Intact to merge UK and EU specialty businesses
’Combining our UK and European speciality lines businesses and creating a UK regulated branch will make the placement of European risks easier for brokers,’ says chief executive
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Samsung Fire and Marine Insurance to acquire outstanding share in Canopius
’What this brings Canopius is permanent capital and an owner with a long-term view,’ says chief executive
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Risk professionals want to know: Will insurance survive, thrive or die?
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Mario Greco: Zurich and Beazley integration is ‘about building something that doesn’t exist’
The group chief executive’s ‘vision’ to become ‘the biggest specialty player in the market’ is in response to ‘a huge shift in customers’ demand’ for these types of products – with Beazley deal signifying the cherry on top of Greco’s ambitions
Mario Greco: Zurich and Beazley integration is ‘about building something that doesn’t exist’
The group chief executive’s ‘vision’ to become ‘the biggest specialty player in the market’ is in response to ‘a huge shift in customers’ demand’ for these types of products – with Beazley deal signifying the cherry on top of Greco’s ambitions
Russell White: Peach set to become main driver of premium across NPA Insurance
’Peach will become more than 50% of the insurance company premium across all of NPA Insurance,’ says chief executive
Scott Egan: SiriusPoint ready to redeploy capital as market softens
Chief executive says four years of turnaround work have put SiriusPoint on stronger footing with cedants and ratings agencies
Matt Cox: Turning claims into a strategic asset at Allianz UK requires a 'mindset shift'
’This year’s pivot, from January onwards, has been to figure out how we maximise the benefit and the assets that we’ve got, as well as how we recognise claims itself as a strategic asset in the whole of the insurance cycle,’ says chief claims officer
Kelly Madeley: Industry must ‘make insurance exciting’ to attract talent
Aviva refuses ‘to chase unprofitable’ commercial lines business amid soft market as GWP tumbles 4% in HY results – Jason Storah
Charles Bush: Employee risk is ‘definitely higher up’ corporate agendas as ‘very significant’ losses start to stack up
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