Property, Commercial and Speciality (re)insurer IQUW has today announced a partnership with Californian based catastrophe modelling company Temblor. The partnership will provide IQUW with globally consistent, real-time seismic risk data to inform its insurance pricing decisions. Additionally, that partnership will allow IQUW to solve issues other insurers face when modelling the future impact of a…
read moreAt IQUW, we’re bringing together the most experienced underwriters in the business with unique data and intelligent automation capabilities to build a different type of multi-line insurance provider. Our Head of Marine & Energy, Phil Furlong, began working in Marine & Energy liability insurance straight out of university and has been honing his underwriting expertise…
read moreAt IQUW, we’re bringing together the most experienced underwriters in the business with unique data and intelligent automation capabilities to build a different type of multi-line insurance provider. Gary Lill, our new Head of Professional Lines, has been working in Directors & Officers (D&O) insurance for almost thirty years, supporting brokers and their clients through…
read moreSpecialty (re)insurer IQUW, has announced the launch of a new reinsurance operation in Bermuda, providing a wide range of (re)insurance products and associated services to third party clients. The launch follows approval by the Bermuda Monetary Authority last month. The new company will be led by Bermudian and seasoned executive Stephen Young, who joins IQUW…
read moreLloyd’s syndicate, Arcus 1856 has today announced it is rebranding to IQUW as the syndicate continues to execute on its vision to rebuild into a more diverse, multi-line (re)insurer. The rebrand is effective from today. The new identity is a shift from the syndicate’s previous branding and repositions the company as it pivots into an…
read moreSpecialist insurer ERS continues its recruitment drive by adding Chief Actuary, Stavros Martis to the business. Martis’ hire will support the insurers expansion into new lines of business including D&F Property, Marine and Energy Liability, Political Risk, Terror and War, Cargo and Specie, Professional Lines and Specialty Reinsurance (including Aviation and Marine) and joins a…
read moreSpecialist insurer ERS today announces that Syndicate 1856 has commenced writing new lines of business to support its vision to build the Syndicate into a more diverse, multi-line (re)insurer. Following a significant recruitment drive which has seen the Syndicate assemble specialist talent from across the market, providing the capability to write specialty lines of business…
read moreERS, the specialist insurer today announces a US$350m capital raise led by Abry Partners, a Boston-based private equity firm. Alongside Abry, an Aquiline-led investor group will also be participating in the capital raise. The capital raise will support ERS as it becomes a diversified, specialist (re)insurer and builds on its recent backing of Lloyd’s Syndicate…
read moreSpecialist insurer ERS continues to develop its team to progress its Commercial expansion by making two new senior appointments to support its strategy to scale existing and enter new divisions including Property, Reinsurance, Marine, Professional Lines and Specialty. Ciaran Waters joins the team as Senior Underwriter for US Catastrophe. Previously Waters was Head of US…
read moreERS, the specialist motor insurer, continues to progress its Commercial expansion by making a series of senior appointments to support its strategy to scale existing and enter new divisions including Property, Reinsurance, Marine, Professional Lines and Specialty alongside a soon to launch integrated ILS offering. (Re)insurer aligned investment strategy The firm’s ILS approach will see…
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