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Benfield Greig heads north.
Benfield Greig has announced the launch of Benfield Greig Canada, having, until recently, seen littl...
Winds of change blow gently.
Rates, rates and rates were the key topics of last month's reinsurance Rendez-Vous, but an upturn in the market is far from certain. Janina Clark reports from Monte Carlo.
Miller in Madrid.
The Miller Insurance Group has created a joint venture with Madrid-based reinsurance broker J.P. Bru...
A health-giving tonic for Asia.
Jeremy Golden asks whether health insurance will give Asia-Pacific's insurance markets the boost they need.
Appointment at Capital Re.
Bruce Reich (above) has joined US reinsurer Capital Re as executive vice-president and chief underwr...
Appointment at Gerling Global Re.
Gerling Global Re of America has made three appointments to its property underwriting team. Robert G...
Tales of the unexpected.
Last year Stephen Coward of Copenhagen Re described the challenges of starting a construction and engineering portfolio from scratch. A year on, he can look back on some major surprises.
Diving in at the deep end.
Taking over a top reinsurer with no experience of the market might frighten some people, but not Dave Calhoun. Janina Clark meets the new head of Employers Re.
Appointment at Willis.
Property/casualty specialist Frank Rieder has left his position as vice-president of reinsurance bro...
Arig losses.
Arig Re, the reinsurance subsidiary of the Arab Insurance Group of Bahrain, has reported a net loss ...
Appointment at CNA Re.
Tim Madden (below), executive vice-president and chief executive officer of CNA Re's treaty operatio...
Jardine China under threat.
Jardine Insurance Brokers (JIB) has said that it is to enter into talks with senior staff from the C...
Benfield Greig withholds IT system.
Reinsurance broker Benfield Greig is holding back the release of a new IT-based settlement system be...
No Net benefit.
Benfield Greig's radical, new Internet-based system could transform reinsurance relationships, but the market is not ready for it. Adrian Leonard reports.
Appointment at CCR.
Caisse Centrale de Reassurance (CCR) has appointed Robert Zanin as senior facultative underwriter in...
Chartered Insurance Institute Conference 1974.
Ahead of next month's Chartered Insurance Institute conference we look back at the issues of the day...
Uniysys gets a Life.
Scottish Life has chosen Uniysys storage and software systems as part of its strategy to redevelop i...
Appointment at Navigators & General.
Rod Daniel has been made director of yacht and motor boat insurer Navigators & General. His appointm...
Finns' hit list.
Finnish mutual insurer Suomi has drawn up a shortlist of potential merger partners, with Pohjola, Sa...
e-stakeholder online.
Pensions software specialist Chambers Townsend Consultancy has launched an Internet system for manag...
In need of a transfusion.
Grant Ellis believes fresh young blood needs to be attracted to the insurance industry if it is to move forward successfully.
Sun goes down on 500 workers.
Sun Life of Canada is to make 500 of its 1600 UK staff redundant following a strategic review of the...
BRIT's buy-up plan.
BRIT Insurance Holdings intends to acquire the 70.01% of catastrophe specialist BRIT Insurance (form...
Breakfast briefing.
Environmental Insurance specialist Certa UK is to hold a breakfast briefing aimed at insurance broke...