Analysis
Recruitment moves
Re-sume
An appetite with bite
Country profile: Spain
Interview - Join me on a world tour
Fresh from making the top 60 US brokers in 2006 from a standing start, Integro's CEO Roger Egan (RE) spoke to Mark Geoghegan (MG) about global expansion strategies and, of course, the biggest hiring coup in the facultative world this year
Global settlements: handle with extreme caution!
The Commercial Court's decision in Lumbermens caused great concern in the (re)insurance market, but has since come under fire in recent judgments. So where does this leave the law in relation to the recoverability of global settlements? Julian Miller and…
Editorial - Crank the sausage handle
Dear Friend, What a privileged position I hold! You might not get to talk to them much but as your...
Ace Tempest Re uses Lloyd's to access China
Ace Tempest Re Group, the reinsurance division of the Ace Group, has established an underwriting pre...
Brazil air crash unlikely to impact market
Insurers are counting the cost of an air disaster in Brazil in which a plane exploded after smashing...
Independent on trial
The trial of three former directors of Independent Insurance accused of defrauding the company, shar...
Underwriting Risk Services launches superyacht line
Specialist yacht underwriting agency Underwriting Risk Services Ltd (URSL), has launched a support s...
Product focus - Sports and motorsports product launched
A new property and casualty business related to sports and motorsports programmes has been jointly l...
Catlin builds aviation team
Speciality insurer Catlin has made four key appointments to its aviation underwriting team in London...
Product focus - Ascot launches renewable energy venture
An underwriting operation dedicated to the full range of the worldwide renewable energy industry has...
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Top 25 Companies
Fac Back - Signs of a slowdown
We throw you the questions; you throw back your opinions of what is happening in your market
London market insured McLaren F1 prize
Formula One (F1) racing driver rookie Lewis Hamilton's success has had London's contingency market b...
We're so clever, we rarely have to think
Editorial
Hotels - A real roller-coastal ride
Hurricane-exposed beachfront hotels are a classic Fac property-risk bellwether. Mairi Mallon checks in among the palm trees and poolside bars for a mark et reality-check
Meet my big brother
Alternative risk transfer
QBE boss hits out at 'archaic' Lloyd's
QBE's chief executive Frank O'Halloran has described Lloyd's structures as "archaic" after members' ...
In excess
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Mirror, mirror, on the wall, who's the biggest cheese of all?
The famous five
The trials of TRIA
TRIA extension