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OCIL to cede $50m loss to Avalon Re
Bermuda-based oil industry mutual Oil Casualty Insurance (OCIL) is to cede $50m of losses to its Ava...
Takaful contribitions to grow at 20%
Takaful contributions globally will rise to more than $4.3bn in 2010 and the 20% annual growth rate ...
Premiums up 51.6% for China insurers
Chinese insurers racked up a 51.6% gain in aggregate premiums for the first quarter of 2008, with li...
Earnings are set to fall by 2% claims Fitch
Reinsurance earnings will fall 2% over the course of 2008, as the catastrophe hits and lowering rein...
D&O jumping 40% claims Iron Pro
Directors' and officers' insurance rates are jumping more than 40%, due to the sub-prime credit disa...
Numbers for the first quarter are ugly
It was an ugly time for reinsurance companies releasing their first-quarter numbers, with falling re...
Cooper Gay in talks over Heath Re
Cooper Gay has said it is in talks with Heath Lambert about buying Heath's aviation, global business...
Sports insurance on steroids
Renowned sports obsessive (and occasional reporter) Alexander Ferguson lines up with the best and brightest in the sports (re)insurance world.
Amlin sees price cuts on US Cat
Lloyd's (re)insurer Amlin has said that it has seen price reductions of between 10% and 12% on its U...
Allstate slashes catastrophe coverage
Giant US insurer Allstate has revealed that is has budgeted $240m less to pay for its 2008 catastrop...
Guy Carpenter set to axe 350 jobs in strategic initiative
Reinsurance brokers were feeling the pinch in the first quarter of 2008, with both Guy Carpenter and...
Experts warn of 69% US hurricane chance
There is a 69% chance of an intense hurricane hitting the US Coast during this year's hurricane seas...
$50bn loss needed claims Aon Re
A property and catastrophe loss of as much as $50bn may need to change the direction of reinsurance ...
Aviva set to rebrand
Aviva said that it will drop the Norwich Union, Commercial Union Poland and Hibernian brands. The d...
Married to the industry
This month it's Dr Alexander Scott's turn to recline on Reinsurance's metaphorical couch
Austen MBO for Gallagher Asia
Richard Austen, the former chief executive of Arthur J Gallagher's Asian reinsurance broking arm, ha...
Captive insurers now 20% of P&C
Captive insurers reflect 20% of the total property and casualty insurance spend in the world today, ...
Liberty Mutual to buy rival Safeco
US insurer Liberty Mutual has agreed to buy US rival Safeco for $6.2bn, in a deal that reflects a 50...