Articles by Insurance Post Staff
Shelter in the storm
Martin Hudson
Cullum's capital adventure
Peter Cullum
Fortis to target mid-net-worth sector
Fortis is targeting the mid-net-worth market and plans to move into the high-net-worth sector in due...
Appointment at Willis
Willis North America's construction practice has added Bob Gore as executive vice-president, Rob Lie...
Ablett joins Garwyn
Former managing director of Groupama Insurances Tim Ablett has been appointed as non-executive direc...
Everyone has their price
M&A: Valuation
Job cuts at Guy Carpenter
Global reinsurance broker Guy Carpenter has confirmed that it is undergoing a round of job cuts. "As...
Appointment at Bruce Stevenson
Bruce Stevenson has enlisted financial director Mark Dallas. Mr Dallas worked for Pricewaterhouse Co...
LMRC appoints chairman
Peter Harmer, chief executive of Aon UK, is to become chairman of the London Market Reform Group. He...
CII in no rush to replace departing Bullivant
The Chartered Insurance Institute has no immediate plans to replace Bob Bullivant following his depa...
Appointment at Amlin
Amlin has appointed Tom Brand as lead cargo underwriter for syndicate 2001. Mr Brand joins from Swis...
Appointment at Parabis
Parabis Group has appointed Peter Kettleborough as group head of IT. He has more than 15 years' expe...
Appointment at Weightmans
Weightmans has appointed two partners to its London office: Colin Peck and Ling Ong. Mr Peck joins f...
How the death of insurable interest will help capital market convergence
Neil Beighton explains how new thinking in the UK on the law relating to insurable interest might be a boon to the nascent insurance derivatives marketplace
My, how this little terror has matured
Mairi Mallon finds tough competition in the terrorism market has is not only been bringing in new clients in droves, but making existing players look at expanding their cover into other areas of political risk.
US property and casualty Cat losses hit $3.5bn for Q1
US property and casualty insurers are expected to pay out nearly $3.5bn for first quarter losses fol...
Space claims set to reach $835m
Space claims are estimated to reach $835m for 2007, prompting insurers to re-assess their premium ra...
Subprime cases surge in first quarter
Navigant Consulting has said the number of subprime-related cases filed in federal courts surged in ...
Keep the champagne on ice
Alexander Ferguson goes head-to-head with Grahame Chilton of Benfield
A sort of homecoming
London Market
Meritz Fire ready for hostile takeover
South Korea's Meritz Fire and Marine Insurance is looking to acquire another nonlife insurer, First ...
US P&C has another solid year in 2007
A strong fourth quarter capped another solid year for the US property and casualty industry, but yea...
From fish market to hall of fame
As one of the most dynamic and prolific players in the (re)insurance world hangs up his underwriting pen, Mairi Mallon met with Brian O'Hara one last time as boss of XL Capital
Flagstone Re to buy 29.9% of Alliance Re
Flagstone Re has said that it has agreed to buy up to 29.9% of Cyprus-domiciled specialist property ...