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Mitsui at Lloyd's.
Mitsui Marine International has established a syndicate at Lloyd's to write property, casualty, prof...
Together for life.
Joint ventures in life insurance are the most attractive proposition for foreign insurers interested in the Thai market. Jeremy Golden reports.
Odyssey Re swallows CTR in reorganisation.
Compagnie Transcontinentale de Reassurance (CTR), the Paris-based subsidiary of US group Odyssey Re,...
Victoria Re in profit.
Victoria Re has announced a 17% rise in its post-tax profit in 1999 to DM 9m ($4.4m) on premiums tha...
Marine underwriters losing "mega money".
Hull underwriters are heading for financial ruin and Lloyd's marine syndicates are losing "mega mone...
Reinsurers fight US and UK tax proposals.
Bermuda-based (re)insurers Ace, XL Capital and Everest Re have hit out at a bill introduced into the...
ERC Frankona goes wireless.
ERC Frankona's customers can now communicate with the reinsurer via mobile phones or hand-held compu...
New Underwriters.
Underwriters Re Agencies, the Lloyd's-based subsidiary of Alleghany Corp., has changed its name to A...
Wellington/Limit to merge.
As Reinsurance went to press, Lloyd's insurers Limit and Wellington confirmed that details of their ...
Time to clean up.
England's new rules on liability for contaminated land came into force last month and could lead to claims on old public liability policies. Valerie Fogleman reports.
Sax Riley retires.
Former chairman of Sedgwick Sax Riley retired from the board of Marsh & McLennan last month. Mr Rile...
Lat Am cover.
A Bermuda-based political risk insurer for Latin America and the Caribbean has been set up by AIG Gl...
Bigger and better.
Increased underwriting capacity and a complete reorganisation of the company have meant a busy first year for Swiss Re UK's chief executive Martin Albers. Janina Clark reports.
Europe takes lead in life.
The European Union (EU) has overtaken Japan to become the world's largest market for life insurance.
Cyber-liabilities.
In the second of four articles investigating the insurance needs of e-commerce, Jill Hampton and Charlotte Waters identify the risks that need to be covered.
Terra Nova Bermuda is closed by Markel.
US insurer Markel is closing the Bermuda operations of Terra Nova, the reinsurer it acquired a month...
Battling for Pole positions.
As higher retentions and less quota share business shrink the Polish reinsurance market, Adrian Leonard reports on tough times for the country's reinsurers.
ReIntra takes cases in UK.
A UK version of the ReIntra rehabilitation service was launched by Bavarian Re last month, following...
New PartnerRe CFO.
Albert Benchimol has joined Bermuda-based PartnerRe as executive vice-president and chief financial ...
Worrying Q1 follows bad 1999.
The number of total losses of jet aircraft in 1999 varied only slightly from those in 1998, but the ...
RSA up 85% in UK
Royal & Sun Alliance has recorded a 44% hike in worldwide premium income - excluding investment produ...
Standard Life set for 27 June D-Day
Mutual insurer Standard Life confirmed today that it will hold a special general meeting on 27 June t...
Cadwalader to expand London reinsurance practice
Seven partners from Rosenman & Colin LLP are to join New York law-firm Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft'...
Transatlanic reports drop in income
Transatlantic Holdings has reported a $17.8m drop in net income before tax to $71.6m for the first qu...