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Mitsui Sumitomo to acquire 15% of specialty underwriter W.R. Berkley
28 March 2025Japanese insurer cites profits, diversification and capital efficiency as reasons for M&A
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Shifting politics demand county-level analysis of US social inflation, says W.R. Berkley
28 January 2025Specialty firm says reinsurers have been sluggish in response to social inflation
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Re/insurers reveal financial impacts from hurricanes Milton and Helene - UPDATED
18 November 2024The hurricanes made landfalls in the US barely two weeks apart, in September/October
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Oil and gas: a soaring risk
11 October 2021After coal, the oil and gas sector is lining up to be the next focus of insurer divestment. But can US insurers really afford to chop this all-American sector from their businesses? Sarfraz Thind reports
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Re/insurers face wider scrutiny from climate activists
18 June 2020Unfriend Coal becomes Insure Our Future to cover all fossil fuels
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Hamilton appoints Vetch as CFO for Lloyd's business
07 January 2019Takes over from departing Simon Barrett
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Munich Re defends coal practice
09 July 2018Firm has no threshold for coal underwriting but assesses all risks
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Insurers caught in crossfire of Canada's Trans Mountain pipeline
31 May 2018Unfriend Coal has urged insurers to stop backing tar sands projects