, Killing at Least 2 People, Displacing Thousands
- Lloyd’s Names Revilla as Head of Latin America
- US Robotics Firm Launches Blood Delivery Service in Rwanda – Using Drones
- UK Banks Reluctant to Report Extent of Relentless Cyber Attacks
- Willis Re Appoints Hannover Re’s Carroll to Western Europe Team
- Hurricane Nicole Weakens After Direct Bermuda Hit; Storm Trackers Comment
- Finance Execs Should Slash Their Pay to Win Back Trust in Business: Lloyd’s CEO
- XL Catlin Opens 2nd Mexico Office; Matthey Named Client Distribution Leader
- Swiss Re Corporate Solutions & Bradesco Seguros Agree to Form Brazilian Large-Risk Insurer
- Caribbean Cat Facility, CCRIF, to Pay $29.2M to Nations Hit by Hurricane Matthew
- Marsh Appoints King as Chief Client Officer, UK & Ireland
- Category 4 Hurricane Nicole Lashes Bermuda with Winds & Flooding Rain
- London’s Mayor Khan Warns Exiting EU Could Make UK Poorer
- Ironshore International Offers PI & GL Cover for Engineers Based Outside U.S.
- ProSight Appoints Green & Kennet as Senior Leaders for Its Lloyd’s Operation
- Emerging Markets to See Strong Non-Life Premium Growth in Years Ahead: JLT Re
- Canada’s Health Insurance Startup, League, Receives Broker License
- Metlife Plans to Expand Its European Hub in Dublin: Source
- International Shipping Lanes Could Be at Risk from Escalating Yemen Conflict
- Catalina Completes Acquisition of Allianz Unit, AGF Insurance, in UK
- Immigration Rhetoric Threatens UK’s Status as Financial Center: Lloyd’s Chairman
- Olsen Tapped as President, HUB Canada; Robertson as Exec VP, Int’l Business
- Update: Samsung Ends Production of Galaxy Note 7 After New Battery Fires
- International Forum of Terrorism Risk Re/Insurance Pools Launched
- AIG Sued by Ex-Derivatives Staff Who Claim Denial of $100M in Bonuses
- Samsung Halts Note 7 Production Following Reports of New Battery Fires
- China to Encourage More Investments in Portugal (Including Insurance)
- Markel International Appoints O’Shea as Head of Reinsurance Claims
- Hurricane Matthew Smashed Haiti Villages; Death Count Near 900
- Sothinathan Is Appointed Head of Willis Re Specialty Analytics
- Allianz, Toyota & BMW Partner to Develop Autonomous Vehicle Strategies
- Reinsurers’ Capital Likely to Remain Strong Despite Hurricane Matthew: S&P
- Japan’s Cash-Flush Insurers to Keep Paying Hefty Prices for Overseas M&As
- Dutch Insurer Delta Lloyd Rejects NN Group’s Unsolicited €2.4B Cash Offer
- Hiscox Launches Crime Cover to Protect UK & Irish SMEs Against Fraud
- BHSI Licensed to Provide Re/Insurance in Macau; Key Positions Announced
- Dutch Insurer NN Group Launches Bid to Buy Delta Lloyd for €2.4B
- Delta Lloyd, Endurance Deals May Herald a Wave of Insurance M&As
- China’s Shenzhen Qianhai Reported to Be Buying Singapore Reinsurer ACR Capital
- London Insurance Market Prepares to Hold Catastrophe Response Test
- British Financial Industry Tallies Lost Jobs, Revenue from ‘Hard Brexit’
- Japan’s SOMPO to Acquire Endurance for $6.3 Billion
- Singapore Approves Qatar Re Branch Licence
- Wimbridge Joins Markel as Yacht Underwriter from Brit Global
- Hurricane Matthews Pounds Haiti, Cuba; 1 Death Reported
- China Insurance Market Ripe for Digital Disruption: Viewpoint
- What Drivers Need in Order to Avoid Crash If Autonomous Systems Fail
- AXA CEO: Rumored Generali Takeover ‘Makes No Sense At All’
- AIG Exiting Home, Personal Accident, Group Life In Brazil; Porto Seguro to Get Auto Policies
- Tesla Says Autpilot Not at Fault in Crash with Bus in Germany
- Britain’s Financial Sector Fears Damage from Brexit Lobbying Squabbles
- Mega Financial Fallout: Taiwan Financial Regulator Quits
- Powerful Hurricane Matthew Forces Evacuations in Haiti, Jamaica, Cuba
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