Tokio Marine Kiln (TMK), a London-headquartered specialist underwriter, has welcomed James Wilson as head of special risks. Wilson joins from The Hartford, where he was head of political risks, and ...

SMBC has appointed Steve Robson as co-head of transaction banking for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (Emea). Robson joins SMBC from HSBC, where he was global head of liquidity for its ...

UK-based trade credit insurtech Bondaval has announced that former Markel International director Simon Philpin will join as group chief commercial underwriting officer, effective from December.

India’s Kotak Mahindra Bank has appointed Megha Chopra as head of trade, a new role combining sales and product. Chopra made the move to Kotak Mahindra’s wholesale, commercial and consumer bank from ...

Specialty broker Impello Global has hired former Marsh director Ed Yauch (pictured) as senior market leader, as the Seattle-headquartered firm continues to expand its operations.  Yauch joins the ...

Bank of America has appointed former Santander and JP Morgan trade head Mike McDonough as managing director and global head of traditional trade product. New York-based McDonough joins after nearly ...

Cristina Schulze-Bergmann has been elected as the next director of Swiss Export Risk Insurance (Serv). The former banker will take the reins on April 1, next year from Peter Gisler, who has led the ...

Speciality re/insurer Canopius has hired Swiss Re’s Norm Kimber as a credit and political risk underwriter. Kimber will begin the role from January 1 next year and remains based in London, reporting ...

Enigio has brought in digital trade and working capital specialist Merisa Lee Gimpel as a consultant, to help drive adoption of the fintech’s flagship product. Gimpel founded consultancy Digital Trade ...

Artificial intelligence could boost the value of cross-border flows of goods and services by nearly 40% by 2040 thanks to productivity gains and lower trade costs, a report by the World Trade ...