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Volcanic eruptions linked to stormy weather
Scientists may in future be able to predict some volcanic eruptions by monitoring weather forecasts...
Solution broker
Jonathan Palmer Brown, aviation chairman of the London Market Insurance Brokers' Committee, has been instrumental in developing a global scheme to provide third-party liability cover for airlines. He tells Eric Alexander about his efforts.
Reinsurers estimate exposures to August's floods
(Re)insurers' estimates of their exposures to August's floods in central Europe currently total EUR...
Welcome for newcomers
Near universal praise was forthcoming at last month's Monte Carlo Rendez-Vous for the raft of new (...
Rediary
OCTOBER 2002 2-3 Toxic Mould Litigation San Francisco, US American Conference Institute ...
Rebriefs - Meadowbrook International
Captive manager Meadowbrook International of Bermuda has changed its name back to its original name...
Renaissance goes Platinum
Bermudian property catastrophe reinsurer RenaissanceRe is to take a stake in Platinum Underwriters,...
Arthur J Gallagher CFO resigns
Michael Colherty has resigned as executive vice-president and chief financial officer (CFO) of US-b...
Cruise threat
Terrorist threats to cruise ships have emerged as a significant concern to marine insurers. "Cr...
Rebriefs - Reinsurance Association of America
A representative group of 30 US property and casualty reinsurers produced $14.4bn of net written pr...
Rebriefs - IPC Holdings
The shares of the Bermudian reinsurer IPC Holdings were listed on the Bermuda Stock Exchange on 10 ...
Decision times loom for aviation terror legislation
The US Congress could enact legislation within weeks to give US airlines 270 days of government-bac...
Appointment at The Miller Insurance Group
The Miller Insurance Group has appointed Henry Withinshaw as director to develop the broker's alter...
Appointment at Wellington
David Gittings has left the UK's Financial Services Authority (FSA) after less than six months as d...
Premiums rise but Iumi calls for more
Eric Alexander reports from the International Union of Marine Insurance (Iumi) conference in New York.
FSA on ART
The UK's Financial Services Authority (FSA) has published draft guidelines on what it will take int...
Non-life proves lively
Many outsiders consider the German non-life reinsurance sector to be steady but unexciting. Adrian Leonard finds otherwise.
Word clearly to arbitrate
Peter Chaffetz and Steven Schwartz urge companies to pay close attention to the wording of their arbitration clauses.
Rebriefs - Montpelier Re
New Bermudian reinsurer Montpelier Re plans to sell 9.52 million shares in an initial public offeri...
Rebriefs - Standard & Poor's
Standard & Poor's has issued individual assessments of 47 Lloyd's syndicates, based on publicly ava...
Appointment at PXRe
James Dore has retired as executive vice-president, treasurer and chief financial officer of Bermud...
US issues container warning
Captain Jon Helmick of the US Merchant Marine Academy warned marine insurers that freight container...
Sparring at the spa
The tenor of the upcoming renewals should once again become clearer at the reinsurance meetings late this month in Baden-Baden. Eric Alexander outlines what to expect.