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Mitsui raids Chubb London for new Lloyd's CEO
Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Underwriting at Lloyd's has announced that Andrew McKee, currently senior VP and London branch manager of Chubb Insurance, has accepted the position of chief executive.
Lloyd's insurers' rights issues push
Catlin, Beazley and Hardy Underwriting moved to raise millions of pounds worth of funds last month t...
Mitsui opens in Qatar
Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Company (Europe) officially opened an office in Qatar, claiming to be the ...
MAX and IPC to merge
Bermudian (re)insurers IPC Holdings and Max Capital said they are to merge in the first big deal of ...
Measure by measure
As the world tries to work out what the global recession will mean, global broker Willis has chosen this difficult time to launch a new division. Dominic Samengo-Turner, who has been chosen to head up Willis Global Placement, speaks to Mairi Mallon
Still a fun challenge
Beazley's underwriting chief Neil Maidment reflects on Mongolian yaks, Time Magazine predictions and the importance of knowing your own mind
Investors should be optimistic about Qatari insurance
Investors should be "guardedly optimistic" for the medium- and longer-term future of the Qatari insu...
Factors of fraud
With fraudulent investment schemes hitting the headlines, Donald McDonald and David Kendall look at the legal liabilites of intermediaries for investors' losses from an English law perspective
Noor launches Takaful brand
Noor Investment Group, the Dubai-headquartered company, has launched its Noor Takaful brand. Noor s...
Mad month for Swiss Re
Reinsurance giant Swiss Re saw its ratings downgraded by all three major ratings agencies after it r...
Perfect partners
Where will the (re)insurance sector turn to next for capital? Paul Lumbis covers the recent developments in the capital markets and explains why private equity will continue to be an important ally for the industry
AIG loses $61.7bn in fourth quarter
AIG revealed that it had lost $61.7bn in the fourth quarter of 2008 and more than $99bn for the whol...
Sharia Law protected companies
Gulf Islamic financial institutions (IFIs) and Takaful companies have been hit less severely than mo...
Guy Carpenter acquires Collins
Guy Carpenter has agreed to acquire John B Collins Associates (Collins), a privately-held company th...