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Batten down the hatches.
Researchers predict an increase in the number of major hurricanes to hit US coasts in 1999. Prof. William Gray explains the evidence.
Lloyd's looks at regulations.
Lloyd's is to consider whether the regulation of integrated Lloyd's vehicles should be changed to be...
Airline captive leads new consortium.
Guernsey-based Polygon Group is to move into the top 10 of world aviation insurers with the formatio...
Privatisation for PICC Re.
China's national reinsurer, PICC Re, looks set to become a joint-stock company owned by both local a...
Knowledge is power.
In a fast-changing sector, energy insurers are making an effort to get to know their clients, says Adrian Leonard.
When the music stops.
Most of us as children probably played musical chairs, the party game in which a group of players ci...
Medical move for IGI.
Lloyd's underwriting agency IGI is moving into the medical reinsurance market in a tie-up with US me...
Reinsurers learn to test the temperature.
You may not be able to predict the weather, but you might be able to hedge against severe weather events. Robert Muir-Wood explains the weather risk market.
Captives hold their own in tough times.
Despite challenging market conditions the use of captives continues to grow. Tony Dowding reports.
Partners for progress.
James Orr explains how the UK Tsunami initiative is getting (re)insurers and scientists working together.
Rhine Re gets Zurich team.
Basel-based Rhine Re has recruited the former executive management team of Zurich Re London to head ...
US cat losses up.
Catastrophe losses of more than $10bn made 1998 the third worst year for catastrophes in the last de...
Ace takes over Cigna's p&c.
Acquisitive Bermudian insurance group Ace is to pay $3.45bn for US insurer Cigna's property and casu...
Vietnamese reinsurer boosts income.
South Vietnam's state-owned reinsurer, the Vietnam National Reinsurance Corp. (Vinare), has reported...
Lloyd's 1999 capacity falls.
Lloyd's underwriting capacity for 1999 will be £9.87bn ($16.3bn), down from £10.17bn last year, the ...
Top Layer for Renaissance.
Bermudian reinsurer Renaissance Re and giant US insurer State Farm have teamed up to provide up to $...
Riley leaves Swiss Re.
Stephen Riley, chief executive of Swiss Re's non-life operations in the UK, has left the company aft...
China rings in the changes.
The PICC's Chao Yang updates Adrian Leonard on the market's liberalisation and regulation.
Japanese cessions reverse trend.
After two years of decline, outward reinsurance cessions by Japan's insurers increased by 10% to Y25...
Chaucer hit by poor investments.
A plunge in the value of its investments caused Chaucer Holdings, one of the new breed of integrated...
Moving with the times.
Swiss Re America's Heidi Hutter tells Janina Clark how she sees the US market of the future.
HCC launches bids.
US insurer HCC has launched a $154m bid for California-based (re)insurer Centris. HCC has also acqui...
New B.C. Dyer agency.
Ken Barrett, formerly chief underwriter of Zurich Re London, is starting up a new subsidiary of B.C....
Jack Miller dies at 87.
Regular Reinsurance correspondent John (Jack) Miller has died of a heart attack at the age of 87. ...