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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 ...
Tig cuts losses in slow recovery.
Struggling (re)insurer Tig Holdings cut its net losses in the fourth quarter of 1998 to $7.6m from a...
Big cat losses for LaSalle Re.
Bermudian property catastrophe reinsurer LaSalle Re has estimated that it faces claims of $35m as a ...
India lays down the law.
The success of privatisation will depend on regulation, argue Jonathan Bank, Ken Langan and Stewart Keir.
Insurers with nowhere to go.
Most Spanish insurers are too small to compete internationally, and their home market is becoming increasingly tough. Janina Clark reports.
The shape of things to come.
Adrian Leonard reports on a software tool that shows - graphically - the shape of your reinsurance programme.
Penny Black's insurance week.
My thoughts go out to IBM's press man Phil Anderson following a harrowing experience with a small sp...
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Can PMI go the distance?
The UK private medical insurance market will be severely tested as the UK faces an economic slowdown reports Patrick Ho.
Speedier quotes.
Amicus Legal has designed a legal expenses product for companies underwritten through Lloyd's. The s...
Once Upon A Time In the West ...
People used to talk about Bristol as the second city of insurance. It has since been usurped from this position, but as Jonathan Swift discovered, the city still has much to offer insurance companies.
Internet is the future'.
Internet leadership is the new focus for Compaq according to its president and chief executive offic...
Appointment at The Broker Network.
Steve Trew has joined the Broker Network, an umbrella organisation for provincial brokers and interm...
Attack is the best defence.
When the threat from direct insurers became too much, traditional insurers formed Polaris to give themselves a platform from which to fight back. Alex Miller reports.
Dogged by deficit.
What does the future hold for the Solicitors' Indemnity Fund in light of its current deficit? Ken Cannar investigates.