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INFO for brokers.
Brokers in the Lloyd's market can now get free access to 'INFO', the Lloyd's extranet information se...
LPC takes control.
The London Processing Centre (LPC) is conducting trials of a new credit control service that will al...
Wall Street meets Front Street.
Adrian Leonard looks at Bermuda's growing role in securitisation, and asks if new firms can change the world of reinsurance.
Airing your genes in public.
Peter Maynard of Swiss Re reveals the general public's view of the genetics and insurance debate.
Pro Patria Scor.
Mexican reinsurer Patria Internacional has bought a controlling interest in the small Venezuelan rei...
Appointment at PWC.
Jeremy Scott has been appointed head of PricewaterhouseCoopers' Global Insurance Industry Services G...
To protect and to serve.
If there was one good thing to take away from last month's Monte Carlo Rendez-Vous it was the impres...
In the eye of the Asian storm.
The financial outlook for the Philippines is promising, but the new president still faces tough challenges. Jeremy Golden reports.
Appointment at Hiscox.
Bruno Ritchie is joining Hiscox as senior aerospace and engineering underwriter. He joins from AGF G...
New world order for the top 4 brokers.
The world's third and fourth largest brokers are both getting used to new owners following J&H Marsh...
Mapfre profits up.
Spanish insurance group Mapfre increased profits by 23% to Ptas 12.9bn ($90m) in the first half of t...
Sorema sets up in London.
French reinsurer Sorema, part of the Groupama-Gan group, is to open a London branch office. Alexi...
BT sells out to Rhine Re.
Bankers Trust is to sell its insurance units to Rhine Re, the Switzerland and Bermuda-based reinsure...
College of Insurance.
Maurice (Hank) Greenberg, chairman of American International Group, has been named 1998 Insurance Le...
Bonnie losses.
Preliminary estimates from the Property Claim Services unit of the Insurance Services Office put dam...
News of Eagle Star Re's future imminent.
Speculation surrounding London market reinsurer Eagle Star Re looked set to be silenced with an anno...
SPS capital boost.
French reinsurer SPS Re, a subsidiary of Axa Re, has had its paid-up capital increased by a Fr 149m ...
Appointment at CCR.
Jean-Paul Lasserre has been appointed executive vice-president of the Caisse Centrale de Reassurance...
No way out of price spiral, says S&P.
Reinsurance rates are expected to fall by 5-10% in almost all lines of business this year, according...
Victoria profits up.
German reinsurer Victoria Re - part of Munich Re's Ergo insurance group - boosted profits from DM 3....
Appointment at Hartford.
David Robb is to head the reinsurance operations of The Hartford Financial Services Group when John ...
Cologne Re in good health.
Strong growth in life and health reinsurance business boosted the performance of German reinsurer Co...
London loses its flagship position.
Japan became the world's largest marine insurance market by premium volume in 1996, knocking London ...
King leads buyout of African broker.
Reinsurance broker Peter King has led a management buyout of Christchurch-King, the specialist Afric...