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LaSalle tries to ward off more blows.
Bermudian reinsurer LaSalle Re has run into more difficulties following its decision in April to boo...
Unum to dispose of reinsurance arm.
US disability insurer Unum is to dispose of its reinsurance businesses in order to concentrate on it...
Southern discomfort.
Swiss Re Southern Africa's Lenz Keel talks to Jeremy Golden about difficult conditions, increasing non-proportional business and regional expansion.
RAA officers.
John Smithson has been elected chairman of the Reinsurance Association of America (RAA). He is chair...
Reinsurers on awards shortlist.
Seven companies have overcome tough competition to make it onto the shortlists for the two reinsuran...
First corporate cat risk securitisation.
US investment bank Goldman Sachs has placed what it claims is the first securitisation of catastroph...
The legacy of Pan Atlantic.
John Butler outlines the application of a monumental ruling on non-disclosure and misrepresentation.
A constellation of risks.
Last month Reinsurance reported the news from Generali's space insurance conference in Florence. Here Alex Beatty takes a closer look at some issues affecting the market.
A tale of mixed fortunes.
Robin Ball reports on the continuing debate over the duty of reinsurers to follow the fortunes of their cedants.
Low flying rates keep ARTists' heads down.
Eric Alexander assesses the likely impact of alternative risk transfer on aviation insurers.
Holocaust commission makes headway on claims holdups.
The international commission set up to settle the dispute between Holocaust survivors and insurers o...
Countdown to crackdown.
New US export regulations have serious implications for satellite (re)insurers. Dennis Burnett explains the changes.
Swiss Re chair.
Swiss Re has sponsored a professorship at the University of Nottingham Business School. The funding ...
Rhine Re books help boost profit.
Swiss reinsurer Rhine Re's profits jumped to SFr 32m ($21m) last year from SFr 10.3m in 1997 as the ...
London united?
Some of the results of Reinsurance's survey of executive opinion at the International Underwriting A...
Artemis goes live.
On-line information provider Wire has established a free-access Internet portal for the alternative ...
PartnerRe increased operating earnings.
Bermudian reinsurer PartnerRe increased operating earnings per share to $1.11 in the second quarter ...
It is not all bad news.
In a personal view, space broker Brian Moore compares the current market with that of the mid-1980s.
Reinsurers forced to take the controls.
As losses mount and fragmentation persists in the primary market, airline reinsurers are taking action to stabilise plunging rates. Adrian Leonard reports.
Engestrom to Tempest.
Property catastrophe reinsurer Tempest Re has appointed John Engestrom as president and chief execut...
Limit merger.
Integrated Lloyd's vehicle Limit intends to merge its three non-US liability syndicates - 45, 386 an...
Winds of change blow strong.
(Re)insurers looking for the quiet life are in the wrong business, according to the results of Reinsurance's executive survey. Janina Clark sifts through the predictions.
Daniel moves to ERC.
Wayne Daniel is to head the financial reinsurance operations of the European strategic reassurance d...
Like a good antique.
While it is difficult to determine the length of the insurance cycle, Lloyd's long-run return is likely to be higher in the future than in the past, says Robert C. B. Miller.