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Casualty loss development speeds up.
Losses are being reported more quickly to casualty excess reinsurers according to a survey by the Re...
Rush to fill key posts.
View the pdf of this story Sun, sea, sand and ... a strong reputation as an offshore tax haven a...
Life on the web.
Life reinsurers may not have been at the forefront of e-commerce but they are now starting to communicate electronically with their clients and explore ways of doing business on-line. Pravin Jeyaraj reports.
Arbitration will prevail.
Attempts to void arbitration clauses in policies covering the World Trade Centre will fail, argue Peter Chaffetz and Fred Reinke.
Bodily injury studied again.
The International Underwriting Association of London has commissioned a third study into bodily inju...
Rebriefs - Axa.
French reinsurance group Axa has said that an exercise to cut administrative expenses by 10% announc...
UK extends terror cover for airlines.
The UK government has extended its short-term insurance cover for the aviation industry until 20 Mar...
Access denied.
E-businesses are just as vulnerable to business interruption as traditional businesses, say Tony Levitt and Alan Fisher, but (re)insurers can prepare for such claims by doing their research.
Rebriefs - Radian Group.
Radian Group has renamed its subsidiaries Enhance Re, Asset Guarantee Insurance and ExpressClose.com...
Brokers beware.
The House of Lords has ruled that a broker's failure to reveal market conditions may make it liable for all losses on a reinsurance contract, reports John Butler.
Cracks in consensus persist.
Arguments about global warming have generated plenty of heat, with some scientists questioning the very existence of a greenhouse gas effect, reports Maria Kielmas.
Wellington's late launch.
Wellington Underwriting has delayed its plans to launch a new £400m ($577m) London-based insurer. ...
Large claims to be made for bush fires.
Bushfires that ravaged large areas of New South Wales, Australia at the start of the year will resul...
Appointment at GE Employers Re Corp.
GE Employers Re Corp. (ERC) has appointed Tony O'Leary as head of its Asia-Pacific life and health b...
Rising to the challenges.
It has been said many times since 11 September, and apologies for repeating the cliche, but things w...
Copenhagen Re seeks buyer.
Danish reinsurer Copenhagen Re has been put up for sale. Its parent, Alm. Brand, is seeking a buyer ...
Business is booming.
Recent studies by Standard & Poor's and Swiss Re suggest, on the whole, a rosy outlook for the world's life insurers, although a report by Fitch on the North American market is less positive. Janina Clark sifts through the evidence.
Appointment at Alea.
Reinsurer Alea has appointed Andre Perez as senior vice-president and head of its Bermuda office, re...
Tempest works with Hart Re.
Ace Tempest Re USA has teamed up with Hart Re of the Hartford Group to offer workers' compensation c...
Time to talk.
UK life and health insurers have found themselves under attack over their use of genetic test results. The Association of British Insurers' response of a five-year moratorium could be good news, reports Keith Sankey.
US industry calls for terror backstop.
The US (re)insurance sector and large property owners are putting heavy pressure on the US governmen...
Wake-up call for life.
Compared with their non-life counterparts, life reinsurers' financial losses from the 11 September disaster will be modest. However, as John Sanders discovers, the event is forcing a major rethink of the risk posed by terrorism.
Rebriefs - Heath Lambert.
Broker Heath Lambert is considering a number of options, including a flotation, because of plans by ...
Promise and problems.
Mauricio Kitaigorodzki talks to senior executives at broker Heath Lambert about turmoil in Argentina and their plans to tap the potential in other Latin American markets.