News
Preparing for the great leap forward.
The 1995 Insurance Act was just the start of China's efforts to establish a strong base for its rapidly expanding insurance industry, reports Jeremy Golden.
Ins and outs in Denmark.
Marsh & McLennan Capital has announced the formation of Danish Re, a Bermudian company with a chief ...
A clause for concern.
Incorporating arbitration clauses from underlying policies into reinsurance covers is tricky, says John Butler.
Balancing risk and reward.
Robert C.B. Miller considers the best ways to manage risks and returns in a soft market.
Bankruptcy code under attack.
Peter Chaffetz and Lisa Dorr examine a controversial section of the US Bankruptcy Code.
Underwriters in short supply.
The London market has long been recognised as a centre of underwriting expertise and has successful...
Cooling the inferno.
Prof. Bill McGuire examines ways to mitigate the terrifying effects of volcanic eruptions.
Sandler leaves Lloyd's.
Chief executive Ron Sandler has announced that he is to step down in the middle of this year. He wil...
Awards for achievers.
The reinsurance market may be in varying degrees of turmoil (see above) but there are still many goo...
Europe's currency to boost new business.
The introduction of the euro last month will precipitate a change in the balance of international fi...
Forewarned is forearmed.
If reinsurers are to reduce the impact of future catastrophes they must improve their understanding of them, says Alex Beatty.
Correction.
Page 5 of the December 1998 issue of Reinsurance carried a story about potential losses facing Capit...
Swiss Re buys bank.
Swiss Re has bought investment bank Fox-Pitt, Kelton for an undisclosed sum. The London-based bank w...
Exel looking to grow.
A successful year for Bermudian (re)insurance group Exel has left it hungry for acquisitions, accord...
Swissair crash takes air losses to $1.8bn.
The most expensive aviation loss in history pushed total losses for 1998 up to $1.8bn and made last ...
Munich Re rings in New Year changes.
Munich Re has changed its business year to begin on 1 January. Despite the short 1998 business yea...
India's insurance bill delayed again.
India's long-awaited Insurance Regulatory Authority Bill (Re, January 1999, p21) has been delayed ye...
Gustafson to St Paul.
James Gustafson has been made president, chief operating officer and member of the board of the St P...
Kemper Re renamed.
US broker market reinsurer Kemper Re is to be renamed GE Capital Re. The change follows the compa...
CLM enters the ART world.
One of the new breed of Lloyd's integrated vehicles, CLM Insurance Fund, is to invest in insurance-l...
Stockton Re's net income rises to $78m.
Bermudian finite risk reinsurer Stockton Re saw net income rise to $78m in the quarter ending 30 Sep...
Testing time in genetics.
Adrian Leonard finds his way through the moral maze created by the idea of insurers accessing genetic information.
State and private side by side.
Keith Sankey looks back over the chequered history of private medical insurance in the UK.
The impact of Yasuda.
John Butler considers how the Court of Appeal's ruling on aggregate extension clauses might affect liability policies.