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HDI Global, the corporate and specialty insurance business of the HDI Group, has appointed Ashwin Kapoor as Head of Political Violence and Terrorism (PV&T) and Tom Brown as Underwriting Manager at HDI Global UK & Ireland, effective 1 December 2026. The appointments aim to strengthen the firm’s specialist underwriting expertise and expand its crisis management…
James Norton plays Santa as you’ve never seen him before in Marks & Spencer’s brand new Christmas advert. On Friday morning, the retailer unveiled its festive ad campaign, featuring the House Of The Dragon actor as an undercover Father Christmas. In the ad, Santa – after a bit of encouragement from Mrs Claus, played by…
A painful and shameful secret I held onto for 52 years is now out in the world. HuffPost recently published my essay about being gang-raped as a freshman at a fraternity house at Syracuse University and my subsequent dismissal from art school. I had kept silent about what happened to me for more than half…
Most Brits think the government should not use disappearing messages on WhatsApp, according to data seen by HuffPost UK. WhatsApp – along with other messaging apps like Signal and Telegram – has an optional private feature which automatically deletes messages from a chat after a set period of time which can range from 24 hours…
Credit rating agency AM Best has upgraded the Financial Strength Rating of Patria Re (US), Inc. to A- (Excellent) from B++ (Good) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating to “a- “(Excellent) from “bbb+” (Good), and assigned a stable outlook. The ratings reflect Patria US’ balance sheet strength, which AM Best assesses as very strong, as…
Gallagher, a global insurance broking and risk management company, has announced the appointment of Alex Peake as Head of Warranty & Indemnity (W&I), UK & Ireland, within its Private Equity and M&A practice (PEMA). Based in London, Peake will lead the continued growth and development of Gallagher’s W&I offering across the UK and Ireland. He…
By now, many of us have heard the UK government’s advice that we should “be ready” for emergencies and the disruption they cause. As part of its campaign to encourage us all to be prepared for these eventualities, officials recommended keeping stock of 17 items, like three days’ worth of food and water, a torch,…
MS Amlin, the Lloyd’s global specialist re/insurer, has launched an AI-powered wordings tool designed to halve contract review times, helping underwriters deliver faster responses to brokers and provide greater clarity over coverage. Known internally as Wordy Bot, the tool analyses reinsurance contracts against MS Amlin’s underwriting standards, identifying missing clauses, wording differences and potential inconsistencies…
Donald Trump was humiliated this week after Americans resoundingly rejected the Republican Party in the US midterm elections. The US president was not actually on the ballot paper this time around as the electorate were choosing who they want in the House of Representatives and in the Senate. But Trump told voters to pretend that…
Nigel Farage seems to have distanced himself from Donald Trump by accusing the US president of breaking a key promise to American voters. The Reform UK leader, seen as a close supporter and ally to Trump, predicted on Monday that the Republican Party would not get “absolutely smashed” in the midterm elections. But Farage was…