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Appointment at Tillinghast-Towers Perrin
Tillinghast-Towers Perrin has made two promotions: Peter Needleman has been appointed global practic...
Aon looks at threat horizon
Broker Aon has produced its "Report Card for the World", listing some of the unconventional threats ...
Brit closes direct aviation book
Brit Insurance has stopped underwriting direct aviation risks, including airlines, general aviation ...
Dutch last resort reinsurer set up
The Dutch Government has helped to create a reinsurer of the last resort to provide terrorism cover ...
Return to black for Annuity & Life
Troubled reinsurer Annuity & Life Re is predicting that it is on track to recover from its financial...
Appointment at PWS Holdings
PWS Holdings has appointed Julian Messent as chief executive. Mr Messent joined PWS in 1995 as direc...
Record results but the warning lights are on
Reinsurers are reporting strong first-half results but companies cannot afford to be complacent
TMA agrees on syndicate buyout
The management team of Trenwick Managing Agents (TMA) has agreed on a management buyout with owners ...
Reweb
First seen on the Reinsurance website www.re-world.com Atlantic hurricane activity in 2003 will be ...
Aviation treaty gets US nod
The US Senate has approved the Montreal Convention, an aviation treaty aimed at bringing airline lia...
Appointment at Aon
Aon has appointed Malcolm Forbes-Wilson as corporate product director for the reinsurance and specia...
Appointment at Glencairn
Steve Hearn has been appointed group chief executive of Glencairn. He joined the group in September ...
P&I club calls for more regulation
The London P&I club has called for more regulation from all sides of the shipping industry to minimi...
RAA releases first half 2003 industry results
The Reinsurance Association of America (RAA) has released a new report announcing that 30 property an...
Swiss Re posts good first half 2003 earnings
Swiss Re has recovered from its poor start to the year, moving on from its first quarter losses to po...
Foreign reinsurers gain larger slice of US market
Foreign reinsurers have tightened their grip on the US reinsurance market, according to a new report ...
Aetna reaches agreement.
US insurer Aetna has reached a $4m (£2.5m) agreement to settle a class-action suit brought by thousa...
Hiscox begins upgrade of operating system.
Hiscox has started upgrading its core IT operating systems, including the incorporation of a product...
AMP reports largest loss in its history.
Australian insurer AMP has reported one of the largest losses in the country's corporate history, wi...
Motor insurance comparison took goes live on insuresupermarket.com.
A motor insurance comparison tool has now gone live on insuresupermarket.com, which compares motor q...
Aeroflot receives finance boost.
Standard Bank London, assisted by its newly opened affiliate company in Russia, ZAO Standard Bank, h...
NU ships out marine account to Towergate.
Towergate Marine Underwriting has won a contract to administer Norwich Union's Marine Trade, Yacht &...
Appointment at GE ERC.
GE's Employers Reinsurance Corporation has appointed Keith Saylor as group products business leader ...
US power failure cost 'minimal'.
The power failure that plunged large parts of North America into darkness on 14 August might not res...