Growth Initiatives
Willis Expands in Asia With Taiwan Acquisition
Willis Group Holdings Plc will snatch up a broker in Taiwan, nearly doubling the size of its existing business in the country. Acquiring Elite Risk Services Limited of Taiwan will also give Willis ...
Zurich to Establish U.S. Apprenticeship Program With an Eye on Younger Talent
Zurich Insurance Group plans to launch a U.S.-based apprenticeship program in a bid to identify new blood for the industry and develop their skills. Plans call for launching the program in 2016, with ...
Brindle’s Fidelis Insurance Holdings Debuts With $1.5B in Equity Raised
Fledgling Bermuda-based insurer and reinsurer Fidelis Insurance Holdings Ltd. raised a massive $1.5 billion in equity capital, a major accomplishment for the industry. What's more, Fidelis ...
Insurers Collaborate to Help Underserved Markets
In January, industry heavyweights from the property/casualty insurance underwriting and brokerage world announced a plan to improve risk protection for underserved markets in developing countries by ...
Executives On The Move at W.R. Berkley, JLT Re, Ironshore and More
W.R. Berkley Corp. promoted three long-time executives at the company to the offices of executive vice president. Eugene Ballard, who has been with Berkley since 1999, has previously served as senior ...
Willis Completes Majority Investment in London Broker Miller
Reinsurance broker Willis Group Holdings said it has completed its investment in Miller Insurance Services LLP that will enhance its wholesale insurance brokerage business and expertise in marine ...
European Insurance Forum: Insurers Must Adapt Quickly to Multiple Changes
The long journey toward a unified regulatory system for insurance in the European Union—Solvency II—finally appears to be near its end. With that hurdle behind them insurers and reinsurers have ...
Leadership Insight: Karen Clark
Clark on Catastrophe Modeling: "The tricky thing about cat modeling is it is not all about the science and not all about the software. It is about having the right mix and then making sure that ...