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IPT row settled.
L was a travel agent and part of the Thomson Travel Group that included a tour operator. B was a ...
Once more into the breach.
John Butler continues his analysis of the issues raised during the Svenska Kredit arbitration with a look at alleged breaches of contract.
Munich goes Japanese.
German reinsurer Munich Re has formed a Japanese subsidiary to collect and analyse market data and l...
RBC opens in Ireland.
RBC Insurance, the insurance arm of the Royal Bank of Canada, is to open a reinsurance subsidiary in...
Overseas make good recovery.
Bermudian reinsurer Overseas Partners bounced back from a disastrous third quarter investment result...
UK's LTC report gets cool response.
The report of the UK Royal Commission set up last year to study the problem of funding care for an a...
Copenhagen chief.
Former executive director of Liberty Re and general manager of Mercantile & General Re Robert Johnst...
Swiss Re snaps up RSA's US life units.
Swiss Re Life & Health has expanded its 'administrative reinsurance' business with the $380m acquisi...
Swiss Re UK CEO.
Martin Albers is to take over as chief executive of Swiss Re UK this month, following the departure ...
Ball organisers call for sponsors.
A group of London market insurers known as the Square Marketeers are organising a ball at the Hotel ...
What's that in English?
Bermuda's World Insurance Forum in February (see p10) provided a showcase for some of the best talen...
Hannover Re shares increased.
Shares in German reinsurer Hannover Re increased by just 5.7% in 1998, after an astonishing increase...
GE Re names CEO.
James Miller, previously president and chief executive of Kemper Re, has been appointed in the same ...
Weighing up options.
A study by Insurance Services Office shows how insurers can optimise their mix of risk financing.
Exchanges encounter obstacles.
Insurance risk exchanges have much to offer but have so far failed to capture the interest of (re)insurers. Alex Beatty reports.
Chaucer Syndicates.
The four Lloyd's syndicates managed by Chaucer Syndicates produced a profit of £16.1m ($25.8m) on ca...
New name for Gemini Re.
The reinsurer being set up by ex-Centre Solutions president David Brown and Bermuda's former finance...
XL Capital attracted by life market.
Bermudian (re)insurance group XL Capital is considering a move into the life market. "Life is an ...
Staying ahead of the pack.
Michael Falcone explains how reinsurers can turn Lord Woolf's law reforms to their advantage.
Lloyd's learns to think out side the box.
The long-time leading provider of innovative insurance products is having to catch up with the newest thinking. Adrian Leonard looks at the development of ART at Lloyd's.
Lloyd's foils fraud by US crime syndicates.
A plot to use Lloyd's name in an attempt to defraud insureds of millions of dollars in premiums was ...
Cologne Re.
Cologne Re's US life and health subsidiary, Cologne Life Re, suffered a pretax loss of $275m on US w...
Gerling buys Tig's facultative arm.
The US arm of German reinsurer Gerling Global Re has acquired the casualty facultative business of N...
Revenues up at Marsh & McLennan.
Insurance giant Marsh & McLennan Companies last year increased revenues by 20% to $7.2bn. Net inc...