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Executives On The Move at AXIS Capital Holdings and Guy Carpenter
An AIG veteran is joining AXIS Capital Holdings as its new head of Investor Relations. Guy Carpenter & Company appointed a new managing director and senior broker for its UK non-marine ...
May’s ‘Ring of Fire’ Storms Will Produce $2.5B in Insurance Claims: Karen Clark & Co.
Heavy wind, hail and rain storms—a "ring of fire" that struck most states east of the Rocky Mountains May 11-16—will likely produce substantial insurance claims, catastrophe modeling firm Karen ...
New EU Data Protection Law May Lead to Diminished Underwriting Quality: A.M. Best
Complying with the European Union's new General Data Protection Regulation is leading insurers and reinsurers to dilute the types of data they gather—something that could diminish underwriting ...
Billionaire Investor Icahn Sues to Prevent AmTrust From Going Private
Billionaire investor Carl Icahn sued the directors of AmTrust Financial Services Inc., Chief Executive Officer Barry Zyskind and the family that controls the insurer to challenge a plan to take the ...
Executives On The Move at Zurich North America and Erie Insurance
An executive who was previously based at XL Catlin and AIG is joining Zurich North America in a leadership role. Erie Insurance promoted a veteran employee to vice president of property and ...
Root Plans Bigger Columbus, Ohio HQ, Plus Many New Hires to Fuel National Expansion
Root disclosed plans to grow its workforce over the next three years by about 500 percent and also move to a new, significantly expanded headquarters in Columbus, Ohio. The auto insurance startup, ...
Europe’s Fledgling Cyber Insurance Market Stands to Gain From New Privacy Rules
Data privacy rules coming into force this week are giving Europe's fledgling cyber insurance market a boost as they make companies more aware of the risks caused by customer information breaches. ...
AmTrust’s Proposed Privatization Attracts Another Opponent: Shareholder Arca Capital
The Prague-based investment firm Arca Capital said it plans to work with activist investor Carl Icahn and other minority shareholders to prevent a proposed privatization of AmTrust Financial Services ...