Lloyd’s/London
Axa wins race to buy BF Rück
Axa Liabilities Managers to buy BF Rück, a non-life run-off company owned by the states of Berlin and Brandenburg
Ward calls for Lloyd's Exchange commitment
Lloyd's CEO urges managing agents to stick to reform agenda
Arch appoints UK retail property manager
Arch Insurance Europe has appointed former Travelers senior underwriter Alex Mitchell to the property underwriting team as UK retail property manager.
Novae merges operations to improve ROE
UK business rolled into Lloyd's operation
Liberty expands PI offering
LIU Europe targets larger UK-based risks
Novae places subsidiary into run-off
Novae to look for a company to run off its D&O business, while placing subsidiary NICL in run-off.
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Talbot adds two underwriters from Swiss Re
Validus' Lloyd's syndicate adds two underwriters from Swiss Re
Swiss Re, Scor in cat bond launches
Swiss Re and Scor launch Cat bonds.
Liberty appoints international treaty underwriter
Shane Aldons takes up London-based post
Atradius Trade Credit Insurance downgraded
AM Best turns gloomy on credit insurer
Miller bolsters team with Aon and Marsh hires
Miller head Greg Collins welcomed Kiran Nayee from Marsh UK and Trevor Young from Aon.
Marsh: commercial rates could drop by 10% in 2010
Tim Pritchard gives pessimistic forecast for next year.
JLT in HSBC Insurance Brokers swoop
CEO Dominic Burke said deal for HAC fitted its strategy of 'bolt on' deals.
HCC to merge Lloyd’s syndicates
Approval granted for 4040 and 4141 tie-up
Total catastrophe losses fall in 2009
The total cost of natural catastrophes and man-made disasters in 2009 fell to $52bn from $267bn in the 2008, a survey from Swiss Re has shown.
AIG lead insurer for Shanghai crash - sources
AIG was the lead insurer for the Shanghai plane crash that killed three and injured four more on 28 November, sources have told Reinsurance
Liberty International Underwriters names casualty boss
Chris Batchelor lands London role
Argo appoints new CFO
Ciaran O'Donnell joins from FM Global
Euler Hermes expecting 'negligible' loss from Dubai World
Euler Hermes has played down predictions of massive losses from Dubai World collapse.
Former Heritage CFO resigns from Argo
Nick Denniston, former CFO at Heritage, is thought to be leaving the company.
Aspen and Ariel said to be 'close to merger'
Bermudian rivals are close to merging, Reinsurance has learned.