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Arch Capital enters marine hull market
Bermuda's Arch Capital has entered the marine hull market in partnership with Eagle Ocean Services....
On the up
Average syndicate capacity at Lloyd's has passed the £200m ($323m) mark for the first time, accordi...
Bermuda on the Liffey
Ireland is establishing itself as the favourite European base for Bermuda's (re)insurers. Adrian Leonard tracks the (re)insurance migration from Hamilton to Dublin.
Benfield gets Stockton head
Dan Malloy, chief executive of Bermudian finite reinsurer Stockton Re, is to join broker Benfield o...
Appointment at Catlin Westgen
Sir Graham Hearne, former chairman of Enterprise Oil, has been appointed chairman of Catlin Westgen...
South Korean reinsurance up
South Korea's outward reinsurance premiums are growing far faster than domestic primary business, a...
Appointment at Lloyds
John Coldman and Bronek Masojada have been re-elected deputy chairmen of Lloyd's for a further year...
Reweb - First seen on the Reinsurance website www.insurancewindow.net.
- Endurance Specialty, the Bermudian property and casualty (re)insurer, plans to sell 9.6 million com...
Aon increases pre-tax profit
(Re)insurance broking and services that included underwriting and claims management produced a $763...
US insured catastrophe losses
Last year was the fourth lowest for US insured catastrophe losses in the last decade, according to ...
Axis Specialty to write war risks
Axis Specialty of Bermuda is to start writing war risks. The (re)insurer declined to say how much c...
Sun shines on self-insurance
Tony Dowding finds a thriving captive sector, despite rising reinsurance costs. Below, Hugh Rosenbaum warns captive owners not to participate in the new US federal backstop for terror cover.
Centre denies run-off rumour
Centre, the Bermudian specialty (re)insurer, is to close its offices in Paris, Zurich, Sydney and H...
Buffett targets Lime Street
The world's best-known investor, Warren Buffett (right), has increased his commitment to Lloyd's, but what are his intentions? Robert CB Miller investigates.
Swiss Re attacks WTC's Silverstein
Swiss Re, the lead insurer on the destroyed World Trade Centre (WTC), has branded as a "hoax" the c...
Globaltime's future to be decided after world vote
The future of the proposed Globaltime mutual aviation (re)insurer could be settled at last by the m...
Transatlantic boosts profit
The US-based Transatlantic Holdings increased its net profit in 2002 ninefold to $169.3m from $18.9...
Axa reinsurance revenue falls
The reinsurance revenue of the French group Axa fell 10.1% on the previous year's figure to EUR3.5b...
Rediary
MARCH 2003 3-4 10th Annual Alternative Risk Transfer Conference Zurich, Switzerland IIR +...
Iso cuts terror rate advice
Commercial property owners in US states New York and Washington are expected to see lower quotes fo...
Gerling sale awaits regulator approval
A crucial decision by the German regulator on whether to approve the sale of Gerling's reinsurance ...
Use of mobile phones could lead to brain damage
Use of mobile phones could lead to brain damage equivalent to that normally caused by ageing or neu...
Cells cause concern
(Re)insurers are doing increasing amounts of business with protected cell companies, but legally the companies may not be completely secure, warns Ambereen Salamat.
Converium sees more rate rises after strong renewals
The hard reinsurance market is set to continue as companies carry on correcting for past undercharg...