
Americas
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Sompo International profits triple in 2021
Underwriting income soars to $426m as the specialty re/insurer shaves 3.9 points off its combined ratio to 93.9%

Legacy firm Catalina restructures
Bermuda-based firm hires Aon's Steingold as it separates origination from M&A

Allstate tallies $316m of April catastrophe losses
Illinois-based group continues to hike premium rates

IGI's income rises 90% on improved underwriting
Short-tail and long-tail specialty insurance segments drive underwriting profit growth

PartnerRe's operating income surges on non-life underwriting
Combined ratio improved by 12 points to 84.7% despite $50m in Ukraine losses

Beazley bulls lift share price by 9%
Insurance stocks rise in value but fail to match S&P 500 gains

Fusion launches US M&A insurance operation
Specialty MGA hires Brian Hayes from AIG to lead Americas operation, with capacity from Markel

Convex set for $3bn GWP in 2022: Catlin
Bermuda-based specialty carrier reports gross written premiums surged 93% to $2.12bn in 2021 and says it is ‘monitoring’ Ukraine exposures

FedNat CFO Jordan resigns amid ongoing turmoil
News comes days after the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation approved a restructuring plan for group

ICPEI's income soars on improved underwriting
Toronto-based group’s combined ratio improves 2.0 points in first quarter to 88.4% as underwriting income surges 80%

Citizens warns of 'complete disarray' in Florida reinsurance market
Florida insurer of last resort approves spend of $400m to cover 90% of reinsurance needs as CFO cautions coverage will be ‘difficult to place’

RenRe leads Bermudians on underlying performance
Kevin O’Donnell-led carrier once again achieves the best performance, as Axis Capital is the most improved in Q1 and Arch Capital takes the biggest Ukraine war hit, Insurance Day’s analysis finds

SiriusPoint chief Sankaran resigns
Daniel Malloy named as interim chief executive

Marcus named Berkley Industrial Comp president
WR Berkley appoints Michael Marcus to succeed Chandler Cox to lead subsidiary providing workers' compensation cover to high-hazard industries

Berkshire invests $620m in Markel
Warren Buffett-led re/insurance and investment holding company made $41.6bn in net share purchases during the first quarter

Allianz agrees $6bn Structured Alpha settlement
German insurance giant enters into settlements with the Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission, pleading guilty to one count of criminal securities fraud and accepting it violated US securities laws
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