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Rebriefs - IPC Holdings
The shares of the Bermudian reinsurer IPC Holdings were listed on the Bermuda Stock Exchange on 10 ...
Decision times loom for aviation terror legislation
The US Congress could enact legislation within weeks to give US airlines 270 days of government-bac...
Appointment at The Miller Insurance Group
The Miller Insurance Group has appointed Henry Withinshaw as director to develop the broker's alter...
Appointment at Wellington
David Gittings has left the UK's Financial Services Authority (FSA) after less than six months as d...
Premiums rise but Iumi calls for more
Eric Alexander reports from the International Union of Marine Insurance (Iumi) conference in New York.
FSA on ART
The UK's Financial Services Authority (FSA) has published draft guidelines on what it will take int...
Non-life proves lively
Many outsiders consider the German non-life reinsurance sector to be steady but unexciting. Adrian Leonard finds otherwise.
Word clearly to arbitrate
Peter Chaffetz and Steven Schwartz urge companies to pay close attention to the wording of their arbitration clauses.
Rebriefs - Montpelier Re
New Bermudian reinsurer Montpelier Re plans to sell 9.52 million shares in an initial public offeri...
Rebriefs - Standard & Poor's
Standard & Poor's has issued individual assessments of 47 Lloyd's syndicates, based on publicly ava...
Appointment at PXRe
James Dore has retired as executive vice-president, treasurer and chief financial officer of Bermud...
US issues container warning
Captain Jon Helmick of the US Merchant Marine Academy warned marine insurers that freight container...
Sparring at the spa
The tenor of the upcoming renewals should once again become clearer at the reinsurance meetings late this month in Baden-Baden. Eric Alexander outlines what to expect.
Rebriefs - Ace Tempest Re
Ace Tempest Re, part of Ace of Bermuda, is opening a unit in Dublin, Ireland to write property and ...
Two models for terror risk
(Re)insurers now have a choice of at least two terrorism risk models, with the publication last mon...
Rebriefs - Heath Lambert Hybrid Solutions
Well done to John Ryan, managing director of Heath Lambert Hybrid Solutions, who won the Reinsuranc...
France seeks terror boost
The French terrorism (re)insurance pool for property risks launched this year is looking for an ext...
Why we're lost in space
Space expert Benito Pagnanelli offers his view on the reasons for the woes of the space market.
Rebriefs - Moody's
Moody's has downgraded the insurance financial strength ratings of Munich Re from 'Aaa' (exceptiona...
Appointment at Crawford & Co.
Crawford & Co International has taken on Bernie Bradley as Lloyd's business development executive. M...
Appointment at Financial Information Technology.
Financial Information Technology has made three appointments. Paul Walker joins as senior sales mana...
Lloyd's syndicates at risk of breaking rules.
Lloyd's syndicates writing binder business will be at risk of breaking the rules unless they make ri...
PricewaterhouseCoopers confirms sufficient support from brokers.
Independent Insurance's provisional liquidator PricewaterhouseCoopers has finally confirmed that it ...
Biba looks outside for new members.
The decision by AA Insurance Services this week to become a full member of the British Insurance Bro...