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Chicago hope
While Greg Case was at his previous job at consulting behemoth McKinsey, Aon was in turmoil. Three years on, Alex Ferguson spoke to the most bullish chief executive in the broking world
Cooper Gay: have money, will buy
Cooper Gay has signed a £31.6m ($63m) senior debt financing facility with National Australia Bank, L...
Marsh awarded first-ever captive insurance licence for Dubai
Marsh has been awarded a licence to provide captive insurance management in Dubai. Operating as Mar...
KnightBrook buys Excess Re
KnightBrook, a recently established holding company of Knight Insurance Company and Venbrook Group, ...
Torus takes Munich Re's construction team - sources
New energy Torus has boosted its construction reinsurance book after taking four of Munich Re's cons...
SEC report slams S&P, Moody's and Fitch
The SEC has issued a damning report into practices at ratings agencies Standard and Poor's, Fitch an...
Carvill claims $60m derivatives traded on its CME contracts
Reinsurance broker Carvill has said that trading its Carvill Hurricane Index (CHI) contracts continu...
Gallagher completes swoop for energy subsidiary
Arthur J Gallagher International has launched a new joint venture, Alesco Risk Management Services, ...
AIG appoints Willumstad as new CEO and buys rest of Ascot
AIG remained in the news this summer after chief executive Martin Sullivan was ousted in mid-June an...
Space - When rocket science goes wrong
The space insurance market had a tough year in 2007. Some hefty launch failures plunged the market into an overall deficit. Helen Yates asks why such a volatile sector remains so competitive
Harbor Point applies for UK branch licence
Class of 2005 Bermudian and US reinsurer Harbor Point has applied to the Financial Services Authorit...
Marsh to resurrect Bowring name
Marsh has resurrected the 'Bowring' name for a placement broking subsidiary. Bowring Marsh will pla...
IAG to sell Lloyd's syndicate Alba
Troubled Australian insurer IAG is to sell its Lloyd's specialist Asian syndicate Alba. IAG said it...
Aon replaces Ryan on supervisory board
Aon has elected Lester Knight as its non-executive chairman of the board. He will replace former Aon...
Cat bond party may be 'over' - Willis
The party may be over for investment-linked securities, Willis stated in a report. "ILS activity ha...
Munich Re, Berkshire Hathaway to buy GAUM
Munich Re and Berkshire Hathaway are to buy Scor's share of aerospace underwriter Global Aerospace U...
2008 risk losses - When the going gets tough
2008 has been a rough year for underwriters on a risk loss point of view. Alex Ferguson talks to some of the industry's top players
Construction PI - Build them up to knock them down
Don't know your D&C from your G&T? Never fear, Jeremy Golden explains the increasingly important and complex world of construction PI
Ironshore starts new excess casualty facility and hires Piller as president
Ironshore, the Bermudian insurer, has started IronSelect, an excess casualty facility. Bob Piller h...