Americas
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Axis confirms Kirk as chief financial officer
Former Enstar executive Matthew Kirk succeeds Peter Vogt
Brokers lead as Iran war volatility continues
The broking sub-group climbs 1.2% this week, led by Marsh, as SiriusPoint and Everest drive Bermuda gains
US P&C insurers post strong full-year underwriting profit
Near-tripling of underwriting gains attributed to limited catastrophe losses rather than underlying improvements
Pinion taps Aspen’s Jones for CFO as build-out continues
Newly launched specialty insurer hires Aspen Insurance executive Chris Jones to lead its finance function
Everest hires Busti to lead NA treaty reinsurance
Axis Re executive Jason Busti joins Bermuda-based group
Major hailstorm loss ‘could rival cat 4 hurricane’
Insured loss from a one-in-50-year hailstorm event could approach $30bn, Cotality finds
Catlin stands down as Convex chairman
Re/insurer's co-founder to remain on company's board as life president, as Onex's Bobby Le Blanc appointed chairman
The growing insurance implications of social media addiction
The insurance sector is entering a new phase of digital risk, where liability extends far beyond data breaches or content and now encompasses platform design, user behaviour, mental health impacts, and broader questions of responsibility
Starr completes purchase of IQUW Group
Transaction creates ninth-largest Lloyd’s managing agency and provide US firm an entry into Bermuda reinsurance market
Everest agrees sale of Canada retail business
Canadian mutual Wawanesa to acquire $305m commercial lines portfolio for an undisclosed sum
Darag has always been a differentiator: Booth
Darag Group chief executive Tom Booth explains how bucking trends has made the firm a legacy market leader
Tokio Marine inks strategic partnership with Berkshire Hathaway
Berkshire Hathaway subsidiary National Indemnity Company to acquire 2.5% equity stake in the Japanese giant and provide whole account quota share reinsurance
Chubb updates on US Gulf reinsurance plan
US insurance giant will set prices and handle claims, while the federal government will determine access terms
M&A insurance demand expected to remain high
Lower interest rates should spur deals, but ‘geopolitical instability’ could dampen deal appetite, Marsh warns
US hit by second $1bn+ storm loss
Gallagher Re warns insured losses from mid-March could increase
US think tank proposes federal reinsurance fund
Brookings Institute proposal would see federal agency take on ‘extreme tail’ risks to support property insurers
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