UK-based general insurer Liverpool Victoria (LV=) Broker has signed an agreement with Insure4Retirement, to offer ABC home insurance product to its customers. A first time collaboration between the two companies, the move also represents ...
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UK-based general insurer Liverpool Victoria (LV=) has appointed Wendy Mayall as its new chief investment officer. In her new role, Mayall will be responsible for all elements of the company's investment strategy. She will provide advice ...
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Property and casualty underwriter Fremont Insurance has named Christopher Clinton as vice president of commercial lines and product development. Clinton has 26 years of experience of handling agency management, sales and marketing at both ...
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ACE has appointed Jeff Hobson as branch manager of its Leeds office, in a move to further strengthen its regional management team within its UK and Ireland region. The commercial line insurer said that Jeff's appointment takes place with ...
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RSA Canada, a commercial insurer, has agreed to purchase L'Union Canadienne from its parent company, Co-operators General Insurance Company (CGIC). According to the company, the cost of transaction is $150m and is subjected to regulatory ...
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Crum & Forster, an insurance group and a part of Fairfax Financial Holdings, has named Ahmed (Abe) Yaknour as the company’s chief technology officer. Yaknour will manage the architecture of the company's infrastructure, as well as ...
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Luxembourg-based CVC Capital Partners–led group has agreed to purchase insurance-claims adjuster Cunningham Lindsey from Stone Point Capital and Fairfax Financial Holdings in a deal valued between $900m and $1bn including debt. An ...
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Insurance broker Lockton San Francisco has selected Terry Brandt as the company’s executive vice president and director of the Lockton Alliance for Ministry Protection (LAMP) practice. The insurer said that Brandt will manage LAMP, ...
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US-based commercial insurer CNA Financial Corporation (CNA) has appointed Michael Strakhov as the new vice president for its Ohio branch, located in Columbus, US. Strakhov, in his new role will be responsible for synchronizing branch ...
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French mutual insurance firm MMA Group has selected Cameleon Software’s configure, price, quote (CPQ) technology to help modernise its information systems and improve business agility. Implementation of the technology will enable ...
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The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) may request the US government to provide a bailout of its flood insurance operations to help deal with increasing claims from superstorm Sandy. FEMA's deputy associate administrator for ...
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Publicly held personal lines insurer Allstate has introduced usage-based insurance product, Drive Wise to encourage and reward safe driving. The auto insurance policy will be available at seven states by November 2012, while additional ...
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Italian insurer Fondiaria-Sai is prepared to go ahead with initial plans to merge with Unipol Gruppo Finanziaria, together with its parent company, Premafin Holding di Partecipazioni and its subsidiary Milano Assicurazioni. Fondiaria-SAI ...
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Property and casualty insurer ACE has promoted Lauretta Alberti as senior environmental insurance underwriter for the Benelux and Nordic region. Lauretta will report to Dorothee Prunier, environmental insurance manager, continental Europe ...
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AXA UK has combined its commercial and personal lines broker businesses under the leadership of Amanda Blanc. The company said that the new combined business will focus on strengthening its capabilities and propositions in the ...
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