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Too many cooks spoil the run-off.
Leslie-Ann Giovnilli asks whether London companies should copy Lloyd's and create a single run-off company.
It is the thought that counts.
Jardine Lloyd Thompson's Steve McGill believes that brains count for more than brawn. Alex Beatty heard his views.
A matter of size.
The scope of a big company or the benefits of a smaller operation? Adrian Leonard hears both sides of the 'size matters' debate.
SOC buys SOLUA.
Lloyd's corporate vehicle Sedgwick Oakwood Capital (SOC) has bought the third largest members' agenc...
Dissecting the millennium bug.
In the first of four articles which will provide a definitive guide to investigating Y2K claims, Alan Fisher and Jill Hampton explain that even insurers using exclusion clauses will have to pay claims unless they can prove that a Y2K peril occurred.
Unicover - Danger: soft market.
Lawyers who have been struggling to find productive uses for their time since Lloyd's reconstruction...
Northern lights lack lustre.
The familiar story of fierce competition accompanied by a wave of mergers and acquisitions rings true in the Nordic markets. Alex Beatty reports.
Asia Survey - Asking the experts.
The first ever survey by Reinsurance of opinion among reinsurance executives in South-east Asia offe...
Generali takes space to London.
Italian insurer Generali has moved its space insurance department from Trieste to London. The cha...
Mapfre Re hit by hurricanes.
Hurricanes Georges and Mitch were the principal causes of a drop in pre-tax profit of well over a qu...
Astwood move prompts change.
News that Bermuda's Regis-trar of Companies, Kymn Astwood (pictured), is to join Goldman Sachs' rein...
XL Capital.
XL Capital has reported first quarter operating income of $138.2m or $1.22 per share, up from $95.8m...
Time to chase the bear.
Adrian Leonard talks to Copenhagen Re's new management about the company's recent difficulties and future goals.
Capital ideas.
Understanding agency theory can help to build more intelligent financial models, argues Andrew Smith.
New COO at Aon.
Michael O'Halleran (pictured) has been made president and chief operating officer of Aon Corporation...
Milestone for Scandinavian Re.
Scandinavian Re celebrated its 10th year in the finite reinsurance market last year with a 14% incre...
Three-way merger.
Current ERC Frankona (UK) chairman Tim Carroll has been appointed chief executive of the proposed me...
Boxing clever is the key to niche business.
The best way for independent reinsurance brokers to compete in today's market is to focus on product development, explains Mark Lucas of Euro Re.
Arig Re's underwriting profits plummet.
Arig Re has reported a 20% fall in its gross premiums for 1998 and a drop of 84% in its underwriting...
Davis to Overseas.
Scott Davis has been appointed president and chief executive of Bermudian reinsurer Overseas Partner...
Liability merger.
Loss adjuster Miller & Pycraft & Arnold is to integrate its liability arms into a single division. C...
Loss adjuster McLarens Toplis is appointed.
Loss adjuster McLarens Toplis has been appointed to handle the investigation of the devasted Admiral...
We have contact.
Broker Direct has established a tele-support unit to supplement visits to shareholding brokers by it...
Modified food for thought.
The inclusion of genetically modified products in food cannot be ignored by the insurance industry argues Maurice Pullen.