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New York's Serio claims success.
View the pdf of this story Sitting in the heart of New York City's financial district, the insura...
Global call for entries.
Entries for this year's British Insurance Awards - open to individuals and companies operating in Lon...
General Re abandons plans to sell its Gen Re Securities Holdings.
General Re has abandoned its plan to sell its Gen Re Securities Holdings to a group of investors hea...
Inreon has joined the global insurance standards organisation Acord.
On-line reinsurance trading system Inreon has joined the global insurance standards organisation Aco...
Capacity for change.
Despite five years of losses that could total £6bn Lloyd's has attracted more capacity, even as it plans controversial changes. Robert CB Miller reports.
Ingosstrakh-Rossiya set to revert to old name.
Russian insurer Ingosstrakh-Rossiya is set to revert to its old name of Rossiya, according to genera...
ICAO plans global war cover.
The International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) is expected to consider early this month a prop...
Goshawk Re starts work.
Goshawk Re, the new Bermud-ian reinsurer set up by Lloyd's (re)insurer Goshawk has opened for busine...
Reinsurance hits reality.
It is a strange anomaly that reinsurance touches every aspect of 21st century life yet is largely ig...
Scandinavian Re likely to be sold.
Scandinavian Re could be sold by ultimate parent ABB of Switzerland because of new accounting requir...
Appointment at Swiss Re.
Swiss Re has appointed Peter Emblin head of the global and national unit of its Americas division - ...
Appointment at Lloyd's broker Glenrand.
Lloyd's broker Glenrand has appointed Jeffrey Wright as a director of Glenrand Re. He has 30 years' ...
Appointment at St Paul's Lloyd's operation.
David Reed has succeeded Duncan Wilkinson as chief executive of St Paul's Lloyd's operation. Mr Reed...
New spiral solution is mooted.
A second scheme to solve the problems created by the London market spiral of the 1980s is being plan...
Terrorism reinsurance pool opens in Russia.
Six leading Russian insurers have set up a reinsurance pool because of their difficulties in finding...
Chief executive to leave Inreon.
Chief executive Rob Bredahl is to leave internet trading platform Inreon at the end of this month. H...
Battle for business hots up.
Border clashes and terrorism are as much a concern for Indian reinsurers and regulators as the hardening market, but there are opportunities in both the life and the non-life markets, says Saibal Dasgupta.
Ace Bermuda Insurance and XL Insurance settle property claims.
Ace Bermuda Insurance and XL Insurance have settled property claims arising from the 11 September at...
Compensation payouts accelerating, PPB report shows
The Policyholder's Protection Board's final report and accounts show the now defunct body paid out £...
US regulators issue terrorism warning
US state insurance regulators have warned the US House of Representatives that the failure to set up ...
Best downgrades Terra Nova and Markel International
After a review of US (re)insurance group Markel, rating company AM Best has downgraded the financial ...
Insurers' utopian vision does not exist.
Seldom do I feel the need to write to the press, but Brian Clark's letter (PM, 14 February, p10) can...
Keen to broker change.
In his first two months as the new chief executive of Fortis, Barry Smith has already made pro-active moves to improve broker relations, here, he tells Lynn Rouse why.
Penny Black's insurance week.
Penny was delighted to attend the annual bash of the Consequential Loss Society in London last week ...