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B.P. Marsh buys additional 2% equity stake in Pantheon
1+ day, 13+ hour ago (348+ words) 2nd April 2026 - Author: Saumya Jain - B.P. Marsh, the specialist venture capital investor in early-stage financial services businesses, has acquired an additional 2% equity stake in Pantheon, a full-service London market wholesale insurance broker, based on an equity valuation of "275 million from the company's…...
Everest to sell Canadian Retail Insurance operations to Wawanesa
1+ week, 4+ day ago (319+ words) 23rd March 2026 - Author: Kassandra Jimenez-Sanchez - Everest Group, a global specialty insurer and reinsurer, has signed a definitive agreement to sell its Canadian Retail Insurance operations, Everest Insurance Company of Canada (Everest Canada), to The Wawanesa Mutual Insurance Company, a Canadian mutual…...
Businesses brace for plausible ‘Black Swan’ shocks amid geopolitical and digital strains: Allianz
4+ week, 2+ day ago (748+ words) 4th March 2026 - Author: Taylor Mixides - Allianz Commercial, the corporate insurance division of Allianz Group, has released new findings indicating that companies worldwide are increasingly factoring extreme but plausible "Black Swan" events into their strategic planning. In its latest analysis, Allianz Commercial…...
Tokio Marine's international business profits rise in Q3’25
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (609+ words) 13th February 2026 - Author: Kassandra Jimenez-Sanchez - Tokio Marine Holdings has announced its financial results for the third quarter of the 2025 fiscal year, reporting that its international business profits reached JPY376.7 billion, a 19% increase compared to the same period they year prior. This performance…...
Specialist Risk Group launches Australian business
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (247+ words) 10th February 2026 - Author: Kassandra Jimenez-Sanchez - Specialist Risk Group (SRG), an insurance intermediary backed by Warburg Pincus and Temasek, has expanded its global footprint with the launch of its Australian business. SRG is positioning itself as an agile challenger focused on the…...
Tony Grippa joins BMS Re as Chief Strategy Officer for its US business
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (287+ words) 27th January 2026 - Author: Kane Wells - BMS Re, the reinsurance arm of independent re/insurance broker BMS Group, has appointed Tony Grippa as Chief Strategy Officer for its US business. Grippa holds extensive industry experience, having previously served as a senior advisor…...
Travelers completes sale of Canadian personal & majority of commercial arm to Definity
2+ mon, 4+ week ago (153+ words) 5th January 2026 - Author: Beth Musselwhite - The Travelers Companies, Inc., a provider of property and casualty insurance, has completed the sale of the personal insurance business and the majority of the commercial insurance business of Travelers Canada to Definity Financial Corporation for…...