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American Re fights block.
American Re has filed a suit against the Pennsylvania insurance department over its blocking of the ...
Superior Employers.
AM Best has assigned a financial strength rating of 'A ' (superior) to the Employers Re Group, inclu...
Fasten your seatbelts.
As the numbers of passengers, flights and accidents increase, Eric Alexander considers the higher risks that share the ride with more premiums.
In the eye of the storm.
After a volatile year in 1998 the millennium ended in comparative calm for space insurers, but Cameron Andrews finds forecasts for a solar maximum could mean another stormy season ahead.
Euro storms hit results.
Insured losses from windstorms Lothar and Martin, which tore through continental Europe last Decembe...
People who need people.
A guest at Reinsurance's recent Lunch Forum on rehabilitation (see p26) made a point pertinent to th...
ERC goes online.
ERC Frankona, the European operation of Employers Re, is offering reinsurance online through its new...
Who, what, when?
Dates, disclosure and the status of brokers were all under the spotlight in Callaghan v Thomson. John Butler examines a complex case.
Markel closes Terra Nova purchase.
Markel has announced that it expects to complete its acquisition of Bermuda-based reinsurer Terra No...
Gen Re looks at financial products unit.
General Re is "exploring strategic alternatives for General Re Financial Products", the US reinsurer...
Marathon man.
John Tyszkiewicz (pictured), a broker with Guy Carpenter, aims to raise £15,000 for the UK's Nationa...
New Ren Re director.
Bermudian property catastrophe reinsurer Renaissance Re has appointed James MacGinnitie to its board...
Merger threat for marine mutuals.
Consolidation and reform among marine mutual insurers is "inevitable", according to Standard & Poor'...
Marsh clears costs of Sedgwick deal.
The acquisition of Sedgwick cost Marsh & McLennan $337m in 1999, according to the US broker's accoun...
Tesco to roll out cut-price policies
Supermarket and petrol retailer Tesco is to begin offering car insurance from 8 March after a success...
Scottish Widows/Lloyds TSB on track
Scottish Widow's business will be officially transferred to Lloyds TSB on Friday, following the deal...
L&G profits surge
Legal & General, which late last year failed to complete an agreed £10.7 bn takeover by bank Nat West...
Peter Blem & Cavell launch Markitas
Peter Blem Adjusters and Cavell Management Services are setting up a joint venture company offering r...
Standard Life board decision
Mutual life insurer Standard Life has as expected rejected a move to have it demutualised and floated...
Miller Pycraft launches new division
Loss adjuster Miller Pycraft has launched a new division to handle large, complex property/ business ...
Corporate killing warning
A leading underwriter has warned that insurers will not pay fines for so-called corporate killing con...
Equitable denies Pru approach
Equitable Life has insisted that it has not been approached by the Prudential over a rumoured £4bn ta...
Britain's managers feel the pressure
A new report by the Institute of Management and PPP Healthcare claims that Britain's managers are fai...
HHH reach claims agreement
A shown down between broker Hill House Hammond and the claims outsourcing company Motor and Legal Gro...