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Appointment at London Underwriting Centre.
Ken Haddon (below) has been appointed chairman of the London Underwriting Centre (LUC) for the secon...
Tax office loses battle over Lloyd's reinsurance premiums.
Lloyd's is declaring a substantial victory over the UK's tax office, claiming that it would save mem...
Girl power.
Over the last three decades, women have made considerable progress in the struggle against gender prejudice in reinsurance, but Liesl Hattingh finds it remains a tough career path.
Appointment at Secura Belgian Re.
Secura Belgian Re has announced the appointment of two new board members. Luc Herfurth has been p...
A reversal of duties.
The fraud conviction of US Aviation Underwriters has been overturned. Laura Zimmitti assesses the implications.
Allianz takes to Irish tax haven.
Allianz, Europe's largest insurer, is to establish a group retention vehicle in Dublin's Internation...
Where the ART is ...
Reinsurers may be the most likely originators of early securitisation deals, but primary insurers ar...
Aon strengthens Greek sisters.
Greek sister companies Turner Reinsurance Services and Viggas Reinsurance Brokers have found extra m...
More political risk.
Bermudian political risk underwriting agency Sovereign Risk Insurance is to increase its capacity fr...
Laying down the law.
John Butler, Reinsurance's legal correspondent for 30 years, selects some of the defining moments in the history of reinsurance law.
Re - 30 years - Messages ignored.
Trawling through the Reinsurance archive to compile this 30th anniversary issue (see pp25-39) has be...
Appointment at QBE.
Timothy Kenny has been promoted to executive vice-president of QBE's American operations, taking res...
Vietnamese firm beats crisis.
Vietnam National Re (Vinare) rode out the Asian economic turmoil and a decline in Vietnam's economic...
New republics push for approval.
Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia are trying hard to turn themselves into modern nations worthy of acceptance internationally - and by reinsurers, says Adrian Leonard.
PXRE off to Bermuda to cut tax bill.
New Jersey reinsurer PXRE plans to relocate to Bermuda to take advantage of the island's friendly bu...
Goshawk reaches new heights.
Goshawk looks set to become the first publicly traded Lloyd's integrated vehicle to have acquired th...
JLT reshuffle prompts profit rise prediction.
UK broker Jardine Lloyd Thompson (JLT) is promising years of increasing profits from its reorganisat...
Jumbo headaches.
The launch of Concorde and the first jumbo jets, with their huge hull values and unproven cutting-edge technology, posed a whole new set of problems for insurers, says Eric Alexander.
LaSalle fights back.
Bermudian catastrophe reinsurer LaSalle Re produced an underwriting profit in the second three month...
Creditors vote on Charter Re payment plan.
The long saga of the run-off of Charter Re is moving towards its final stage with creditors expected...
A tale of two markets.
Lloyd's and the London company market are not paving the way for a merger, argues David Clarke. Co-operation between them simply ensures continued competition.
ABI tough on genetic tests.
The Association of British Insurers (ABI) has told its members that they will in future be allowed o...
Euro cash for Chiyoda.
Chiyoda Fire & Marine Insurance of Japan has invested £15m ($24m) in its European subsidiary, which ...
Blanch income up.
US (re)insurance broker E.W. Blanch produced a year-on-year 41% increase in net income to $7.9m in t...