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ILU/Lirma merger shows its colours.
As Reinsurance went to press, members of the Institute of London Underwriters and the London Interna...
PWS Holdings reports rise in profits.
London-based reinsurance broker PWS Holdings reported pre-tax profit up 7% to £0.83m ($1.35m) in the...
Lehman establishes reinsurance arm.
Investment banker Lehman Brothers has set up a reinsurance subsidiary to offer securitisation and st...
New Labour, new market.
This year's Swiss Re Life & Health Insurance Report indicates that UK consumers are taking financial matters into their own hands, says Peter Maynard.
The Christ child cometh.
The climatic phenomenon known as 'El Nino' has received some bad press recently, but although its effects are certainly global, they have yet to be fully understood, says Tony Dowding.
A healthy environment for insurance
Tony Lennon assesses recent developments and trends in UK environmental insurance, following delays by successive governments in defining statutory contamination liability.
Insurers in the slow lane.
Adrian Leonard finds the aggressive European motor market, with its continued soft rates and a decline in proportional treaties, keeping reinsurers in the red.
HartRe in Italy.
Hartford Re is to assume Italian insurer La Fondiaria's property/casualty reinsurance business. In a...
Dukes acquires firm in run-off.
Dukes Place Holdings has acquired the run-off subsidiary of Italian insurer Istituto Nazionale delle...
Ace tactics pay off as income soars.
The last quarter to 31 March was a profitable one both strategically and financially for Bermudian i...
Willis forms Cordis.
Willis Faber Re, the reinsurance broking arm of Willis Corroon, has formed an independent consultanc...
Two out of three.
Good name, great people, shame about the logo. At least that is Reinsurance's verdict on progress in...
Mid Ocean income up.
Bermuda-based holding company Mid Ocean boosted its net income in the second quarter to 30 April by ...
Practice takes on the law.
Are proportional reinsurers liable for their cedants' legal expenses? John Butler reports.
Hannover Re profits from Skandia acquisition.
German reinsurance group Hannover Re increased its profits by nearly 13% to DM 122m ($68m) in 1997, ...
Buffett buys.
General Re General Re, the largest US reinsurer, has been bought by billionaire investor Warren Buff...
Calm before the storms.
The Caribbean will escape serious hurricane activity this year, but not the soft market. David Renwick reports.
Europe seeks clean integration.
William Rodger and Justin Nimmo assess the changing legal framework for environmental liability insurance in Europe.
Lloyd's and the disunited states.
US trust fund requirements for Lloyd's will be reduced if regulators can reach agreement, reports Robin Ball.
Bradstock announces drop in profits.
Insurance and reinsurance broker Bradstock has announced a drop in pre-tax profits from £3.7m in the...
Building on a base of success.
Bermuda's Premier, Minister of Finance and Registrar of Companies talk to Janina Clark about the island's future.
Liberty Re holds lively debate.
Liberty Re's John Engestrom chaired a lively debate in the City of London last month. The motion 'Th...
Rapid response marine team aims to run pirates aground.
The escalation of piracy at sea will be curbed by a new rapid response service launched by the Marin...
Coaches & minibuses.
MiniBusPlus has extended its specialist facility to cover higher risk uses of MPVs and minibuses. Th...