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Riley leaves Swiss Re.
Stephen Riley, chief executive of Swiss Re's non-life operations in the UK, has left the company aft...
China rings in the changes.
The PICC's Chao Yang updates Adrian Leonard on the market's liberalisation and regulation.
Japanese cessions reverse trend.
After two years of decline, outward reinsurance cessions by Japan's insurers increased by 10% to Y25...
Chaucer hit by poor investments.
A plunge in the value of its investments caused Chaucer Holdings, one of the new breed of integrated...
Moving with the times.
Swiss Re America's Heidi Hutter tells Janina Clark how she sees the US market of the future.
HCC launches bids.
US insurer HCC has launched a $154m bid for California-based (re)insurer Centris. HCC has also acqui...
New B.C. Dyer agency.
Ken Barrett, formerly chief underwriter of Zurich Re London, is starting up a new subsidiary of B.C....
Jack Miller dies at 87.
Regular Reinsurance correspondent John (Jack) Miller has died of a heart attack at the age of 87. ...
Liberty Re closed by US parent.
In a blow to the London market, Boston-based Liberty Mutual has closed the group's UK reinsurance su...
Stockton buys for ART's sake.
Bermudian finite risk reinsurer Stockton Re is looking to develop alternative risk transfer opportun...
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...