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Harbor Point eyes Omega purchase
Bermudian (re)insurer Harbor Point may have Lloyd's insurer Omega in its sights, sources have told R...
Space claims are out of this world
Space claims are estimated to reach $835m for 2007, prompting insurers to re-assess their premium ra...
Argo in £136m Heritage acquisition
Specialist (re)insurer Argo Group International Holdings has agreed a £136m all-cash deal to acquire...
Convicted Gen Re executives pass on $5m payment
The five insurance executives convicted last month of fraud in connection with a sham reinsurance de...
A bunch of frauds?
Dear friend, I suppose I'd better try and explain this month's intriguing front cover. It all start...
Fitch downgrades SCA to junk status
Fitch Ratings has downgraded the insurer financial strength (IFS) ratings of Bermudian (re) insurer ...
US property and casualty prices down 14%
US property and casualty insurance prices were down 14% in February, according to research from Mark...
$3.1bn decrease for US property-casualty
A group of 20 US property-casualty (re)insurers wrote $22.7bn in net premium in 2007 marking a decre...
Paulson calls for optional US federal insurance regulation
Secretary of state to the US Treasury, Henry Paulson has called for optional federal regulation of t...
Munich Re to provide storm cover
German (re)insurer Munich Re has launched Queen Street, a special purpose Cayman Islands-exempted EU...
Emma costs from EUR300m to EUR1.5bn
Windstorm Emma is thought to have cost insurers between EUR300m and EUR1.5bn, modeling groups Risk M...
XL Capital names Michael McGavick as chief executive
Michael McGavick is due to join beleaguered Bermudian (re)insurer XL Capital on 1 May, replacing Bri...