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Get ready for more change.
View the pdf of this story The reinsurance industry has encountered the worst loss in its history...
Knock-on effect.
Credit and political risk (re)insurers did not suffer direct losses from 11 September, but the terrorist attacks have had a major effect on their market. Mark Godwin reports.
Crunch time
2001 presented the reinsurance industry with its greatest ever challenge. In an analysis of Reinsurance magazine's exclusive rankings, Janina Clark assesses the results of a momentous year.
Troubled times.
Argentina's economic crisis has caused major problems for its (re)insurers and has led to an attempt to set up a domestic reinsurer. Mauricio Kitaigorodzki reports.
2001's Top 100 Reinsurance Companies.
Download 2001's top 100 reinsurance companies Copyright statement As a ...
Build-up in Bermuda.
Reinsurance's top reinsurer rankings give the definitive picture of reinsurers' 2001 results, but there was also a significant number of start-ups late last year. Patricia Vowinkel assesses their impact.
Decisions, decisions.
Around the world, court rulings on compensation for asbestos-related injuries are having major implications for reinsurers. Adrian Leonard assesses the most recent decisions.
Endurance earns $31.3m in Q2
New Bermudian reinsurer Endurance Specialty has reported net income for the second quarter of the ye...
Greenberg joins Ace board
The Bermudian (re)insurer Ace has appointed Evan Greenberg, the chief executive of Ace Tempest Re and...
What the papers said this week.
The Times French vineyard owners are suing the country's Transport Ministry over a drink driving ...
Appointment at Gerling Global.
Ulrich Bley is to succeed Stephan Knipper as managing director of Gerling Global General and Reinsur...
Finding the key to customer retention.
A healthy client base provides the foundation of any successful business, but you cannot hang onto customers by force. Customer retention and its monitoring has become increasingly sophisticated, as Hugo Cranmore discovers.
Compliance training must be made a priority.
Intermediaries are starting to get a bit jumpy over the role of training in the Financial Services A...
Classic fundraisers.
Former Formula One World Champion Damon Hill, a patron of the Downs Syndrome Association, helped to ...
US writer files his last piece of copy.
Post Magazine's long-serving US correspondent, Dennis Madison, has died aged 82 from cancer. Always ...
Acord and the IUA launch partnership.
Insurance data standards body Acord and the International Underwriting Association this week launche...
Bright young thing.
This year's recipient of the British Insurance Awards Young Achiever of the Year award - Clair Hayward - stood out from the crowd, according to the judging panel. Richard Adams finds out what she puts her success down to.
View from the Top - Patrick O'Sullivan
Patrick O'Sullivan, chief executive, Zurich Financial Services. Availability of employers' liabilit...
Playground injury is not a case of negligence.
Morrison v Lancashire County Council; (St Helen's County Court - 11 July 2002).
Indie rump up for sale.
Aurora Corporate Services, set up to run-off the Independent Insurance estate, is to be sold. Pro...
Workplace compensation - the case for radical reform.
The insurance industry is at the centre of the latest crisis facing the UK's economy as businesses struggle to find affordable, yet compulsory, employers' liability cover. John Parker urges the government not to shy away from reform and highlights…
Appointment at HSB Haughton Engineering.
Tim James has been promoted to the role of regional manager of specialist insurer HSB Haughton Engin...
Amlin makes offer for Syndicate 2001.
Lloyd's insurer Amlin has made an offer to acquire all the remaining capacity of Syndicate 2001 it d...
Appointment at DisasterCare.
Louisa Sharpe has been made managing director of DisasterCare, the Lincoln-based post-catastrophe bu...