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Poland non-life cessions up.
Rising loss ratios and capital shortages have forced Polish non-life insurers to make even greater u...
Willis in Russia.
UK broker Willis Corroon is arranging the insurance for a $2bn construction project in Russia. The p...
Manulife creates German subsidiary.
Manulife Financial, Canada's largest mutual life insurer, has opened an independent reinsurance subs...
Going for gold.
Toni Stowe examines the reinsurance of the growing high net worth market.
The US goes captive crazy.
The number of US onshore captive domiciles may be soaring, but few of them are justifying their existence. Corinne Ramming reports.
General Re record despite soft market.
Operating income at US reinsurance giant General Re rose by nearly 10% to a record $250m in the firs...
Equitas correction.
Last month's Technical Report (Re, May 1998, p23) said that Equitas chairman David Newbigging had al...
A domicile on Lime Street.
As Lloyd's searches for new business in a competitive market, Alastair Rodger outlines the case for allowing captives into the society.
French growth.
French reinsurers increased their net post-tax profits by 38% to Fr 3.3bn in 1997 on gross premium i...
Ship losses falling, says ILU.
Latest statistics from the Institute of London Underwriters (ILU) show that the fall in merchant shi...
Do what you do best.
As Reinsurance went to press, the US House of Representatives had just passed, by the narrowest of m...
Reanalysis - Catastrophes - Insured catastrophe losses halved.
Last year saw insured losses from catastrophes fall by 50%, according to Swiss Re's latest sigma rep...
The London Processing Centre.
The London Processing Centre, which processes premiums and claims for the London market, saw its inc...
Swiss Re expands in Latin America.
Swiss Re is increasing its Latin American premium income by more than a third with the acquisition o...
Networks merger under discussion.
Electronic commerce looks set to take off in the global insurance industry if talks aimed at closer ...
Maximum security cells.
As captive domiciles compete to attract companies, Guernsey's Steve Butterworth describes the benefits of the island's protected cell company legislation.
Cash offer from Exel/Mid Ocean.
Shareholders in Bermudian (re)insurers Exel and Mid Ocean will have the option of receiving cash ins...
Aon increases total revenue.
Broking giant Aon Corporation increased its total revenue by 15% to $1.6bn in the first quarter of 1...
New cargo clause.
London market cargo underwriters have developed a new clause to clarify their position on the new In...
Malloy for Stockton.
Bermudian speciality risks underwriter Stockton Re has appointed Daniel Malloy as president and chie...
New role for Gluckstern.
Steven Gluckstern, head of reinsurance with Zurich Group and pioneer of risk transfer methods, has l...
Peak challenge.
Lloyd's underwriters are providing cover for Rod Baber and his three-man team, who last month began ...
Nine into one does go.
The nine UK financial services regulators are undergoing sweeping changes that could affect reinsurers, cedants and brokers.
Uncertainty remains over Zurich deal.
The Zurich Group and the financial services arm of British American Tobacco (BAT) revealed further d...