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Appointment at Liberty Syndicates
Mark Butterworth has joined Liberty Syndicates as chief operating officer on the board of directors....
Re-ratings - Commercial Risk Reinsurance
AM Best has downgraded the financial strength rating of Commercial Risk Reinsurance and its US subsi...
Appointment at PartnerRe
Vito Baumgartner has joined PartnerRe's board of directors. Mr Baumgartner is a group president and ...
Re-ratings - Skandia Insurance
Standard & Poor's (S&P) has revised its outlook on Skandia Insurance from stable to negative. It sai...
Gen Re gets China invitation
General Re has been given the go-ahead by the China Insurance Regulatory Commission to apply for a n...
Hatch bill is still in limbo
US Senator Orrin Hatch's bill to create a trust fund to pay compensation to people suffering from as...
Personal injury claims costs up
Personal injury claims costs in the UK have increased by 30% between 2001 and 2003, according to a n...
Appointment at ERC Global Life & Health
Al Stanley is the new president and chief executive of ERC Global Life & Health, a subsidiary of ERC...
XL Re Europe opens in Paris
XL Re Europe has opened a new underwriting office in Paris. The office will deal with underwriting n...
All quiet
So far, the renewal season has been very ordinary, but there is still some work to do
Appointment at XL Re Europe
Emmanuel Tribout has been appointed property underwriter for Eastern Europe at XL Re Europe. He will...
EU bans single-hull tankers
The European Union has finalised new legislation to ban the use of single-hull oil tankers in Europe...
Alternatives to D&O required
Risk managers are looking at alternate forms of cover due to the rising costs of directors' and offi...
Trial date set for WTC case
The first of what looks to be several trials concerning the World Trade Centre (WTC) attack has been...
Re-ratings - Munich Re
Fitch Ratings has downgraded Munich Re's insurer financial strength and long-term ratings from 'AA+'...
Appointment at Brit Insurance Holdings
Brit Insurance Holdings has added four new underwriters to its casualty team. Peter Battle, formerly...
Appointment at JLT Risk Solutions
JLT Risk Solutions has announced that Keith Rutter has joined the company. He will be working with c...
A winning combination
Amlin has made diversity and risk management a successful strategy within Lloyd's
Appointment at Field Seymour Parkes
James Pilgrim-Morris has joined law firm Field Seymour Parkes as a partner on the commercial litigat...
PMA Capital sells reinsurance
Philadelphia-based PMA Capital has announced that it is selling the renewal rights to PMA Re's finit...
A passport for Europe
How far off is regulation of the European reinsurance sector?
Diary
JANUARY 2004 14-16 Association pour les Management des Risques et des Assurances de l'Enterprise 20...
Actuaries face pricing challenge
Actuaries are facing difficult challenges in pricing commercial property insurance coverage under th...
Appointment at Helix UK
Richard King and Janet Pearson have joined SBJ Group subsidiary Helix UK as consultants. They were t...