Hiscox raids Imagine for custom reinsurance team
Hiscox, the Bermuda-domiciled Lloyd's (re)insurer said it has hired Bob Forness from Lloyd's rival Imagine to head ups its new custom risk reinsurance team.
Mr Forness was chief underwriting officer at Imagine, and will join Hiscox on 1 September.
The new team -- which is thought to be "more than seven", according to the sources close the situation, will
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