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One of a kind.
Lloyd's may only have one captive so far, but it is adamant that its unique advantages mean that more will soon follow. David Fanning reports.
US p&c surplus slumps.
Falling net income and mounting capital losses caused a dramatic slump in the income of the US prope...
Back for more.
The famed complexity of life in Italy is reflected in its reinsurance market - and foreign companies joining in has made it even more complicated. Adrian Leonard reports.
Overexposed?
Christine Gomes explains why the directors and officers of captive insurers should make sure of the extent of their professional liability cover.
Third for Hannover.
Hannover Re has completed a third securitisation of life and health reinsurance business worth EUR50...
New look for a new century.
Welcome to the new-look Reinsurance. Not for us a one-off issue to mark the new millennium, instead ...
Arig hit by UK office's losses.
Arab Insurance Group (Arig) clocked up a $41.6m reinsurance underwriting loss in the nine months to ...
Benfield Greig buys US broker Bates Turner.
UK reinsurance broker Benfield Greig was expected to buy US reinsurance broker Bates Turner Internat...
PartnerRe pays dividend.
PartnerRe paid a third-quarter dividend of $0.25 per common share on 1 December 1999. It made a $39....
Zurich's Asian base.
Zurich Re has opened an office in Malaysia's offshore financial services centre on Labuan. The branc...
Brit sees lack of retrocession lift prices in difficult market.
A "significant contraction" in the amount of retrocessional cover is pushing prices up, said the chi...
LaSalle Re makes a loss.
LaSalle Re made a $5.7m loss in the year to 30 September 1999 compared with net income of $65.2m in ...
Equitas reinsurance payments double.
Lloyd's run-off company Equitas nearly doubled its payments of reinsurers' claims to £454m ($727m) i...
Ahlmann at Blanch.
Former chief executive of Employers Re Kaj Ahlmann (pictured) has joined broker EW Blanch Holdings a...
Swiss Re buys Underwriters.
Swiss Re is moving more strongly into broker reinsurance in the US by buying property/casualty reins...
Watch the web.
Three month's ago Reinsurance launched its website and we have been delighted with the response it h...
Looking after their own.
Insurers are increasingly turning to group retention vehicles in an attempt to retain their most profitable business. Adrian Leonard reports.
US chief for Tempest.
Tempest Re, the catastrophe reinsurance arm of Bermuda's Ace Group, has appointed Jacques Bonneau to...
Appointment at Druid.
Carlene Jackson has been appointed as business development manager for the finance sector with IT co...
Sun Life Canada in joint venture.
Sun Life of Canada is to forge a 50-50 life insurance joint venture with China Everbright Group. Sun...
Yachtline pulls out.
Insurance intermediary Yachtline has pulled out of its acquisition by marine insurer CNA Maritime. Y...
Trenwick merges with LaSalle Re.
Trenwick Group has merged with LaSalle Re Holdings to create a Bermuda-based global reinsurer and in...
LPC up for sale.
The Loss Prevention Council is to be sold by its present owners, the Association of British Insurers...
Making all the right moves.
While the Financial Services Authority has sensibly held back from stoking the flames of consumer fe...