Pol risk, credit & surety
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Mark Houghton, who joins from Axa XL, will report to group CUO Sam Harrison.
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Richard Chu joins from PartnerRe, where he was head of financial risks for Asia Pacific.
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Karlsson was previously head of credit and structured risks.
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There is more capacity in the market for long-term risks.
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Marsh Specialty has released its Political Risk Report 2024.
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Last year, the B2B credit InsurTech raised $15mn in Series A fundraising as it looks to continue building its team and expand globally.
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Sources said that with heightened geopolitical risks, pricing is already "much higher" than at any point in the last five years.
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Ablett is currently QBE’s global head of trade credit and surety and has headed up its global credit team since 2018.
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Political violence and risk underwriters have heavily cut back in the region, which remains an important source of premium for marine insurers.
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The underwriter will retain his responsibilities as lead underwriter for credit and political risk.
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Rising counterparty risk from economic slowdown will support prices and growth.
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Mark Jenkins becomes chairman of the global credit and political risk team.
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The repercussions of the war between Russia and Ukraine continue to affect several countries, including Egypt and Somalia, as a result of grain-supply interruptions.
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The underwriter has spent 10 years in Singapore, mainly in broking.
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The report states that in the first months of 2023 as many as 1.5 million person-days were expended on cost-of-living protests in the 10 countries hardest hit.
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The carrier will look to support green energy projects in developing nations.
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The consultancy has outlined the financial guarantees needed from governments and availability of data from Ukraine that will enable insurers to provide risk capacity for the country's recovery.
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The supply-chain finance firm dramatically collapsed in 2021 after its trade credit insurance was pulled.
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Other appointments in the team include Nick Ayres as chairman of global credit and Doug Espenson named as head of US mortgage.
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Argo has also hired former RLI surety head Greg Chilson as an adviser.
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The number of global firms surveyed in WTW’s report that purchased political risk cover surged to 68% in 2022 from 25% in 2019, as the Ukraine war changed the geopolitical outlook.
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The deal involved the use of a non-payment credit insurance policy covering exposure on a GuarantCo portfolio transaction.
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Two of the most-exposed segments to the war have experienced very different years, with sweeping PV changes contrasting to more stable conditions in parts of the aviation sector.
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Topics discussed included Caribbean cat risk, protests in Peru, crisis in Argentina and the World Cup.
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Capacity stands at near-record levels for structured credit and political risk, despite key risks such as China’s zero-Covid policy, the Russia-Ukraine conflict and a difficult month of reinsurance renewals.
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The expected results are a result of the unusually low levels of insolvency and subsequent claims frequency.
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The Cayman Islands-headquartered reinsurer held a 49% stake in the Mexican firm, according to its 2021 annual report.
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Dover and Nersessian-Hristova’s appointments mark the first expansion of Convex US since its launch earlier this year.
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Based in New York, Greer is responsible for leading the surety reinsurance efforts in the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico.
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The broker said Ukraine will fall into a deep recession this year following Russia’s invasion.
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The Ukraine loss reserve tally has reached $2.4bn as of the end of June.
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Carriers in the class are reassessing risk appetites amid inflation, the Ukraine war and a growing risk of countries defaulting on sovereign debt.
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QBE Europe’s UK surety manager Tom Johnson is leaving the company and looks set to join Chubb, Insurance Insider can reveal.
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Perry will be based in London and report to Nick Robson, global leader, credit specialties.
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The carrier has also promoted Srdjan Todorovic to lead its global political violence operation.
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