News
Jersey jumpers.
The Jersey Financial Services Commission recorded 969 new incorporations in the first quarter of thi...
Time to ruffle feathers.
Ambitious broking group Ward Evans opened its fourth branch office in Bristol last week. Richard ...
e-tempest thinks insurers should embrace IT.
Internet solutions company e-tempest, has launched into the Internet business solutions market and i...
G'day for jobseekers.
Australian financial recruitment consultancy Gemmell, Ovenden & Walsh has formed an alliance with UK...
Making an impression.
Robert Charles outlines some essential dos and don'ts to be remembered if you secure a job interview.
Mortgages covered.
There has been an increase in the number of mortgages with payment protection insurance. In the last...
Time to spruce up image.
Junior insurance staff feel that training is lacking, appreciation sporadic and their salaries avera...
Miles Smith to trade again at Lloyd's.
Broker Miles Smith hopes to be trading again at Lloyd's by the end of the year with backing from a m...
Insurers fail staff.
Junior insurance staff feel training is lacking, appreciation sporadic and salaries average at best....
Gen Re hit by low rates.
US reinsurer General Re has reported a consolidated net underwriting loss of $273m on earned premium...
Opposing sides.
Peter Chaffetz reviews the implications of Nationwide Mutual Insurance v The Home Insurance - a case that challenged arbitrators on the grounds of bias or impartiality.
Unlocking the binds of bonds.
Currency crises around the world have led to a new innovation in political risk insurance. Maria Kielmas investigates cover for capital markets bonds.
Tyszkiewicz runs for charity.
John Tyszkiewicz, of reinsurance broker Guy Carpenter, has raised £20,000 ($30,300) for the UK's Nat...
Reshuffle at Munich.
Munich Re and Allianz are to cut their cross-shareholdings from 25% to around 20% by 2003 and restru...
Losses on Lime St.
Soft rates and high capacity have given the insurance sector little to smile about and Lloyd's is no...
Steffey quits as head of ReAC.
Nick Steffey, chief executive of loss-making Reinsurance Australia Corporation (ReAC), resigned last...
Bermuda hits back at US tax proposal.
Bermuda's government has finally joined in the row between US and Bermudian insurers over proposals ...
Technology takes its time.
An IT revolution is coming ... eventually. Adrian Leonard finds reports of technological transformation in the reinsurance industry greatly exaggerated.
In close touch.
Cameron Andrews finds IT suppliers keeping very close to reinsurers and the reinsurance market so that they can develop the products their clients need.
Hewes quits Lloyd's.
Bob Hewes, Lloyd's finance director, has resigned to pursue other interests. Mr Hewes was appointed ...
Maximum potential.
Does Max Re, Bermuda's new reinsurer, have the right recipe for success? Janina Clark meets a team with a new approach to risk.
New QBE head in US.
QBE has announced a new head of (re)insurance in the Americas. Tim Kenny has been promoted to presid...
Former GIO directors face shareholder lawsuit.
Former directors of GIO Australia Holdings and their adviser, Grant Samuel & Associates, are facing ...
ReDiary.
A fuller diary of events is available on the Reinsurance website at www.re-world.com. Entries for...