Global Economy
Executives On The Move at The Hartford, Willis Towers Watson, AXIS and Aspen
The Hartford appointed its latest chief information officer. Willis Towers Watson named a new global head of Broking within its Corporate Risk and Broking segment. AXIS Capital Holdings Limited has a ...
Lloyd’s of London Releases Blueprint to Create Super-Advanced Marketplace
Lloyd's of London has unveiled a blueprint for action to facilitate its Future at Lloyd's project, which aims to "build the most advanced insurance marketplace in the world." This first blueprint, ...
JLT Specialty USA Founding Leader Rice Becomes CEO of CAC Specialty
Newly launched specialty insurance broker CAC Specialty announced the appointment of Michael D. Rice II as its chief executive officer. Rice brings years of experience in the brokerage industry. Most ...
Collapse of Thomas Cook Leads to Massive Tourist Airlift
The U.K. government deployed the "largest repatriation in peacetime history" to bring home more than 150,000 tourists stranded on overseas beaches and in vacation hotspots by the collapse of tour ...
Zurich Hires Ex-Swiss Regulator Giger as New Chief Risk Officer
Zurich Insurance Group hired a former Swiss regulator to become its new chief risk officer. Peter Giger will take on his new role at the company on Oct. 1, 2019. He replaces Alison Marton in the ...
New InsurTech Financings Focused on Agencies, Cyber and Analytics
Broker Buddha raised $4.5 million to help advance its agency operations technology that simplifies commercial insurance application and renewals. Kovrr, a Tel Aviv-based predictive cyber risk ...
Insurance and Other Securities Under Pressure Remain Private Equity Targets: Apollo Exec
Private equity billionaire Joshua Harris thinks there are still plenty of undervalued companies to improve and profit from, especially away from the public markets. "Certainly, this is not a ...
Aviation Industry Braces for Substantial Premium Hikes Due to 737 MAX Grounding
The aviation industry is bracing for double-digit insurance premium hikes for the first time in about 15 years, as insurers wrestle with higher costs from aircraft groundings, including the grounding ...