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Actuarial & underwriting

AXA, Hannover and Willis Towers Watson complete market first longevity swap covering predominantly non-pensioners

AXA UK Group Pension Scheme has executed a £3 billion longevity swap with Hannover Re, the first deal of its kind where over 95 percent of members covered were non-pensioners.   18 March 2021

Actuarial & underwriting

Pinnacle University unveils the topics for this year’s virtual programme

Pinnacle Actuarial Resources has selected topics including usage-based insurance, machine learning and a hypothetical insurance product for professional baseball organisations in the programme for its eighth annual Pinnacle University, which this year will be conducted virtually.   18 March 2021

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Zurich launches new risk services unit in the UK focused on climate change, supply chains and cyber

Zurich UK has launched a new risk services unit, Zurich Resilience Solutions (ZRS), to help businesses manage emerging and evolving risks more effectively.   18 March 2021

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AM Best awards rating to Fidelity Investments’ captive, Fidvest

AM Best has assigned a financial strength rating of A- (excellent) to Fidvest, a pure captive insurance company wholly owned by Fidelity Investments, with a stable outlook.   17 March 2021

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RSG Underwriting Managers reshuffles management team as RSG prepares for IPO

Ryan Specialty Group (RSG) has expanded and revised the executive leadership team for RSG Underwriting Managers, ahead of a planned initial public offering (IPO) of RSG.   17 March 2021

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Deloitte promotes Johal to lead its global reinsurance and London market practice

Deloitte has named Gurpreet Johal as its UK and global sector leader for global reinsurance and the London market.   16 March 2021

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Berkshire Hathaway European Insurance hires Aon’s Fenton as CFO

Marian Fenton has been appointed as the chief finance officer (CFO) at Berkshire Hathaway European Insurance.   16 March 2021

Bermuda analysis

Former Aon executive joins Miller to lead its Bermuda business

Miller has appointed Charlie Simpson to lead its operation in Bermuda and vowed to continue building up the business on the island in coming months with further hires.   16 March 2021

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BC Partners moves to take a majority stake in Davies to support ongoing expansion

Funds advised by BC Partners, the international investment firm, will acquire a majority stake in Davies, the specialist professional services and technology business serving the risk and insurance industry.   16 March 2021

Law & regulation

Tennessee: providing certainty in uncertain times

Captive International caught up with Belinda Fortman, director of the captive insurance section at the Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance, to ask what is special about Tennessee, which has referred to its captive offering as “the gold standard of the south”.   15 March 2021

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