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• LGBT insurer Emerald aims to bridge a sexuality gap

  30-04-2016 08:00
  
  Are lesbian and gay people still discriminated against by financial services companies? A new insurer argues they areThere is a UK insurance company that will give you cover if you are an airline pilot, but not if you are cabin crew. There are travel insurance policies that routinely bar anyone with HIV, even if the person has lived with it for years and has an almost undetectable viral load. There are policy documents that can’t cope with a Mr and Mr heading, and insist on describing marr
  
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• Probitas boosts property with Hubbard hire

  30-04-2016 00:27
  Ash Bathia's recently-launched Probitas Syndicate 1492 has
  continued its rapid expansion with the hire of Robbie Hubbard from
  Atrium as property underwriter.
  At Atrium Syndicate he was responsible for underwriting a global
  portfolio comprising property, power and energy accounts.
  Hubbard has 15 years' experience in the industry on the
  broking and underwriting side of the business. In 2001, he joined
  Marsh as an international property broker with a particular focus
  on heavy industrial accounts an
  
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• D&O rates lowest in a decade

  30-04-2016 00:27
  Big-three broker Aon has found that the average price of
  directors and officers (D&O) coverage has fallen to the lowest
  level since it started tracking rates a decade ago.
  The price of $1mn of limits fell by 9.2 percent in the first
  quarter compared to this time last year continuing an almost
  uninterrupted downward pricing trend.
  Programs that renewed in both the first quarter of 2016 and the
  prior-year period benefitted from an average 6.7 percent reduction
  year-on-year.
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• Altmaier appointed Florida insurance commissioner

  30-04-2016 00:27
  David Altmaier has been unveiled as Florida's new insurance
  commissioner, bringing to an end a process that was blighted by
  indecision in the state's cabinet over appointing a successor
  to Kevin McCarty.
  Altmaier is an internal appointment, having most recently served
  as deputy commissioner for property and casualty insurance.
  In a statement today (29 April), McCarty thanked Belinda Miller,
  Rich Robleto, and Eric Johnson, three internal candidates who also
  interviewed for the role.
  In a process
  
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