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Critical illness claims up nearly 25%
Critical illness claims increased by 23% last year compared with 1999 according to a report published...
Bernstein talks on risk
Peter Bernstein, author of Against the Gods: The remarkable story of risk, speaking at this year's As...
Fraud risks and control delusion
Steven White of the Control Risks Group, speaking at this year's Association of Insurance and Risk Ma...
NU closes travel arm
Norwich Union has decided to to quit selling travel insurance through schemes business to the travel ...
Ex-Lloyd's IT head joins Miller Fisher
Miller Fisher has bolstered its team with the appointment of ex-Lloyd's head of IT Tim Gregory as gro...
Insurers invest £1m to combat rising claims
Thatcham, the motor insurance repair research centre, has been given £1m of extra funding by insurers...
Australian insurers have image problem, claims QBE chief
QBE managing director Frank O'Halloran claims Australian insurers are finding it harder to do busines...
Indie relegated from FTSE 250
Independent Insurance has dropped out of the FTSE 250 following another drop in its shares. The com...
Runaway market.
Unless there is fundamental change in the market, aviation reinsurance will become more and more expensive. John Hamblin and Richard Williams chart the effects of higher exposures and greater consolidation.
American Re goes back into the black.
Rate increases and fewer catastrophe losses helped American Re return to profit in the first quarter...
Results in brief - CNA Re
A more cautious approach to business by CNA Re led to a fall in the company's net written premiums to...
Time to change.
The latest Reinsurance Lunch Forum showed that, on many issues, the LMP2001 programme to modernise the London market has yet to satisfy everyone. Janina Clark listened in.
Scor finalises Sorema deal.
Scor, France's largest reinsurer, has confirmed its takeover of the Sorema reinsurance arm of French ...
Trenwick reports rate rises in all sectors.
Bermuda-based Trenwick Group made a net profit of $18.9m in the first quarter of 2001 and says reins...
Keeping the ball rolling.
To misquote Dr Johnson, "When you're tired of London market reforms you're tired of life." The LMP200...
News in brief - Employers Re
Employers Re is moving its facultative workers' compensation business to its P&C Re Americas unit, to...
XL profit down on reinsurance.
Bermudian (re)insurer XL Capital increased its net written reinsurance premiums by 4.3% year-on-year...
News in brief - Swiss Re
Swiss Re is funding and taking part in an 18-month study by Harvard Law School's international financ...
News in brief - Hannover Re
Hannover Re of Germany has set up Hannover Re (Bermuda) to write catastrophe business worldwide. The ...
US Re goes international.
US Re has set up an international division in response to growth in its business in continental Euro...
Back to the future.
There have been some significant shifts in views about the future of reinsurance since Reinsurance last canvassed opinions two years ago. Janina Clark reveals the latest predictions.
Obligations are implied.
Are parties to a reinsurance contract subject to implied terms and, if so, what form do they take? In a continuation of last month's article, John Butler considers post-contractual duty.
The law of losses.
It is a challenging, although exhilarating, time for those involved in space (re)insurance. Risks are high and the extent of a loss is not always clear, says Nicholas Hughes.
Growing market.
Premium levels may still be low but recent growth in the Vietnamese market - particularly on the life side - has been spectacular. Jeremy Golden reports.