Latest specialty news and research
Willis Re’s Rumball to become North America specialty head
News | by Rachel Dalton | March 31, 2020
The move is part of wider plans at the reinsurance broker to build out the unit.
AIG restructures global specialty business and adopts ‘hub model’
News | by Anna Sagar | March 11, 2020
London will set global strategy and serve as the core specialty hub.
Fidelis posts 83% combined ratio as specialty premiums grow
News | by Samuel Casey | February 28, 2020
CEO Richard Brindle said the company’s cautious approach to specialty lines had been vindicated.
Markel to merge Specialty and Assurance units
News | by Bernard Goyder | February 25, 2020
The combined business will trade under the Markel Specialty banner from 1 April and will run a book of around $4bn in premiums.
AIG’s Bilsby vacates global specialty role
News | by Gavin Bradshaw | February 5, 2020
AIG's head of global specialty business Peter Bilsby has left his post and will be replaced on an interim basis by global head of energy and construction Gordon Browne.
Nationwide E&S brokerage targets casualty expansion
News | by Bernard Goyder | January 28, 2020
SVP Tom Jurgens told The Insurance Insider that he expects the book to grow at least 15 percent this year.
Munich Re’s specialty arm makes former Navigators exec property E&S head
News | by Samuel Casey | December 5, 2019
The executive will work alongside Diane Link, who joined Munich Re Specialty Insurance in April.
Argo names QBE North America’s Grange as EVP
News | by Bernard Goyder | December 2, 2019
He will report directly to the company’s interim CEO Kevin Rehnberg, in a restructuring of the North American business.