Reinsurance market conditions sustainable, but discipline is being tested: QBE Re’s Cook

Jamie Cook, chief partnerships officer at QBE Re, said current reinsurance market conditions remain sustainable but discipline is being tested, particularly by adequate capital and increased competition in specific lines of business. In a recent interview with Reinsurance News during a visit to Bermuda, Cook emphasized that maintaining capital cost discipline is key. “If we…

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Spencer Pimley joins AIG Lex London as Head of Property

AIG, a global insurance organization that provides a broad range of property casualty insurance and related services, announced that Aviva’s Spencer Pimley has joined its Lex London team as property executive. Pimley has over 18 years of property underwriting experience supporting large multinational clients across a variety of business sectors. At AIG, Spencer will lead…

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Canopius launches new cyber war product to protect businesses

Canopius Group, an international specialist property and casualty (P&C) re/insurer, has launched a new cyber warfare product to provide businesses with specialized protection against the escalating threat of cyber warfare. Cyber ​​warfare has grown to the point where it can shut down operations, compromise critical systems, and undermine financial resiliency. As global tensions increasingly flow…

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Kuwait Re commences operations from India’s GIFT City

Kuwait Reinsurance Company KSCP (Kuwait Reinsurance Company) announced that it has started operations in India’s first International Financial Services Center (IFSC), Gujarat International Financial Technology City (GIFT City). Founded in 1972, Kuwait Reinsurance Company is a reinsurance provider with offices in Kuwait and Malaysia. The company provides life and non-life treaty and temporary reinsurance solutions….

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Travelers plans to expand homeowners insurance availability across California

The Travelers Companies, Inc., a major U.S. insurance company, has notified the California Department of Insurance (CDI) of its intention to expand homeowners insurance coverage across the state through voluntary participation in the California Sustainable Insurance Strategy (SIS). The initiative, championed by the state’s Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara, allows participating carriers to incorporate forward-looking wildfire…

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IMA Financial Group places $4bn risk programme for AI-data centre company

North American insurance brokerage IMA Financial Group has completed a $4 billion property insurance placement on behalf of a publicly traded artificial intelligence and high-performance computing (HPC) data center company. The transaction was conducted by a leading global real estate operator and represents one of the largest single real estate placements in the digital infrastructure…

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Tributary Public Risk begins operations with specialist cover for Canada’s public sector

Tributary Public Risk (TPR), a new insurance provider specifically targeting public sector organizations, has officially begun operations, becoming the first insurance company registered in Canada and designed specifically for this market. The company was created to meet the unique risk, governance and procurement requirements of municipalities, schools, Crown agencies and other public bodies. Working through…

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