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28 06, 2016

QBE Weighs Brexit-Effect; Marsh Considers Some Brexit Scenarios

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QBE Insurance Group announced this week that it will be reviewing its UK-based operations in light of last week’s vote in the UK to leave the European Union. “The referendum outcome may require a revised approach in relation to approximately …

24 06, 2016

XL Group’s Shareholders Approve Move to Bermuda from Ireland

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XL Group plc announced that its ordinary shareholders have approved a scheme of arrangement that will change the place of incorporation of the ultimate parent holding company to Bermuda from Ireland, which is expected to be completed in the third …

29 06, 2016

Loeb’s Hedge Fund Lowers Fees for Third Point Re

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Third Point Reinsurance Ltd. won lower fees on investments overseen by Dan Loeb’s Third Point LLC, the hedge fund manager that helped start the Bermuda-based reinsurer. Third Point Re will pay a 1.5 percent annualized fee in addition to as …

28 06, 2016

S&P and Fitch Chop Britain’s ‘AAA’ Rating After Brexit Vote

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Britain suffered further blows to its economic standing on Monday as two top ratings agencies downgraded its sovereign credit score, judging last week’s vote to leave the European Union would hurt its economy. Standard & Poor’s stripped Britain of its …

29 06, 2016

China’s Fosun Looks at UK, Europe Investments on Brexit Volatility

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Fosun Group, China’s biggest private conglomerate, will look for more opportunities in the United Kingdom and Europe in the volatile wake of Britain’s referendum vote to leave the European Union, the company’s billionaire co-founder and chairman said at a Reuters …

28 06, 2016

AIR Worldwide Introduces Earthquake Model for India

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Catastrophe risk modeler AIR Worldwide, a Verisk Analytics business, has released a new earthquake model for India that estimates losses to residential, commercial and small industrial buildings as well as automobiles. The model’s seismicity analysis covers areas with seismic activity …

29 06, 2016

Marine Specialist Latitude Brokers Launches Singapore Office

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Latitude Brokers, the Hong Kong-based marine insurance specialist, has opened an office in Singapore, their second in Asia. With the continued growth of the marine markets in Singapore as well as the Lloyd’s platform, the Singapore office is an essential …

29 06, 2016

Cooper Gay Names Prinn as Head of Global Placement

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Cooper Gay, the global reinsurance, wholesale and specialty broker, has appointed Jonathan Prinn as head of global placement. He takes up his new role on Sept. 12 and will report to Steve Hearn, group CEO. Prinn brings over two decades …

28 06, 2016

Britain’s Vote to Leave EU Hikes Concerns over UK Insurers’ Capital Strength

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Market falls triggered by Britain’s vote to leave the European Union will hit British insurers’ capital, raising concerns over their ability to pay dividends or hand cash back to investors. New European capital Solvency II rules introduced in January require …

29 06, 2016

European Insurers Look to Hoarding Cash After Brexit Vote

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Investors will consider hoarding cash in vaults as government bond yields fall deeper into negative territory following the U.K.’s vote to leave the European Union, according to Talanx AG, Germany’s third-biggest insurer. “Storing physical cash as an alternative to paying …