Sylva de FLUITER will take over as head of UNIQA Re AG in Zurich as of 1 January 2019, the Austrian group announced. Until year end she will work hand in hand with long-time Managing Director Hans Uwe MULLER, who will retire after 14 years at UNIQA Re.

A.M. Best has upgraded the Financial Strength Rating to A (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating to "a" of Slovenian Pozavarovalnica SAVA d.d. (SAVA Re), the parent company of the SAVA Re Group. The outlook of these Credit Ratings (ratings) is stable.

A.M. Best has affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of A (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Ratings of "a" of Zavarovalnica TRIGLAV, the parent company of the Slovenian TRIGLAV Group, and Pozavarovalnica TRIGLAV Re, a wholly owned subsidiary of TRIGLAV.

A.M. Best has affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of A- (Excellent) and a Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of "a-" of Colonnade Insurance S.A. (Colonnade) (Luxembourg), a member of Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited (Fairfax) (Toronto, Canada) group of companies.

American International Group announced that it has appointed Mark LYONS to the role of Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer (CFO). He succeeds Sid SANKARAN, who will remain at AIG in an advisory capacity through the year-end reporting process for fiscal year 2018.

On November 29 A.M. Best removed from under review with negative implications and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of A (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating (Long-Term ICR) of "a" of Sirius Bermuda Insurance Company Ltd., Sirius International Insurance Corporation (Sweden) and its subsidiary, Sirius America Insurance Company (New York).

Italian insurer GENERALI has acquired CM Investment Solutions Limited (CMISL), from Bank of America Merrill Lynch. Details of the transaction were not disclosed.

MetLife announced that Eric CLURFAIN, currently Executive Vice President and Head of EMEA, has been named Chairman, President and CEO of MetLife Japan - the company's second largest market globally and its largest retail life insurance business, effective Feb. 1, 2019, following approvals.

Swiss Re Corporate Solutions appointed Daniel VETTER as Head Excess & Surplus North America, effective January 1, 2019, as the company announced in a press release.

Zurich Insurance Group is fully delivering on its 2019 financial targets and is well positioned to deliver future earnings growth and attractive shareholder returns, as the company announced in a statement.

Frans de BEAUFORT has been appointed as the new Head of Corporate Communications at AEGON as of December 1, the as the Dutch financial group announced in a press release.

Wolfgang STOCKMEYER (49) has been appointed, on 30 November 2018, Chairman of the VIG's subsidiary BTA Baltic Management Board, as part of a series of changes in the composition of its Management Board operated by the main player of Austrian Group in the Baltic region.

Italian insurer GENERALI announced it entered into the final agreement to acquire full control of the Polish insurers CONCORDIA Capital (life insurance) and CONCORDIA Polska TUW (non-life insurance) from their German shareholders CONCORDIA Versicherung and Vereinigte Hagelversicherung.

CROATIA osiguranje is the 2018 winner of the "Zlatna Kuna" award in the insurance industry, a recognition of the relevant role played by the company in the local financial market, presented by the Croatian Chamber of Economy.

VIG Re opens its second branch, in Paris, in November 2018. This marks the next step in the planned expansion of the Vienna Insurance Group's (VIG) reinsurance company in the West European market.

The Supervisory Board of ALLIANZ SE extended Oliver BAETE's contract as Chairman of the Board of Management until September 2024. The original contract was to expire end of September 2019.

ALLIANZ announced that it has received approval from the China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission (CBIRC) for the preparatory establishment of an insurance holding company in China.

The Bulgarian holding EROHOLD said its 3Q2018 revenues from insurance activity amounted to BGN 667.3 million (EUR 342 million). Compared to the same period in 2017, the revenues from insurance activity decreased by 6.6%.

In 3Q2018, UNIQA Insurance Group increased its recurring premiums written including the savings portion by 3.1%, while total group premiums remained stable at EUR 4,042.3 million. Earnings before taxes up 17.1% to EUR 212.4 million

Lloyd's of London announced that its Chief Operating Officer, Shirine KHOURY-HAQ, has decided to leave the Corporation, after nearly five years.