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Swiss peaks and troughs.
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Oriental hit by crisis.
Korean insurer Oriental Fire & Marine felt the full impact of the Asian economic crisis in 1997, des...
Eqecat changes hands.
Eqecat, which provides consultancy services and catastrophe management software to (re)insurers, has...
Aon consolidates strong position.
The impact of consolidation boosted the results of Aon Corporation in the second quarter of 1998, de...
Appointment at BILA.
Jonathan Sacher, head of the insurance and reinsurance group at solicitor Paisner & Co, has been ele...
Lloyd's expels broker.
Michael Cowie, former managing director of the aviation division of Bain Clarkson and later Bain Hog...
Prize draw attracts great interest.
Once again, our prize draw for a deluxe Papworth briefcase attracted a great deal of interest at the...
Keeping an open mind to start the season.
This year's Baden-Baden meetings should be used to prepare for market volatility as well as carry out reinsurance negotiations, says Eric Alexander.
PartnerRe joins elite with $750m deal.
PartnerRe is to double its gross premiums and become one of the world's top 15 reinsurance groups wi...
Japanese Partner.
The PartnerRe Group has opened a liaison office in Tokyo to represent the group's two reinsurers, Be...
New addition to the family.
Non-traditional reinsurance is growing up, but will it be an enfant terrible or a dutiful son? Dr Alan Punter reviews recent developments and trends.
Scor income soars.
Net income at French reinsurance group Scor was up 38% in the first six months of this year to Fr 47...
Cash for questions answered.
CNA Re's Keith Ramsey explains how cedants can get their environmental reinsurance claims processed more quickly.
The difference a year makes.
Clarity of the law on unpunctual notification of losses will be crucial in the run-up to 2000, reports Stephen Collette.
Rocket crash hits space market.
The loss of a Russian Zenit rocket carrying 12 communications satellites for the Globalstar global c...
Appointment at St Paul Re.
St Paul Re has appointed an executive management group to cover all its operations. Michael Schell m...
FSA says savings accounts must carry risk warning.
The financial regulator has moved to counter possible public confusion surrounding the forthcoming I...
What the papers say.
THE GUARDIAN Fugitive underwriter Peter Cameron-Webb, the most hated man at Lloyd's after his lea...
Inheritor generation' pave the way for insurance boom.
Finland is bucking the trend in the rest of Europe with a buoyant insurance sector recording strong ...
Over-crowded' market forces Gan unit closure.
Gan has closed its professional indemnity and financial institution underwriting unit, claiming the ...
A design nightmare.
Through the Internet maze with Richard Griffiths.
NU deal will take it to the top.
The NU deal is subject to regulatory approval but if, as expected, it is given the green light it wi...
Cornhill tells drivers: 'You can help keep rates low'.
Cornhill Insurance has told drivers they can help keep claims down by employing good risk management...
No surprise for ABI as Boleat bows out.
The decision of Mark Boleat to resign as director general of the Association of British Insurers is ...