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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

UAE-based embedded finance provider CredibleX has agreed a US$100mn secured credit facility with US private credit firm Pollen Street Capital. CredibleX, which provides receivables and payables ...

John Jovanovic has promised a “bold new era” after the US Senate voted to confirm him as the next president and chairman of the Export-Import Bank of the United States (US Exim). Fifty-one senators ...