Specialty
Marco Capital Will Pursue European P/C Runoff Opportunities
Newly-launched Marco Capital Holdings Limited plans to pursue property/casualty insurance run-off opportunities in Continental Europe, the UK and Lloyd's of London. Marco enters the European run-off ...
Executives On The Move at Hamilton, BHSI and CopperPoint
Hamilton Insurance Group hired an executive to lead development of its mergers and acquisitions division in North America and Latin America. Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance named a new Head of ...
Post-Brexit Negotiations Between Britain, EU Hit Stalemate
Britain and the European Union made scant progress towards a deal on future ties in talks last week, and their chief negotiators blamed each other for the stalemate as time ticks down to an ...
Executives On The Move at QBE and Markel
QBE named a new executive to be head of Global Credit & Surety for its North America insurance division. Markel appointed a new member of its board of directors.
S&P Points to an Improving Lloyd’s Market Despite Pandemic Challenges
The Lloyd's market looks unlikely to turn an underwriting profit in 2020 given the pandemic and hurricane season. However, there a signs of improvement, according to analysts at S&P Global ...
COVID-19 Era Draws Attention to U.S. Fund That Compensates Emergency Vaccine Injuries
A U.S. government program that compensates people who say they have been harmed by an emergency vaccine has paid out on fewer than 10% of claims, raising questions whether the process should be used ...
Executives On The Move at Willis Towers Watson and Guy Carpenter
A former Guidewire Software executive is Willis Towers Watson's new senior technology director for its Insurance Consulting and Technology business. An ex-Willis Re executive is the new global head ...
Allstate’s July Catastrophe Losses Negated by Payments From California Utility
The Allstate Corp. reported more than $145 million in pretax catastrophe losses in July, thanks mostly to a hurricane and a few other storms. But that was more than offset by subrogation recoveries ...