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Appointment at Thomas Miller.
The new hull insurance syndicate formed by mutual insurance management company Thomas Miller and rei...
Brazilian hold-up.
Following the opening of Zurich Re's new office in Sao Paulo, Brazil, the firm now has to wait for n...
Appointment at International Insurance Society.
International Insurance Society, a New York-based non-profit educational organisation of executives,...
Web weather.
In an alliance with WeatherData, broker and risk management provider E.W. Blanch is to launch a web-...
Shift to excess of loss will halve reinsurance.
The global reinsurance market could be halved by the trend for cedants to move away from quota share...
CLASS tested at Lloyd's.
In a further attempt by the International Underwriting Association of London (IUA) and Lloyd's to ha...
New bill for bankruptcy.
Lisa Dorr examines the implications for non-US (re)insurers of proposed amendments to the US Bankruptcy Code.
Disasters waiting to happen.
Insufficient catastrophe reinsurance cover is being bought in many markets, despite overcapacity. Ulrich Schweizer and Maria-Elisabeth Fischer summarise the findings of Swiss Re's latest Catastrophe Market Research Project (CAMARES).
Watch for warnings.
Market trends become magnified in the reinsurance world. This was a truth brought home sharply at l...
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...