News
Go for broke.
Those brokers that are already in the vanguard of alternative risk transfer are finding that the gains far outweigh the risks, says David Fanning.
A matter of timing.
Peter Chaffetz and Steven Schwartz consider who controls the clock in arbitrations.
News in brief.
Bill Walker, former president of Hannover Life Re, and Kaj Ahlmann, former vice-chairman of EW Blanc...
BMT buys Salvage Association.
The search for a purchaser for the Salvage Association, a leading marine casualty surveying organisa...
News in brief.
French insurer La Reunion Aerienne estimates paying $150m in settlement for the victims of last year...
Put the re into renewables.
Jeremy Golden predicts that (re)insurers may find a whole new source of revenue from the expansion of renewable energy.
News in brief.
Odyssey Re, a subsidiary of Fairfax of Canada, has filed for an initial public offering. The proceed...
Bridging the gap.
(Re)insurers are learning to work with financiers to reduce the risks of investing in developing countries and to make it easier to match infrastructure needs with funding, says John Sanders.
ART for everyone.
Alternative risk transfer products are gradually gaining acceptance. Janina Clark sees evolution rather than revolution in the market.
Swiss Re warns on water risks.
Swiss Re is undertaking what could be the first detailed study into water risks in the light of issu...
News in brief.
Reinsurex, a new reinsurance broker, is to open for business in New York in June and also has plans ...
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US property casualty reinsurers wrote $24.9bn of net premiums last year, up from $21.2bn in 1999, ac...
Appointment at Transatlantic Re.
Transatlantic Re has recruited Julian Spence to its London branch. He joins from Janson Green's synd...
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Bermudian (re)insurance group XL Capital and three other investors are to take a $112.5m stake in Be...
PartnerRe reshuffle.
Bermudian reinsurer PartnerRe is reorganising its global operations and has renamed its French subsi...
Benfield Greig set to overtake Willis.
Benfield Greig's $179m cash acquisition of EW Blanch will push it ahead of Willis to become the worl...
Openness beats secrecy.
It is a dilemma that faces every business: how to strike the right balance between showing off your ...
Insurers challenged and vulnerable
UK insurance companies are looking increasingly challenged and vulnerable, according to a report publ...
City dresses down for May Day protests
Insurers and brokers based in the City of London have been advised to be on red alert ahead of today'...
ABI agrees to genetics moratorium
The Association of British Insurers has confirmed it is to extend its existing moratorium on the use ...
July test for LMP reforms
July's reinsurance renewals will be the first true test of the take-up of the LMP2001 reforms to the ...
Chaucer downbeat until 2002
Lloyd's insurer Chaucer has posted a loss before tax of £4.1m for the financial year ended 31 Decembe...
Changes at top for Generali
At its annual general meeting in Trieste, Italy last weekend, Italian insurance giant Generali replac...
Too many brokers chasing too little work
There are too many provincial brokers handling too little business, Hugh Warren, chief executive of W...