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Legal Focus: Co-insurance proves tricky in construction contracts
Judgment in FM Conway v The Rugby Football Union makes clear how important the contractual arrangements are in determining the extent of project parties’ respective insurance coverage, even if co-insured

Steamship Mutual returns to underwriting surplus
Marine mutual becomes latest International Group affiliate to bring combined ratio below 100%

Stockwatch: Talanx climbs 7% on Latin American acquisition
Hannover Re continues to rise, while Scor wobbles as insurance stocks underperform equity markets globally

LSM expands London trade credit team
Specialty insurer makes two hires as it sees growth opportunities for trade credit across the UK and Europe

Sompo hires Aon's Fumagalli for Italy head
Bermuda-based carrier appoints Simona Fumagalli as country manager of its insurance business in Italy as it continues European expansion

Ardonagh continues European acquisitions with SRS deal
Broking group strikes deal to acquire majority stake in Athens-based reinsurance broker and MGA business

NorthStandard plans specialty lines push
Doubling lines such as offshore energy, strike and delay, hull and machinery, coastal and inland and fishing and aquaculture will provide diversification away from pure P&I book, joint managing directors argue

Legal Focus: Why insurers need to prioritise prevention of customer harm
The industry is still some way from avoiding customer harm, meaning only the proactive will prevail as the FCA’s consumer duty comes into force

Perils names Oehy chief executive
Swiss Re executive Christoph Oehy to succeed Luzi Hitz at the Zurich-based loss aggregator

Inigo swoops on Axis for cyber lead
Lloyd’s carrier hires James Creasy to spearhead cyber insurance entry

Verisk acquires Morning Data
Acquisition of London market broker and MGA software house will expand Verisk’s Specialty Business Solutions’ suite of end-to-end insurance software

Scor names de Varenne group chief financial officer
De Varenne, who served as interim chief executive earlier this year, has also been appointed deputy chief executive
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