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Gerling set to pull out of some non-life reinsurance markets
The reinsurance arm of the German (re)insurer Gerling, which is up for sale, is likely to stop writin...
Montpelier Re sets IPO at $20 per share
New Bermudian reinsurer Montpelier Re has set a $20 per share price for an initial public offering of...
Hull losses will force rates higher, says JHC
Marine hull insurance rates are likely to rise further as a result of $750m of recent hull losses, sa...
Max Re confirms move into traditional reinsurance
Max Re now expects to begin writing traditional reinsurance at the January 2003 renewals, in response...
Capital shortages will sustain price rises, says Swiss Re
Non-life insurance prices will continue rising for longer than in previous insurance industry cycles ...
RGA creates international division
Reinsurance Group of America (RGA), the US life reinsurer, has merged its Asia Pacific and Europe & S...
OECD beefs up reinsurer monitoring
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has set up a formal system to enabl...
Hannover Re wants more capital options
German reinsurer Hannover Re plans to change its rules to allow it for the first time to raise capita...
Accidentcare strikes partnership with Sirius
Accident management company, Accidentcare, has struck a strategic partnership with software provide...
Standard commercial risk presentations planned
The British Insurance Brokers' Association, Polaris, broker software houses and service providers a...
THB Group confirms it is to be admitted to AIM
Lloyd's broker THB Group confirmed it is to be admitted to AIM, the London Stock Exchange's market ...
A watertight plan for flooding
The Association of British Insurers last week detailed insurers' new approach to properties in high-risk flood areas. Jane Milne gives the ABI's view.
Koukia details UK ambitions
Anglo-Australian insurance software provider Koukia has outlined its plan to return to the UK marke...
Senior Churchill Groups staff went 'back to the floor'.
Senior Churchill Group staff, including managing director John O'Roarke and chairman and chief execu...
John Sinnott to retire from broking giant Marsh
John Sinnott, chairman and chief executive officer of broking giant Marsh is to retire in July 2003...
Halifax General Insurance Services strikes deal with DAS.
Free before-the-event legal expenses insurance will be granted to around four million people, after ...
Aviva in deal with French bank group
Aviva has signed a bancassurance deal with French banking group Credit du Nord and French life insu...
Scope of regulation set to be extended
Anthony Gould and Jonathan Swift report on last week's Chartered Insurance Institute annual conference, which was held at the Birmingham ICC.
Appointment at CTC Services
Paul May has been appointed chairman and chief executive of CTC Services. He will continue as execu...
Donna Young wins Rutter Medal
Donna Young, an assistant underwriter with Marlborough Underwriting Agency, won the Rutter Medal fo...
BBB set to benefit from decision
Berkeley Berry Birch Insurance Brokers looks set to benefit from its parent company's decision to g...
Sirius centralises UK insurance arm
Software provider Sirius Financial Solutions has brought all its insurance operations under one roof ...
Speakers' points - in a nutshell
The industry is poorly prepared. Expertise has haemorrhaged from within and we have under-invested ...
Climate change: an insurance perspective
We read everyday about the threat of global warming and climate change but what does it really mean...