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TigerRisk Partners Lures Swiss Re Exec to Help Further ILS Business
TigerRisk Partners is tapping a former Swiss Re executive to help shape and grow its insurance-linked securities business. Philipp Kusche has been appointed partner and global head of ILS and capital ...
Obama Administration Unveils New Offshore Oil Well Safety Rules
The Obama administration last Thursday unveiled new oil well control rules to prevent the kind of blowout that happened six years ago on a BP Plc rig in the Gulf of Mexico. The Interior Department's ...
Executives On The Move at XL Catlin, Hamilton and Ironshore
Hamilton Underwriting hired on a new head of professional indemnity. An Ironshore executive appointment will focus on complex risk exposures involving war and terrorism, and kidnap and ransom, and be ...
Chubb Deal with China Retailer Gives It Access to Massive Online Customer Base
Chubb Ltd. is linking up with one of China's largest and most recognized retailers in a deal that gives it access to and online customer base of as many as 230 million people. Financial details of ...
The Latest Launches from QBE North America and RMS
QBE North America modernized its equipment breakdown coverage to now cover microelectronic failures. Catastrophe risk management firm RMS unveiled a new app for its clients. *** QBE North America ...
Munich Re’s Hartford Steam Boiler Becomes Latest Insurer to Test Commercial Drones
Specialty property insurer Hartford Steam Boiler won an exemption from the Federal Aviation Administration to start using drones for property inspections, underwriting and loss prevention work. The ...
Are Carriers Facing a Paper Bias for Notices of Cancellation and Nonrenewal?
The insurance industry has been notoriously slow to fully embrace electronic forms of commerce and there may be good reasons for the hesitation. Until recently, antiquated, prescriptive requirements ...
Automakers Urge Insurers to Remind U.S. Drivers of Recalls
Major carmakers want U.S. auto insurance companies to help persuade millions of American car owners to get recalled vehicles fixed. The new push comes as a U.S. House panel will hold a hearing ...