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Aviation insurers prepare for massive claims.
Aviation insurers are preparing for massive claims following last month's Swissair crash, since Swis...
Appointment at Aon.
Paul Davies is to become chairman of Aon Re Worldwide, the reinsurance intermediary of Aon Group, on...
It's ART, but is it legal?
Reinsurers seeking to transfer risk to the capital markets must be aware of the potential legal pitfalls, says Hilary Evenett.
Caring for claims with kid gloves.
Reinsurers are turning to proactive claims management to provide caring yet cost effective long-term care cover. Keith Sankey reports.
Aviation faces a long haul.
Steve Breen of Risk Capital Re sees tremendous aviation industry growth on the horizon, but wonders if insurers will profit from it.
Hiscox opens City cafe.
Hiscox, the London-based insurer, has opened a cafe in the City featuring the works of contemporary ...
Appointment at Guernsey Financial Services Commission.
David Johnstone has been named adviser to the director of insurance at the Guernsey Financial Servic...
Thinking global, acting local.
Adrian Ballardie, head of Axa Re UK, tells Janina Clark about his preparations for a harder UK market.
Appointment at LPC.
Joe Knoblauch has been appointed director of finance for the London Processing Centre (LPC), where h...
Appointment at Odyssey Re.
Jan Wangard is to become chief executive officer of Odyssey Re London with effect from next year, fo...
Tig Re downgraded.
US reinsurer Tig Re has had its Standard & Poor's insurer financial strength rating lowered from AA-...
US P&C income drops as cats bare their claws.
Greatly increased catastrophe losses caused the net income of the US property casualty industry to s...
Canadian chill.
Reinsurers will foot the bill for two thirds of the C$1.4bn ($0.9bn) cost of last January's Canadian...
Zurich Re buyout under way.
The proposed management buyout of the Zurich Group's London reinsurance subsidiary (Re, September 19...
King leads buyout of African broker.
Reinsurance broker Peter King has led a management buyout of Christchurch-King, the specialist Afric...
Cologne Re in good health.
Strong growth in life and health reinsurance business boosted the performance of German reinsurer Co...
Appointment at Hartford.
David Robb is to head the reinsurance operations of The Hartford Financial Services Group when John ...
Victoria profits up.
German reinsurer Victoria Re - part of Munich Re's Ergo insurance group - boosted profits from DM 3....
Appointment at CCR.
Jean-Paul Lasserre has been appointed executive vice-president of the Caisse Centrale de Reassurance...
SPS capital boost.
French reinsurer SPS Re, a subsidiary of Axa Re, has had its paid-up capital increased by a Fr 149m ...
News of Eagle Star Re's future imminent.
Speculation surrounding London market reinsurer Eagle Star Re looked set to be silenced with an anno...
Bonnie losses.
Preliminary estimates from the Property Claim Services unit of the Insurance Services Office put dam...
College of Insurance.
Maurice (Hank) Greenberg, chairman of American International Group, has been named 1998 Insurance Le...
BT sells out to Rhine Re.
Bankers Trust is to sell its insurance units to Rhine Re, the Switzerland and Bermuda-based reinsure...