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Manulife creates German subsidiary.
Manulife Financial, Canada's largest mutual life insurer, has opened an independent reinsurance subs...
Willis in Russia.
UK broker Willis Corroon is arranging the insurance for a $2bn construction project in Russia. The p...
Poland non-life cessions up.
Rising loss ratios and capital shortages have forced Polish non-life insurers to make even greater u...
Profit up 45% at Swiss Re.
The acquisitions of Mercantile & General Re and Unione Italiana di Riassicurazione pushed Swiss Re's...
Feeling the heat at Rims.
This year's Rims conference saw the largest ever international delegation, but dissatisfaction from risk managers. Janina Clark reports.
Year 2000 - Rumbles of thunder.
The computer problems caused by the year 2000 may not have been the central topic of any of the sess...
Denning retires.
David Denning retired as chairman of Copenhagen Re (UK) last month. Mr Denning, 65, spent 24 years a...
Paris Partner.
Bermudian reinsurer PartnerRe has transferred executive vice-president Graham Dimmock to Paris. Mr D...
An alternative viewpoint.
Cologne Re's Milan Vukelic tells Alex Beatty why he is unimpressed with the market's craze for securitisation.
RAA officers.
The Reinsurance Association of America has elected James Gustafson, chairman and chief executive of ...
Terra Nova up in Q1.
Bermudian insurance and reinsurance group Terra Nova boosted its first quarter 1998 operating income...
First quarter pre-tax profit fall.
The first quarter of 1998 saw pre-tax profit at UK broking group Sedgwick fall to £38.3m ($62.7m) fr...
KWELM progress.
Creditors of the insolvent KWELM group of insurance companies are to receive a fifth payment through...
Up for the Cup.
The crowds, worldwide viewing figures and advertising revenue are bigger than ever, and they're all at risk from problems ranging from satellite failure to terrorist activity. Insurance will play a vital role in this year's World Cup. Jonathan Guy.
Brown backs extension of tax Arbitration Convention.
One major achievement of the UK's presidency of the European Union has been the extension of the 'Ar...
NACOSS is to sponsor next year's BIIBA conference.
NACOSS (National Approval Council for Security Systems) is to be a sponsor of next year's BIIBA conf...
Ginger Spice' leaves group.
Insurers are bracing themselves for a potential multi-million pound pay-out after the disclosure tha...
Claims reign in Spain.
Spain is the hotspot for travel insurance claims, accounting for a staggering 32% of all claims sett...
CTC software to speed up Review.
The software supplier to the pensions mis-selling review, Chambers Townsend Consultancy (CTC), has u...
Cap Gemini profits up.
Europe's largest computer services and business consultancy, Cap Gemini, achieved its best performan...
CILA rules just fine as they are.
I read with interest the letter from Malcolm Harvey (Qualified staff bound to be best, PM, 21 May, p...
Columbia office opens.
Latin American Reinsurance Company, the new Bermuda reinsurer specialising in Latin American risks, ...
Crawford eyes ACI adjusters.
Crawford & Company, parent group of Crawford-THG, has signed a letter of intent to acquire ACI Adjus...