The North American reinsurance operation of Willis Group, Willis Re, has appointed two former Guy Carpenter executives to senior positions. 28 August 2014
The specialty re/insurance platform of NKSJ, Canopius Group, has hired Alan Law as regional casualty underwriter for its Singapore platform. 28 August 2014
Ironshore has boosted its ability to accommodate for architects and engineers as it begins to provide project specific policies for contractor design firms. 28 August 2014
Chinese corporation Fosun, which is set to take a 20 percent share in insurer Ironshore, has valued the company at 1.25x its net assets as of June 30. 27 August 2014
Global professional services company Towers Watson has appointed Eric Speer as global leader for its risk consulting and software business. 26 August 2014
Enstar Group Limited has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Companion Property and Casualty Insurance Company from Blue Cross and Blue Shield of South Carolina. 26 August 2014
Global reinsurers' underwriting results deteriorated in the first half of 2014 due to increased non-cat property losses and a higher underlying run-rate loss ratio. 26 August 2014
Catastrophe modelling firm Eqecat predicts insured losses of between $500 million and $1 billion from the earthquake that hit Napa, California, on Sunday August 24th, 2014. 26 August 2014
