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Hampden champions private capital after latest buy.
The Hampden Group has become the largest agency in Lloyd's for private capital following its purchas...
Space for Limit.
Lloyd's investment trust Limit has announced an agreement in principle to buy a 48% interest in SATE...
Munich Re top marks.
Standard and Poor's has affirmed its top 'AAA' rating of Munich Re and its subsidiaries. Group membe...
INdeR deal hits more problems.
Creditors of Argentina's state-owned reinsurer, the Instituto Nacional de Reaseguros (INdeR), which ...
All agreed: get IT, get global and get ahead.
Debate at the London Processing Centre's conference focused on how to streamline the London market's procedures and practices. Alex Beatty reports.
Ace backs UK nuclear pool.
Bermudian insurance group Ace is to supply £60m ($100m) of capacity to the British Nuclear Pool thro...
Food for thought.
Lunch Forum guests tackle the liability issues surrounding genetically modified crops. Janina Clark reports.
A green light for change.
Major reforms are expected if the EC's proposals on environmental liability are accepted, says Valerie Fogleman.
New ISO president.
Frank Coyne has joined New York-based information provider Insurance Services Office as president an...
Safeguarding systems.
Data can be your most precious resource, but it needs protection. Alex Beatty reports.
Going against the rating tide.
The marine market has much to do in 1999 if it is to reverse the tide of declining rates. Despite di...
Wanted: IT leaders.
Reinsurers do not have the best record when it comes to embracing the opportunities that technology ...
New force in Asia.
Broker E.W. Blanch and advisory firm Russell Miller have joined forces to form a limited liability c...
Tough conditions forecast for P&I.
Protection and indemnity (P&I) clubs face increasingly challenging conditions as competition from ne...
Transatlantic rating.
Transatlantic Re has received an 'Aa1' (excellent) financial strength rating from rating agency Mood...
Lloyd's to make a loss in 1999, says Moody's.
The Lloyd's market faces a small profit at best in 1998 and a loss of 0.2% of capacity in 1999, acco...
London takes a bow.
It has been a long time since we carried as positive a piece about the London market as our report o...
Non-marine rates in UK continue decline.
Non-marine reinsurance rates in the UK have fallen by an average of 8% in the last year, according t...
Rhine Re joins International Underwriting Association.
Rhine Re, which plans to start underwriting in the London market in the latter part of this year (Re...
Crawford-THG handling more than 20 losses.
Loss adjuster Crawford-THG is handling more than 20 losses with reserves over $500,000 following the...
Is London heading for a boom?
Investors wishing to predict changes in the insurance cycle should pay close attention to the movements in capital markets, argues Robert C.B. Miller.
Zurich gets licence.
The Swiss Bank Commission has granted insurance giant Zurich's request to sell savings and investmen...
Exel shareholders approve company's change of name.
Shareholders of Bermudian insurance group Exel have approved the company's change of name to XL Capi...
Folksamerica takes USF Re.
US reinsurance group Folksamerica has bought California-based USF Re in a deal worth $97.5m. The ...