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Turkey's earthquake.
Firm figures for the losses from the earthquake that hit Turkey on 17 August should be emerging as t...
Lawyers go east.
London-based law firm Cameron McKenna is expanding its (re)insurance activity in Asia through the Si...
London market unites again.
Max Taylor and Tim Carroll, respective chairmen of Lloyd's and the International Under-writing Assoc...
Partner calls for more discipline.
Many reinsurance companies are undermining the rein-surance market with a lack of "the same determin...
How to minimise casualties.
With risks multiplying and litigation on the increase, the threat of major casualty losses is very real. However, a new form of casualty catastrophe reinsurance means help is at hand, insists John Cavanagh.
Rules for some, rules for others.
Disagreement over jurisdiction lay behind the case of Gan v Tai Ping. John Butler considers the arguments.
Mixed fortunes for Aon.
US (re)insurance broker Aon had net income of $151m in its second quarter to the end of June; up 8% ...
A trip down memory lane.
Roy Harris helped to found Reinsurance 30 years ago. It could have been yesterday ...
Enhance downgrade.
Enhance Re of New York has had its financial strength rating downgraded by Moody's from 'Aaa' (excep...
Appointment at Lloyd's Japan.
Lloyd's Japan has announced the appointment of two non-executive directors, completing its recent bo...
Appointment at XL Capital.
James Veghte, executive vice-president of Bermudian reinsurer XL Mid Ocean Re, has moved to head up ...
Appointment at Barlow Lyde & Gilbert.
Ian Jenkins has been elected senior partner at reinsurance specialist law firm Barlow Lyde & Gilbert...
Not plain sailing.
Over the last 30 years, and especially over the past five, big changes have swept through the marine market, writes Eric Alexander.
China cat for Swiss.
Swiss Re and Beijing Normal University have set up a research centre on natural catastrophe exposure...
Boeing, Swissair to pay damages.
Boeing and the Swissair group are jointly to pay the compensatory damages resulting from the crash o...
Danes open in Tokyo.
Copenhagen Re has opened an office in Tokyo. It is run by John Deane, formerly of Liberty Re and Mer...
Carefree not an option.
An ageing global population raises urgent questions about long-term care. Janina Clark hears the UK debate.
Blanch income up.
US (re)insurance broker E.W. Blanch produced a year-on-year 41% increase in net income to $7.9m in t...
Euro cash for Chiyoda.
Chiyoda Fire & Marine Insurance of Japan has invested £15m ($24m) in its European subsidiary, which ...
ABI tough on genetic tests.
The Association of British Insurers (ABI) has told its members that they will in future be allowed o...
A tale of two markets.
Lloyd's and the London company market are not paving the way for a merger, argues David Clarke. Co-operation between them simply ensures continued competition.
Creditors vote on Charter Re payment plan.
The long saga of the run-off of Charter Re is moving towards its final stage with creditors expected...
LaSalle fights back.
Bermudian catastrophe reinsurer LaSalle Re produced an underwriting profit in the second three month...
Jumbo headaches.
The launch of Concorde and the first jumbo jets, with their huge hull values and unproven cutting-edge technology, posed a whole new set of problems for insurers, says Eric Alexander.