Company hires and sector developments

Acquisition announced

Artex Risk Solutions has announced that it has reached agreement to acquire Horseshoe Insurance Services Holdings., significantly strengthening its ILS operations. The transaction is subject to regulatory approval and expected to complete before the end of the year. On completion, Horseshoe will become the global brand of ILS services for Artex, which will operate as one global team across multiple jurisdictions to better serve its clients and provide consistent delivery of services regardless of the domicile.

Commercial director appointed

Vistra has hired Gary Webb as commercial director for capital markets. He was previously a senior business development executive, structured debt markets at Intertrust.

Debut home renovation programme launched

HolaDomus has launched its first Home Renovation Programme developed under the EuroPACE initiative - HolaDomus. HolaDomus has full support and commitment from the City of Olot that co-created a One Stop Shop to operate the programme.  Under the auspices of the EuroPACE project, partners have been designing and developing the HolaDomus programme since 2018. The city of Olot played a key role by passing a local ordinance, setting up a one stop shop to operate the programme and opening a local office in Olot. The GNE Finance team arranged financing, legal, operational, and marketing aspects of the programme. The Basque Government Energy Agency (EVE) and AGENEX provided support selecting eligible measures and developing contractor training modules. UpSocial is running an energy poverty pilot involving 15 families in Olot. Joule Assets Europe provided a digital tool for contractor management. CASE offered an invaluable contribution to programme scalability with its EU-28  research, while CBI has been investigating  financing alternatives in the selected countries.  

Pricing specialist hired

ICE Data Services has hired Varun Pawar as a senior director. He was previously global head of Bloomberg Evaluated Pricing service.