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Reinsurance broker Guy Carpenter has launched its Capital Advisory Group in Asia Pacific, as it looks to provide clients with products and tools to help them better managing capital through risk transfer solutions across the region.

Expansive insurance and reinsurance broking group Acrisure has successfully raised over $3.4 billion in two transactions, with the “aligned capital” expected to help it pursue strategic initiatives, including doubling-down on its technology-led value proposition.

Insurance and reinsurance broker Miller, the newly independent and private equity funded broking group, has announced the launch of a Bermuda arm that will have a retrocession and ILS focus, as well as the hire of retro broking specialist Charlie Simpson from Aon to lead the unit.

Lockton Re, the reinsurance business of the privately held independent global broking firm, has hired Simon Moore, the former Chief Underwriting Officer of CATCo, as a Senior Broker within its Non-Marine Retrocession & Property Specialty team in London.

Lockton Re, the reinsurance business of the privately held independent global broking firm, has announced a key hire in Bermuda, taking Thomas Parcell from Aon as its new Chief Broking Officer on the island.

Insurance and reinsurance broker Miller, which has an industry-loss warranty (ILW) and insurance-linked securities (ILS) broking practice, is now an independent company again, after its acquisition by by private equity specialist investor Cinven and Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund GIC completed.

Tremor Technologies, the insurtech offering a technology-based programmatic insurance and reinsurance risk transfer marketplace, has launched a next-generation update to its trading platform software, as it looks to “supercharge” reinsurance placement with the Panorama release.

The industry sees a high chance that in order for Aon’s acquisition of rival Willis Towers Watson to go ahead, divestment will be required and a sale of reinsurance broking unit Willis Re is seen as a likely outcome.

BGC Insurance (BGCI), the insurance and reinsurance broking, MGA and underwriting units of BGC Partners, has been rebranded as Corant Global.

Gallagher, the international insurance and reinsurance broking brand of Arthur J. Gallagher & Co., has appointed Simon Behagg to become Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of reinsurance, as Rupert Swallow gets set to depart.