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Re - 30 years - Messages ignored.
Trawling through the Reinsurance archive to compile this 30th anniversary issue (see pp25-39) has be...
Laying down the law.
John Butler, Reinsurance's legal correspondent for 30 years, selects some of the defining moments in the history of reinsurance law.
More political risk.
Bermudian political risk underwriting agency Sovereign Risk Insurance is to increase its capacity fr...
Aon strengthens Greek sisters.
Greek sister companies Turner Reinsurance Services and Viggas Reinsurance Brokers have found extra m...
Terra Nova sold to Markel for $905m.
US insurer Markel's agreement to pay $905m for Bermudian (re)insurer Terra Nova has received a cauti...
Where the ART is ...
Reinsurers may be the most likely originators of early securitisation deals, but primary insurers ar...
Allianz takes to Irish tax haven.
Allianz, Europe's largest insurer, is to establish a group retention vehicle in Dublin's Internation...
A reversal of duties.
The fraud conviction of US Aviation Underwriters has been overturned. Laura Zimmitti assesses the implications.
Appointment at Secura Belgian Re.
Secura Belgian Re has announced the appointment of two new board members. Luc Herfurth has been p...
Girl power.
Over the last three decades, women have made considerable progress in the struggle against gender prejudice in reinsurance, but Liesl Hattingh finds it remains a tough career path.
Tax office loses battle over Lloyd's reinsurance premiums.
Lloyd's is declaring a substantial victory over the UK's tax office, claiming that it would save mem...
Appointment at London Underwriting Centre.
Ken Haddon (below) has been appointed chairman of the London Underwriting Centre (LUC) for the secon...
Hannover shares "a bargain".
The Hannover Re group has complained that its shares are undervalued despite its continued good perf...
Life lives long and prospers.
Life business continues to be the driving force behind the world's insurance markets, according to r...
Appointment at LaSalle Re.
Mark Stockton has been made chief underwriting officer of Bermudian reinsurer LaSalle Re. Mr Stockto...
Appointment at PartnerRe.
Peter Nikitaidis has joined PartnerRe US, one of the PartnerRe group of reinsurance companies, as se...
Re - Rates - Cautious optimism.
The signs are good. Underwriting losses have been reported for the last quarter. Companies have with...
St Paul Re targets health reinsurance.
St Paul Re has formed a unit to write health treaty reinsurance outside the US, focusing on managed ...
SAFR still superior.
Rating agency A.M. Best has again rated SAFR PartnerRe of Paris and its Canadian office 'A+' (superi...
Typhoon Olga.
Typhoon Olga - shown as yellow spirals moving over South Korea on 1 August - was tracked from its bi...
Mutual merger.
Three American mutual insurers - Allendale, Arkwright and Protection - and their jointly-owned Facto...
Down, but not out.
Insurers are finding that unemployment is not bad news for everyone, reports Keith Sankey.
Twenty-twenty vision.
Twenty years ago, Andrew Drysdale, managing director of Andrew Drysdale Ltd, wrote of life, the universe and the underwriting cycle. His forthright and entertaining views still have relevance today.
Monte Carlo or bust.
After 43 years, the Monte Carlo Rendez-Vous is still a 'must' in the reinsurance calendar. Janina Clark looks back at its history.