EC News (23 May 2019)

Round-up of the weekly news and developments from the global (re)insurance market with stories from Willis Re, Liberty Specialty Markets, Aston Lar...

The Recruitment Case for Emotional Intelligence

Posted by Joel Westley

A survey by the World Economic Forum in 2018 placed Emotional Intelligence in the top 10 trending skills by employers in 2022[1]. But, are we prepa...

Willis Re partners with Concirrus to transform specialty (re)insurance products

In a recent quarterly InsurTech press release from Willis Towers Watson they announced the strategic partnership between Willis Re and InsurTech Co...

Liberty Specialty Markets adds Kunzer to launch its new Trade Credit Multi-Buyer product line

Liberty Specialty Markets (LSM) part of Liberty Mutual insurance has names Paul Kunzer as head of trade credit multi-buyer and excess of loss (XOL)...

James Drew joins Brit as head of outwards reinsurance

Aviva’s James Drew has been appointed head of outwards reinsurance at Brit, effective 1 July 2019. Based in London, Drew will report to Christiern ...

Aston Lark acquired by Goldman Sachs

UK insurance broker Aston Lark has announced in a recent press release its acquisition by the Merchant Banking division of Goldman Sachs. Completio...