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13 04, 2023

UK Broker Clear Group Acquires Irish Broker MBC Insurance

By | April 13th, 2023|Uncategorized|Comments Off on UK Broker Clear Group Acquires Irish Broker MBC Insurance

The Clear Group, the London-based independent broker, announced the acquisition of Irish commercial broker McAuliffe Barry & Collins Ltd., which trades as MBC Insurance and Techinsure.ie. Clear has acquired 100% of MBC Insurance. Financial details of the deal were not …

13 04, 2023

People Moves: AIG Asia Pacific Appoints BHSI’s Colahan as Regional President; Gallagher Re Hires McMillan From Siemens as Renewable Energy Practice Leader

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This edition of International People Moves details appointments at AIG Asia Pacific and Gallagher Re. A summary of these new hires follows here. AIG Appoints BHSI’s Colahan as Regional President, AIG Asia Pacific American International Group Inc. announced that Chris …

28 03, 2023

Climate Activists Tell Insurance CEOs to Stop Covering Carbon Projects ‘Immediately’

By | March 28th, 2023|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Climate Activists Tell Insurance CEOs to Stop Covering Carbon Projects ‘Immediately’

A group of climate activists has called on 30 insurance company CEOs to “immediately” stop underwriting new fossil fuel projects in the wake of a stark climate warning from U.N. scientists, a letter, seen by Reuters, showed. Insure our Future, …

28 03, 2023

Indian Tycoon Piramal, TPG Inc. Weigh Selling Stakes in Shriram General: Sources

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Billionaire Ajay Piramal and TPG Inc. are considering selling their stakes in Shriram General Insurance Holdings Co., according to people familiar with the matter. Piramal and TPG are jointly working with an adviser on divesting a combined 30% stake in …

28 03, 2023

Regulator Tells Australian Banks to Boost Cyber-Attack Defenses

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Australia’s financial institutions must improve their resilience to cyberattacks, the head of the nation’s banking regulator said Tuesday. A recent review uncovered a “lack of rigor” in the nature and frequency of security control testing and insufficient board oversight on …

28 03, 2023

Russia Has Successfully Rerouted Oil Exports Hit by Western Embargo: Energy Minister

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Russia has successfully redirected all its crude oil exports affected by Western sanctions over Ukraine to “friendly” countries, Energy Minister Nikolai Shulginov said on Tuesday, while still a decline in oil and gas output this year. The West imposed wide-ranging …

28 03, 2023

Alphabet Seeks Dismissal of Antitrust Lawsuit Over Google’s Online Ads

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Google parent Alphabet asked a U.S. federal judge on Monday to dismiss a Justice Department lawsuit alleging that the search giant illegally abused its dominance of online advertising. The government, which filed the ad tech lawsuit in January along with …

28 03, 2023

MGA Aqueous Secures Capacity From Allianz, Setting Sights on Commercial SME Growth

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Aqueous Underwriting has secured major new capacity following the signing of an initial three-year deal with insurer Allianz Insurance. The move is part of the MGA’s plans to significantly grow its presence in the commercial SME market where it specializes …

28 03, 2023

InsureTrust Names Levy EVP

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Atlanta-based InsureTrust, a cyber insurance specialty broker, has named Florence Levy executive vice president. InsureTrust, part of Starwind Specialty, said that Levy is well-known in the industry and was previously a director of cyber incident management with another global broker. …

28 03, 2023

UK Insurer RSA Exits UK Personal Lines Motor Market to Focus on Core Businesses

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UK insurer RSA announced it is exiting the UK personal lines motor market to focus on its core lines. The company explained the move by saying that the personal lines motor market in the UK remains extremely competitive and requires …