With more than a decade at Allianz, and more than 20 years in the industry, chief executive Andrew Torrance reflects on the past and looks to the future.
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01 May 2012
Research by Guy Carpenter shows reinsurance rates rose at the 1 April round of renewals as the market continues to work through the impact of the events of 2011.
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05 Apr 2012
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04 Apr 2012
The Association of British Insurers has slated the flood reinsurance idea floated by broker Marsh and Guy Carpenter, claiming that it won't work and insurers don't back it.
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04 Apr 2012
Marsh and Guy Carpenter have published provisional details of their flood reinsurance plan known as Project Noah after testing it with insurers.
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03 Apr 2012
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A managing agent which claims to have brought the first new capacity to the global nuclear insurance market in more than a generation has been launched.
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09 Jan 2012
Post reporter Callum Brodie outlines this week's major general insurance stories including feelings of a “whiff of Katrina” among loss adjusters about the Thailand floods that have already inundated two industrial estates in Bangkok - affecting multinational...
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26 Oct 2011 |
Loss adjusters have told Post there is a “whiff of Katrina” about the Thailand floods, following predictions the disaster could cost more than the estimated $3.3bn (£2.1bn) insured losses.
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25 Oct 2011
Following a slow period, large insurers made a number of key appointments this week, including major moves at Zurich, Allianz and RSA.
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25 Oct 2011
Delegates at a seminar organised by Guy Carpenter at Baden-Baden were told reinsurance pricing would remain low as more capital was available than customers.
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24 Oct 2011
Horseracing-mad Dominic Burke has huge ambitions for JLT, with a firm focus on international expansion, and he scotches...
Despite 2012 losses being only 12% of the annual average to date, a single incident could flip the market, says David...
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Editor's comment: Fleeing the family nest
This week’s deal developments read like two coming-of-age literary fables written to reward hard work and endeavour, while...