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Swiss Re UK CEO.
Martin Albers is to take over as chief executive of Swiss Re UK this month, following the departure ...
Ball organisers call for sponsors.
A group of London market insurers known as the Square Marketeers are organising a ball at the Hotel ...
What's that in English?
Bermuda's World Insurance Forum in February (see p10) provided a showcase for some of the best talen...
Hannover Re shares increased.
Shares in German reinsurer Hannover Re increased by just 5.7% in 1998, after an astonishing increase...
GE Re names CEO.
James Miller, previously president and chief executive of Kemper Re, has been appointed in the same ...
Weighing up options.
A study by Insurance Services Office shows how insurers can optimise their mix of risk financing.
Exchanges encounter obstacles.
Insurance risk exchanges have much to offer but have so far failed to capture the interest of (re)insurers. Alex Beatty reports.
Chaucer Syndicates.
The four Lloyd's syndicates managed by Chaucer Syndicates produced a profit of £16.1m ($25.8m) on ca...
New name for Gemini Re.
The reinsurer being set up by ex-Centre Solutions president David Brown and Bermuda's former finance...
XL Capital attracted by life market.
Bermudian (re)insurance group XL Capital is considering a move into the life market. "Life is an ...
Staying ahead of the pack.
Michael Falcone explains how reinsurers can turn Lord Woolf's law reforms to their advantage.
Lloyd's learns to think out side the box.
The long-time leading provider of innovative insurance products is having to catch up with the newest thinking. Adrian Leonard looks at the development of ART at Lloyd's.
Lloyd's foils fraud by US crime syndicates.
A plot to use Lloyd's name in an attempt to defraud insureds of millions of dollars in premiums was ...
Cologne Re.
Cologne Re's US life and health subsidiary, Cologne Life Re, suffered a pretax loss of $275m on US w...
Gerling buys Tig's facultative arm.
The US arm of German reinsurer Gerling Global Re has acquired the casualty facultative business of N...
Revenues up at Marsh & McLennan.
Insurance giant Marsh & McLennan Companies last year increased revenues by 20% to $7.2bn. Net inc...
More rows over racketeering.
Steven Schwartz reviews the Supreme Court's recent ruling on the application of the federal racketeering statute.
Scor strong in tough year.
Strong growth in life and health and non-traditional reinsurance business bolstered the performance ...
Miga's deal with Ace and XL increases political risk cover.
Bermudian (re)insurers Ace and XL are to provide treaty reinsurance for the Multilateral Investment ...
Riley moves to Lloyd's.
Former Swiss Re UK chief executive Stephen Riley joins CLM Managing Agency this month as managing di...
Time to XL in life?
XL Mid Ocean's Henry Keeling talks to Janina Clark about a possible foray into the life market, the Nac Re deal and XL's newest business unit.
The future of modern ART.
How much of the reinsurance market will become 'non-traditional'? Adrian Leonard asked industry leaders for their predictions.
Moving to a new rhythm.
A change of pace and focus in Africa's (re)insurance markets is attracting many international players. David Fanning reports.
Axa Re sets out radical new strategy.
Axa Re has unveiled a radical shift in its business approach, together with structural changes to th...