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Altamont Capital backed risk capital and reinsurance solutions broking start-up Augment Risk has set itself a tough goal to revolutionise reinsurance with

Broker consolidation and trapped value: new broker Augment’s CFO speaks out

Risk capital and reinsurance solutions broker Augment Risk has announced the launch of a Parametric risk transfer division which will be led by former

The executive will work within the retrocession and property specialty division, as well as supporting the London market and global production activity.

Reinsurers and cedants have been adversely impacted by consolidation among reinsurance brokers – making this a good moment for a new player to launch. That is the argument of Charlie Love, the newly appointed chief financial officer of Augment, launched in July, who also promises the broker will innovate and help clients unlock trapped value.

AON earnings call for the period ending June 30, 2023.

Credentials include time spent at Specialist Risk Group and Miller

Dunseath has more than 25 years’ experience in the risk and compliance sector, both within and outside of the insurance market

This edition of International People Moves details appointments at reinsurance brokers BMS Re and Guy Carpenter. A summary of these new hires follows

Introduction Agricultural producers, similar to other businesses, face significant risk. The United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Economic Research Service identifies five different types of farming risk: human and personal risk (such as human health), institutional risk (regarding governmental action), financial risk (such as access to capital), price or market risk, and production risk (such as weather and pests). Of these, policymakers usually focus on the last two types.