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...Her father, George Catlin, lectured in political science and twice stood as a Labour candidate in the 1930s....
...Quinn is also keen to mention Cassandra Miller, Salvatore Sciarrino, Gavin Bryars and Linda Catlin Smith, and the visits from two major figures, Pärt and Philip Glass....
...Before becoming chair of Lloyd’s, he had stints at JLT, Aon, Marsh and Catlin. He said that the proposals made by Lloyd’s in its plan last week had been welcomed in the market....
...“The industry is looking better than it was in the first half of last year,” said James Vickers, chairman of reinsurance broker Willis Re International....
...Their previously communicated strategy was bolt-on M&A, not large [deals],” said James Shuck, an analyst at Citi....
...Tsana Nobles, former head of global strategy, investments at XL Catlin, joined as chief risk officer....
...The group struck the biggest deal in its history in 2015, with a £2.79bn takeover of UK-based Catlin, a Lloyd’s of London underwriter. Bloomberg first reported news about Axa nearing a deal with XL....
...Large scale M&A in insurance has taken a breather since the merger mania of 2015, when Ace struck a deal with Chubb, XL bought Catlin and brokers Willis and Towers Watson came together....
...But James Vickers, chairman of Willis Re International, says that is not the whole picture....
...It has since raised money, signed partnerships with the likes of Berkshire Hathaway, Lloyd’s and XL Catlin, and recruited high-profile executives....
...XL has agreed to buy smaller UK-listed rival Catlin for £2.8bn and RenaissanceRe struck a deal in November to purchase Bermuda-based rival Platinum Underwriters for $2bn....
...Other recent deals include XL’s purchase of UK-listed Catlin for £2.8bn, Endurance’s acquisition of Montpelier Re for $1.8bn, and RenaissanceRe’s deal to buy Platinum Underwriters for $2bn....
...It follows XL’s agreement this month to buy smaller UK-listed rival Catlin for £2.8bn and RenaissanceRe’s deal in November to purchase Bermuda-based rival Platinum Underwriters for $2bn....
...New York-listed XL is continuing talks with Catlin over the terms of its planned acquisition of the FTSE 250 company, which would be the largest ever purchase of a Lloyd’s insurer....
...James O’Shaughnessy devised his value screen to produce decent outperformance while mimicking the same level of risk as investing in an index fund....
...Additional reporting by James Wilson in Frankfurt...
...As Julian Elms, class underwriter at Catlin, a Lloyd’s of London insurer, puts it: “Why would you insure your house yet not your largest personal liability?...
...Jefferies & Co analyst James Shuck estimated the latest quake would not create an insured loss great enough to increase rates, although it would prevent further price falls....
...James Overland of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, a federal agency in the US, explained by e-mail that the loss of summer sea ice will mean more heat is stored in the Arctic Ocean and...
...of the sort of expedition that we hope will once again set out from South Kensington, look at Hadow’s latest Arctic expedition, an international venture funded by sponsors, including the insurance group Catlin...
...The scheme has secured backing from well-known insurers, including a division of Munich Re and Catlin Group, giving it instant credibility in the industry....
...Lloyd’s insurer Catlin fell 2.7 per cent to 404p amid talk that Goldman Sachs had placed £70m worth of shares in the market....
...Catlin Group gained 4.8 per cent at 370p after the Bermuda-based insurer and reinsurer beat analysts’ expectations with a 21 per cent rise in net profits....
...Adam Afriyie Henry Angest Peter Baker Grahame Berkeley Sir Michael Bett Julian Blackwell John Blundell Jamie Borwick Keith Boyfield Iain Breese David Briggs Simon Camamile Paul Carter Stephen Catlin...
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