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Limited taste for the exotic.
Dr Alan Punter explains why a hardening (re)insurance market and concerns over accounting practices mean a steady flow of alternative deals rather than a flood.
Appointment at Endurance Specialty.
Endurance Specialty has hired Daniel Izard to head its aviation and aerospace (re)insurance activiti...
Swiss Re sets up US advisory board.
Swiss Re has set up a US advisory board for Swiss Re America. The board is chaired by Swiss Re's chi...
Hurricane could produce over $50bn of losses says III.
A hurricane hitting central Miami, Florida, could produce insured losses of over $50bn, the Insuranc...
Small fortunes.
Newcomer Max Re made a small profit last year, while many of its established competitors had to dip into their reserves. Chief executive Robert Cooney (right) tells Roger Crombie why Max Re's underwriting flexibility and alternative investment strategy…
Insurers call for government terror pools.
Insurance associations in Japan and Italy are continuing to push for terrorism risk pools backed by ...
Rebriefs - World Trade Centre.
The US District Court for the Southern District of New York has ruled that World Trade Centre (WTC) ...
Petrobras still making waves.
View the pdf of this story The sinking in March 2001 of P-36, the world's largest semi-submersibl...
Forecast is promising.
There is a growing demand for financial protection against the effects on business of unusual but non-catastrophic weather, says Michael Corbally.
Weathering the storm.
It was the day that changed the world. Or was it? In many respects, the effects of 11 September on t...
Torrential rain leads to major flooding.
Torrential rain led to major flooding across large parts of central Europe last month. In the Czech ...
Appointment at Ace Asset Management.
Former managing director of the North American insurance practice of rating agency Standard & Poor's...
Rebriefs - GE Frankona Re.
GE Frankona Re has formed a London-based aviation unit led by Greg Dawson, who has 20 years' experie...
Appointment at Axis Specialty.
Michael Butt has resigned as a director of Bermudian (re)insurer XL Capital to chair the start-up Be...
German terror pool ready to write.
Germany's proposed state-backed terrorism insurer, Extremus, was expected to be licenced and to begi...
XL opens financial guarantee subsidiary in London
Financial guarantee insurer XL Capital Assurance of New York, part of the Bermudian (re)insurance gro...
ABI gains police access to suspected fraudsters.
After years in the pipeline, a significant step in the fight against fraud has finally been achieved...
A medical assessment.
The government's healthcare reform strategy has attracted a lot of attention - particularly from the insurance industry, keen to assess the implications for the private medical insurance sector and future healthcare provision. Dr Adrian Bull explains.
Flood levels.
The Association of British Insurers this week said very little information was available on the like...
Appointment at Bland Bankart.
Bland Bankart has expanded its new business team, following the appointment of Richard Storey in a s...
Miller sets up global team.
The Miller Insurance Group has set up a global services team to handle large multi-national accounts...
NIG adds commercial vehicle product.
NIG has added a commercial vehicle product to InsurE-com's portal, allowing policy information to be...
Aon moves on accounting concerns.
Broker Aon has resolved questions relating to the investigation of its accounts by the Securities an...
Wellington Re recruits team of US underwriters.
Wellington Re, established in June, has recruited a team of US casualty reinsurance underwriters fro...