Eric Joost will spearhead insurtech’s expansion into the US wholesale market, where other tech firms mostly operate in the retail insurance space

June 8 quake struck near southern Mindanao, killing close to 40

Kevin Webb will build transportation-focused binder business at the Lloyd’s broker

Expanded facility offers up to $60m of follow capacity per placement

MS Amlin study finds destructive supershear ruptures are behind two thirds of insured earthquakes losses, yet are excluded from catastrophe models

Delay in start-up and contingent business interruption covers are becoming trickier to obtain as projects become more complex and elements such as on-site power plants are introduced

Hunt was named interim chief executive in February following the departure of former chief executive Stephanie Ogden

Becerra has called for rate freeze, while Kim proposes public catastrophe insurance programme

Re/insurance companies are already replacing jobs with AI tools, while others are creating new ones to have a human in the loop

Leading gubernatorial candidate wants a price freeze, while insurance commissioner candidate Jane Kim is calling for a public natural disaster insurance system

Former MS Amlin executive to lead Africa insurer’s newly-launched Lloyd’s syndicate

Insured political violence and terror losses arising from the conflict could reach $3bn, Howden Re estimates