WAKAM HIRES FORMER PARTNERRE CHIEF

French insurer Wakam has named former PartnerRe chief executive, Emmanuel Clarke, as its chairman, as it gears up for an expansion drive. Formerly called La Parisienne Assurances, privately-held Wakam, has reinvented itself as an insurtech that will seek to disrupt the sector. Its products range from car insurance that is billed based on how long you drive to technologies that track potential damage as a package is being shipped.