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JLT launches US joint venture
Broker Jardine Lloyd Thompson (JLT) has launched a US-based specialist risk services business in a jo...
Colonial goes to Winterthur
Colonial has sold its UK life and pensions business to Swiss insurer Winterthur, part of the Credit S...
Zurich ties up with MDU
Insurer Zurich has invested an estimated £25m in a joint venture with the Medical Defence Union to un...
Axa strikes deal for SLPH
French insurance giant Axa has sealed a deal to acquire the remaining 44.7% of Sun Life & Provincial ...
QBE bids for Limit
A bidding war looks set to start for Lloyd's-based Limit following an unsolicited approach from QBE I...
Chubb presses for US tax reform
Chubb chairman Dean O'Hare countered accusations of protectionism over his company's campaign to chan...
Lloyd's forecasting fails.
AM Best has assigned a negative outlook to its 'A' (excellent) financial strength rating of Lloyd's....
Labuan for Scor.
French reinsurer Scor has been granted a licence to write business from Malaysia's offshore financia...
Texan twister.
The tornadoes that hit Texas in late March were largely responsible for the $990m of insured propert...
Copenhagen Re moves into finite reinsurance.
Copenhagen Re has announced plans to enter the finite reinsurance market. It is to offer global f...
Facing up to danger.
South Africa's life and health market is the biggest in the world, but the rapid spread of HIV/Aids is threatening its future and forcing it to change. Cameron Andrews reports.
Tokio and State Farm swap risks.
Tokio Marine & Fire and State Farm Mutual have bypassed the reinsurance market and exchanged $200m o...
New CEO at OPL.
Mary Hennessy has been appointed chief executive of Bermuda-based Overseas Partners (OPL), replacing...
IUA/Lloyd'sset out plans for London.
Efforts to unify underwriting and claims procedures in the London market were given a boost last mon...
Transam in Seoul.
Transamerica Re, the reinsurance arm of Transamerica and Aegon USA, has opened a liaison office in K...
Is it, or isn't it?
The fundamental nature of reinsurance has been examined by the House of Lords. John Butler looks at the conclusions.
Strike Club makes calls.
The Strike Club is to make a closing call for the first time in 10 years. Increased claims from s...
New law partners.
Regular Reinsurance contributor Peter Chaffetz is one of four new partners at New York law firm Clif...
Keeping the faith.
Can ceding companies claim punitive damages for a reinsurer's bad faith? Peter Chaffetz considers whether reinsurers face the same threats as insurers.
A land of stark realities.
Mergers, takeovers, demutualisations, privatisations and collapse. It is all happening in the Australian insurance market. Richard Willsher reports.
Electrifying transformations.
The deregulation and privatisation of electricity and gas production is creating huge opportunities and challenges for (re)insurers in many countries. Maria Kielmas reports on developments in the US and Europe.
More haste, less speed.
The London market's would-be reformers face a tough challenge. They must tread the fine line betwe...
Scor enters US life market with buy from PartnerRe.
French reinsurance group Scor is to move into the US life reinsurance market with the purchase of Pa...
Max capacity.
Bermuda's newest reinsurer, Max Re, has increased its capital to $509m following a second round of p...