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Lord Hunt to call for extension of Pool Re
The government should extend its terrorist insurance cover, Lord Hunt of Wirral, law firm Beachcroft ...
Axis secures $1.6bn capital
Axis Specialty, the new reinsurer backed by broker Marsh, has secured over $1.6bn of capital in a pri...
IPC plans share offer
IPC Holdings, parent of Bermudian property catastrophe reinsurer IPC Re, is planning a share offering...
White Mountain launches Montpelier Re
White Mountain's new reinsurance venture has been named Montpelier Re and has raised its target capit...
Inreon moves into treaty market
Online reinsurance trading platform Inreon has broadened its capabilities into the treaty reinsuranc...
Converium launches IPO
Converium has announced the start of its initial public offering for up to 100% of the company. Con...
Cox board director quits
Richard Pexton, board director and underwriting director of Cox Commercial Division, has quit the com...
Helphire interims show steady upturn
Credit hire firm Helphire has recorded a net loss of £1.1m for the six months to the end of Septembe...
Large rise in Scor's third quarter premiums
The largest French reinsurer, Scor, increased premium income in all sectors in the third quarter 2001...
Trenwick restructures UK operations
Trenwick International's property and casualty reinsurance treaty portfolio is to be underwritten at ...
Eureko blames "global economic slowdown" as profits fall
Pan-european insurer Eureko today announced a drop in income and profits for the nine months up to 30...
Andy Homer quits Axa
Andy Homer has quit as chief executive of Axa Insurance to pursue other interests. Peter Hubbard, pr...
Da Vinci Re opens for business
Renaissance Re's new Bermudian-based venture Da Vinci Reinsurance has started accepting binding busin...
Appointment at Ace
Meryl Hartzband has resigned from Bermuda-based insurer Ace's board of directors and been replaced by...
Aon: Bermuda team venture.
Broking giant Aon has followed rival Marsh's lead by announcing a new Bermuda-based insurance ventur...
IIB attacks Axa.
Andrew Paddick, director general of the Institute of Insurance Brokers, has hit out at Axa, after an...
L&G investigation.
Fourteen staff from Legal & General's Cardiff office are facing the prospect of a criminal investiga...
Charcol offers online services.
Independent mortgage and financial adviser Charcol has launched a new household insurance broking se...
Commentary - Mesothelioma: Court of Appeal reviews liability.
In February Justice Curtis dismissed a claim pursued by the widow of Arthur Fairchild, who had died ...
Shapiro recruited.
Barristers' chambers 3/4/South Square in London has appointed mediation specialist Issac Shapiro, a ...
24/7 broking: the wait continues.
Software developer Rarrigini & Rosso has yet to go live with products for its 24/7 broking model whi...
Reinsurance crash warning.
Reinsurers expect several commercial aviation insurers to change their stance on reinstatement arran...
Fisher hooks Kieran.
Outsourcing group Miller Fisher has appointed Kieran Gallagher as regional general manager in Scotla...
Greystoke's conditional move.
Greystoke Legal Services, an after-the-event insurance provider for solicitors, is to enter the no w...