Canopius Press Releases

Canopius today announces that it has signed an agreement with State National Group, enabling it to offer specified lines of insurance written on admitted paper across the United States. Canopius will now be able to provide A.M. Best rated…

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Sompo Canopius AG (“Canopius”) today announces that it has launched a new drilling well sidetrack (DWST) product. A unique new product that responds to the specific needs of upstream energy clients, DWST provides cover for a range of potentially…

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Sompo Canopius AG (“Canopius”) today announces that it is to be acquired by a private equity consortium led by Centerbridge Partners, L.P. (“Centerbridge”) and including the private investment firm Gallatin Point Capital LLC. On completion of the transaction, Canopius…

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Sompo Canopius AG (“Sompo Canopius”) today announces the appointment of Stephen Pike as Credit & Political Risk Underwriter. He joins on 2 October 2017 and will report to Bernie de Haldevang, Global Head of Specialty at Sompo Canopius. Stephen…

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Sompo Canopius AG (“Sompo Canopius”) today announces the hire of Bruce Shepherd as Credit & Political Risk Analyst. He will head the credit analysis function in the group’s Credit, Political and Crisis division. Bruce is an experienced credit analyst…

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Sompo Canopius AG (“Sompo Canopius”) today announces the appointment of Tim Phillips as Credit & Political Risk underwriter. He will join the group on 30 August 2017. Tim joins from Deutsche Bank, where he was Head of Credit for…

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Sompo Canopius AG (“Sompo Canopius”) today announces the appointment of Tim Watson as Credit & Political Risk underwriter, effective immediately. Tim was previously political risk and credit underwriter at AmTrust at Lloyd’s. He will underwrite a broad spectrum of…

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Sompo Canopius AG (“Sompo Canopius”) today announces that Will Clark has joined the group to head a new Trade Credit Insurance team. Will, a prominent figure in the trade credit insurance industry with over thirty years’ experience in banking…

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Sompo Japan Nipponkoa Insurance, Inc, (SJNKI) and Sompo Canopius AG (“Sompo Canopius”) are today launching a Natural Catastrophe Risk Model for North-West Australia Offshore Installations, at the APPEA Conference and Exhibition 2017 (APPEA 2017), Australia’s oil and gas industry’s…

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Sompo Canopius AG (“Sompo Canopius”) today announces that its heavy industry team has secured additional capacity for its mining cover from Travelers Syndicate 5000 at Lloyd’s. This takes full capacity for the mining portfolio up to US$30m as of…

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Sompo Canopius Re today announces the appointment of Christopher Gray as Head of P&I Reinsurance, effective immediately. Christopher, who joins from Swiss Re, reports to Andy Gladwin, Global Head of Marine Treaty. Sompo Canopius Re already plays a leading…

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Sompo Canopius AG (“Sompo Canopius”) today announces the appointment of Andy Fynn as Mining Engineer. He will report to Spencer Pearce, Head of Heavy Industry. Andy’s role is to support the heavy industry function in particular by sharing best…

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