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Taking it home
Service of suits clauses in the US often result in disputes, however, these could easily be avoided, argue Julian Miller and Parminder Badhan
Catlin ready to enter short-term life market
Catlin will commence writing selected classes of short-term life insurance and reinsurance, effectiv...
NY regulator acts over Allstate chief admission
The New York State Insurance Department has asked Allstate to report its unregulated writing of cred...
Legal angles
Attride-Stirling & Woloniecki counsel Peter Dunlop reflects on life before reinsurance law, lavatory...
State of distrust
The recent KNIC v Allianz fraud case threw up some interesting questions. Wendy Allen-Rodney and Carlos Fane ask about the limits on alleging state sponsored fraud and should reinsurers worry?
Recruitment moves
Specialist broker THB Group has appointed Steve Matanle as chief executive of its London-based Lloyd...
Renaissance syndicate gets green light from Lloyd's
As revealed by Reinsurance, Bermudian (re)insurer Renaissance Re has received approval from Lloyd's ...
A familiar feel to Bermuda results
The first wave of quarterly results from Bermuda showed the usual pattern - solid underwriting perfo...
Lloyd's looks at options for an Islamic syndicate
Lloyd's has said that it is currently researching the viability of a retakaful syndicate - but has d...
Deal or no deal Validus will grow, says Noonan
Bermudian (re)insurer Validus has said that it will grow its operations even if its $1.68bn takeover...
Ironshore recruits more from AIG
Ironshore's hiring of former AIG staff continued unabated this month, with the Bermudian (re)insurer...
Hero founder Cosh takes on new role
Hero founder Paul Cosh is joining accident management company ULR as commercial director with effect from 1 May.
Ren Re confirms Lloyd's syndicate
As revealed by Reinsurance, Bermudian (re)insurer Renaissance Re today said that it has received approval from Lloyd's to establish a new syndicate to be known as RenaissanceRe Syndicate 1458.
Tax changes could prompt competitive era for UK insurance market
Alistair Darling's latest plan to scrap corporation tax on dividends and other distributions received from UK companies for the Lloyd's market, will undoubtedly enhance the level of competition within the market, according to Datamonitor.
Companies need to prepare for the event of a pandemic says risk consultancy
Control Risks, the international business risk consultancy, has warned organisations to review their business continuity and pandemic preparedness plans in order to limit the impact to themselves and their workforce in the event of a pandemic.
Munich Re sells Admiral shares
Munich Re is cutting its stake in Admiral Group by almost a third in order to reduce it the concentration within its equity portfolio.
GC Fac executive moves over to Integro - sources
A Guy Carpenter executive has defected to Integro Group, Reinsurance has learned.
Lockton hires exec to run Dubai office
Lockton has said that Salah El Kadiri will join the company as executive director, wo rking in the new Dubai office.