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Powered by Lloyds and KPMG, insurtech offers cybersecurity insurance

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 28 MAY 2018
... has teamed with KPMG to provide critical response capability to help SMEs recover quickly from a cyber threat or breach. Munich Re Syndicate at Lloyd's has underwritten the Edmund project. Munich Re Syndicate Limited's London-based chief underwriting ...

Industry fund chases insurance giant on climate risk

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2018
... billion as a result of natural disasters - a significant increase on the US$439 million paid out in 2016. According to Munich RE, 2017 saw costs climb to the second highest in insurance history, with an increased volume of natural disasters costing about ...

AMP names new chief risk officer

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 12 DEC 2017
... the role. Prior to moving to Australia, she was a partner at EY Canada, and chief risk officer at Aviva North America and Munich Re. AMP recently appointed former CommInsure executive manager of life claims, Vicky Galanis, as a senior manager of insurance ...

New industry body to launch

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 23 OCT 2017
A new industry association looking to build upon Australia's insurance innovation ecosystem will be formally established this week. National not-for-profit organisation Insurtech Australia will focus on representing insurtech startups, insurers, reinsurers ...

Exclusive partnership brings $35bn global manager to Australia

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 OCT 2017
... Capital Dynamics began investing in 1988 and currently has offices in London, New York, Zug, Tokyo, Hong Kong, San Francisco, Munich, Birmingham and Scottsdale.

Insurers require urgent start-up collaborations

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 14 AUG 2017
... part in the program) it resulted in MetLife deploying 10 new technologies across the business very effectively, he said. Munich Re head of research and development in the life insurance sector, Vanessa Dobson said: "Insurers seem to be angling toward ...

AMP prioritises reinsurance, grows advice arm

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 10 AUG 2017
... under the National Mutual Life retail portfolio. The move builds on AMP entering in its first reinsurance agreement with Munich Reinsurance (Munich Re) in October 2016, which Meller said has now been extended from a 50% cover to 60% of the AMP Life retail ...

Retirement income innovation severely lacking

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUL 2017
... management Gunther Thallinger said. The taskforce is comprised of subject matter experts from around the globe including from Munich, Minneapolis and Sydney.

Global $430bn manager enters Australian market

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUL 2017
... the US in 1991, Hamilton Lane has offices in Philadelphia, New York, San Francisco, San Diego, Las Vegas, Miami, London, Munich, Hong Kong, Rio de Janeiro, Tel Aviv, Tokyo, Seoul - and now Sydney. The firm employs more than 290 people and specialises ...

Property investment manager broadens regional presence

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAY 2017
... individual investors. Headquartered in Chicago, the firm has additional offices in Los Angeles, London, Luxembourg, Frankfurt, Munich, Warsaw, Hong Kong, Seoul, Tokyo, and Melbourne, employing more than 300 staff.