Specialty
AIG Appoints Marsh CEO Zaffino, an Old Duperreault Colleague, as Global COO
New American International Group CEO Brian Duperreault turned to an old colleague as his first big executive hire, appointing Marsh LLC CEO Peter Zaffino as executive vice president and global chief ...
Commercial Lines Premiums Saw Slight Q2 Uptick, Except Workers Comp: IVANS Index
Nearly all major commercial product lines saw their Q2 2017 premium renewal rates increase slightly compared to last year. Workers compensation, however, saw renewal rates move back into the ...
Executives On The Move at Fidelis, Zurich, Lloyds and Willis Re
Fidelis Insurance disclosed it is hiring a former Hiscox Re executive to help lead a new effort focused on niche specialty excess of loss business. Lloyd's has a new deputy chairperson. Willis Re ...
NotPetya Global Cyber Attack Leaves Ukraine Scrambling to Contain New Threat
The Ukrainian software firm used as part of last week's global cyber attack warned on Wednesday that all computers sharing a network with its infected accounting software had been compromised by ...
The Hanover’s Chaucer Acquires Lloyd’s MGA Focused on Sports, Leisure, Entertainment
The Hanover Insurance Group snatched up a Lloyd's managing general underwriting agency based in Australia, in a deal that will boost its competitive status there and also expand its overall specialty ...
The Latest Launches From Ironshore and Kinsale
Ironshore disclosed its Mergers & Acquisitions and Tax unit updated its transactional liability product to cover healthcare sector-related regulatory risks. Kinsale Insurance Company's Public ...
UK Urged to Reassess Building Design in Age of Global Warming
Britain must reassess the way it designs buildings to cope with a warming climate, stepping away from huge expanses of glass and beyond air conditioning that consumes too much energy, a panel ...
Business Interruptions Galore: Global Ransomware Attack Hobbles FedEx, Others
The global cyberattack that has been wending its way across continents since Tuesday started creating real consequences at some businesses even as the virus's spread seemed to be abating. FedEx Corp. ...