Global insurance trends

ACORD Partners With DataPro on Global Insurance Industry Standards

ACORD, the global standards organisation for the insurance industry, today announced a partnership with leading software provider DataPro Corporation to help insurance businesses to reduce the time, cost and risk of implementing data standards. DataPro […]

Insurance & Reinsurance

Aegis Respond to Lloyd’s Indian Crop Reinsurance Report

Responding to the publication of the Lloyd’s new report ‘Harvesting opportunity: an overview of the Indian crop reinsurance market’, Dominic Oldridge, crop reinsurance underwriter with AEGIS London, said: “This Lloyd’s Innovation report is a welcome step […]

Business

Richard Deguettes Joins Liberty Speciality as France GM

Liberty Specialty Markets (LSM), part of Liberty Mutual Insurance, has appointed Richard Deguettes as General Manager for France. Based in LSM’s office in Paris, Richard will join the business in mid-May reporting to Kadidja Sinz, […]

Big Data

Lloyds Report on Sharing Economy is a Wake-Up for Insurance Industry

A few days ago, Lloyd’s, published a report called, “Sharing risks, sharing rewards: who should bear the risk in the sharing economy?”, analysing risk perceptions in a booming industry sector, which has seen the rise […]

Insurance & Reinsurance

London Market: AEGIS Syndicate Posts Healthy Results

AEGIS London has delivered a combined ratio of 99% in 2017 for Syndicate 1225 – this was 15% better than the result announced for the Lloyd’s market overall. At £462m, gross written premium was ahead […]

Insurance & Reinsurance

Sequel Partners Up with Agora Underwriting

Sequel, a leading provider of end-to-end software for insurance and reinsurance businesses, announced that Agora Underwriting has chosen Sequel Eclipse Underwriting to support its transition from a Special Purpose Arrangement (SPA) of Skuld Syndicate 1897 […]

Business

Latest Insurance Industry Appointments

Carrie Trudeau has been hired by Lloyd’s managing agent AEGIS London to manage claims notified by its Canadian coverholders. Based in Toronto, Carrie will focus on strengthening relationships with London market brokers while supporting AEGIS […]

Lloyd's/London Market

Channel Syndicate & Canopius Joins Liberty in Toredo Project

The Channel Syndicate and Canopius will join Liberty Specialty Markets in forming a consortium to provide capacity for Toredo, an online platform for single situation trade credit insurance.  The London Market Credit Consortium (LMCC), will provide […]