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Axa Corporate Solutions, the reinsurance and large insurance risks division of France's Axa Group, m...
John Charman quits Ace International.
John Charman has quit his position as president and chief executive of Ace International because of ...
Storm forecasts look favourable.
David Simmons says that the storm prediction consortium TropicalStormRisk can generate real business benefits for (re)insurers.
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Hannover Re has expanded its US program business with the acquisition of business and an underwritin...
A capital strategy.
Swiss Re New Markets has a wide-ranging remit. Adrian Leonard asks chief executive Erwin Zimmermann to nail it down.
On the up.
Hong Kong's (re)insurers have been hit badly by the Asian financial crisis but hope is in sight, says Adrian Leonard.
British Insurance Awards - Are you an award winner?
There are few ways in which you can raise the profile of your organisation and boost the morale of y...
Appointment at Lincoln Re.
Jay Biehl (pictured), chief actuary for reinsurance life operations at the US reinsurer Lincoln Re, ...
News in brief from Generali's International Space Conference.
An angry Dr Boris Antoniuk, director general and chief executive of the Russian Satellite Communicat...
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Berkshire Hathaway subsidiaries General Re and Berkshire Hathaway Re recorded pre-tax underwriting l...
Lloyd's escapes ban on US claims.
A clause in a US bankruptcy reform bill that would have hampered Lloyd's attempts to recover debts ...
News in brief from Generali's International Space Conference.
Insurance capacity for space risks is falling, according to Benito Pagnanelli, deputy general manage...
Dublin cracks down on rogue reinsurers.
Dublin's insurance supervisory office is promising to move swiftly to eliminate rogue reinsurers and...
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Paisner & Co. is to merge with fellow London law firm Berwin Leighton to form Berwin Leighton Paisne...
Cedants in search of security.
Reinsurers are increasingly asked to post security in disputes. Peter Chaffetz and Steven Schwartz consider the attitude of courts and arbitration panels to pre-answer security.
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American Re, part of the Munich Re Group, made a net loss of $64.4m in 2000, down from a loss of $10...
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ESG Re of Bermuda made a net loss of $61.3m last year, up from a loss of $42m in 1999, on gross prem...
Building codes are not enough.
Insurers and risk managers can minimise earthquake and windstorm damage by insisting on construction to building codes - but only if they recognise other risk factors, say Peter Yanev and Donald Ballantyne.
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US (re)insurer The St Paul Companies has sold its 1.7m shares in Renaissance Re, the Bermudian prope...
News in brief from Generali's International Space Conference.
Space technology companies are to provide some initial funding for a proposed EUR3.25bn European nav...
Earthquake shakes Seattle.
Insured losses from the earthquake that shook Seattle on 28 February are well below early forecasts ...
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Bermuda-based Everest Re made a net profit for 2000 of $186.4m, up 18% on 1999, on gross premiums up...
Appointment at XL Brockbank.
XL Brockbank, XL Capital's Lloyd's managing agency, has appointed Paul Drake as its underwriting dev...
London reform set for July.
The first of the LMP2001 proposals for modernising procedures in the London market should be impleme...