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"Something for nothing" can't go on
Buyers of marine insurance must realise that they cannot have something for nothing all the time, war...
Power firms win pensions case
The House of Lords has overturned a Court of Appeal ruling that would have cost power firms £1.5bn in...
Pru says US deal on track despite AIG offer
UK insurer Prudential insists that its takeover of American General is still on track, despite a riva...
Pru says US deal on track despite AIG offer
Uk insurer Prudential insists that its takeover of American General is still on track, despite a riva...
Egypt moves towards privatising Egypt Re
Egypt is expected to receive by the middle of April recommendations from two investment banks on the ...
Max Re makes profit in first full year
Bermudian reinsurer Max Re Capital produced an $8.7m profit in its first full year of operation to th...
Max Re makes profit in first full year
Bermudian reinsurer Max Re Capital produced an $8.7m profit in its first full year of operation to th...
Egypt moves towards privatising Egypt Re
Egypt is expected to receive by the middle of April recommendations from two investment banks on the ...
US to relax rules covering European reinsurers
European reinsurers could soon find it easier to operate in the US following a recommendation that le...
US to relax rules covering European reinsurers
European reinsurers could soon find it easier to operate in the US following a recommendation that le...
Hackers pose serious threat to business
One in three of the UK's businesses and public sector organisations have been the victims of computer...
Online claims move by Axa Corporate
Axa Corporate Solutions has launched a new extranet service for its clients and brokers which provide...
Industry under fire over genetic tests
Health insurer Bupa has welcomed a call by the House of Commons Select Committee on genetics and insu...
Zurich cuts 100 from commercial operation
Zurich Commercial is to cut 100 UK jobs across its Cheltenham and Fareham, Hampshire offices under pl...
Appointment at Element Re.
Element Re, the XL Capital subsidiary formed last September to provide weather risk management produ...
View from the inside.
Jin Jie-wei has worked in the Shanghai branch of the People's Insurance Company of China since 1982 ...
Prime numbers add up.
Robert Muir-Wood describes the thinking behind Munich Re's record securitisation of 'super-catastrophe' risks.
News in brief.
Zurich Financial Services has restructured its North American property and casualty business, as par...
Munich Re pushes for farm cover.
As the foot and mouth disease crisis continues to grow in the UK, Munich Re has revealed that it has...
Appointment at PricewaterhouseCoopers.
Ed Muhl, the former New York superintendent of insurance, has joined PricewaterhouseCoopers' insuran...
News in brief.
Axa Corporate Solutions, the reinsurance and large insurance risks division of France's Axa Group, m...
John Charman quits Ace International.
John Charman has quit his position as president and chief executive of Ace International because of ...
Storm forecasts look favourable.
David Simmons says that the storm prediction consortium TropicalStormRisk can generate real business benefits for (re)insurers.
News in brief.
Hannover Re has expanded its US program business with the acquisition of business and an underwritin...