News
Doha round clears a hurdle to free trade
Progress in international trade liberalisation talks is good news for the (re)insurance industry, writes Marie-louise Rossi
New action team at Lloyd's
Lloyd's has announced the creation of an action team of LMP slip auditors. The team will work with ...
Lessons for all to learn
Underwriters and marine insurers at the recent International Union of Marine Insurance must work out how to find their way back into the black while the clement conditions prevail
Reinsurance prices to fall in 2005, says Aon
Reinsurance buyers have cited price as their main concern when renegotiating their contracts for the...
Appointment at R J. Kiln
Lloyd's managing agent R J Kiln has appointed Habib Kattan as reinsurance manager, responsible for K...
Appointment at Arch Insurance Company
The Europe branch of Arch Insurance Company (Arch Europe) has announced the appointment of Nicholas ...
Appointment at Tropical Storm Risk
Dr Peter Yuen is to work on further developments to Tropical Storm Risk (TSR)'s Tropical Storm Track...
Unlimited liability will end, say reinsurers
The reinsurance sector has indicated that it is not going to cover unlimited liability indefinitely....
Appointment at Wellington Underwriting
Preben Prebensen is to succeed Julian Avery as chief executive at Wellington Underwriting. He will j...
RJ Kiln announces new underwriting deal
RJ Kiln has announced that it has finalised a deal with WR Berkley to underwrite new reinsurance bus...
Appointment at Montpelier Re
Montpelier Re has appointed Kernan ('Kip') Oberting as chief financial officer and an executive vice...
BMA issues new regulation report
The Bahrain Monetary Agency (BMA) has issued a consultation paper, setting out proposed rules and gu...
Appointment at GE ERC
Tim Brophy, Joseph Cook and Paul Giacobbe have joined GE's Employers Reinsurance Corporation (GE ERC...
Appointment at XL Capital
XL Capital has announced the appointment of Mark W Callahan as chief actuarial officer of XL's insur...
Appointment at The Cooper Gay Group
The Cooper Gay Group has appointed Dermot Flood as director within its non-marine treaty team. Mr Fl...
New risk research publication from BHRC
The Benfield Hazard Research Centre (BHRC) has launched a new annual publication to bring the latest...
FHCF weathers the storm
The expectations of reinsurers that a major wind-loss catastrophe would blow away their reserves have so far proved unfounded. The industry, it seems, has learned the lessons of Hurricane Andrew
RMS releases Ivan damage estimates
Risk Management Solutions (RMS), has predicted that insured losses from Hurricane Ivan in the US are...
London insurance market looks for cost savings
The London insurance market is upbeat and enjoying a strong year, according to research by Pricewate...
Moody's delivers new Converium warning
Re-ratings
Aviva earmarks further 950 roles to offshore
Aviva will take another 950 jobs outside the UK next year, pushing forward the company's strategy to...
Winners and Losers: Post Magazine's monthly round-up of job cuts and gains
WINNERS RAC takes on more than 400 Axa staff at offices in Morecambe and Darlington, having acquire...