News
Nac Re upgrade.
Following XL Capital's acquisition of Nac Re in June 1999, rating agency Standard & Poor's has raise...
Guyot resigns.
Philippe Guyot has resigned his position as president and director of Sirius Belgium Reassurances (f...
High-speed change.
Jeremy Golden reports on fast-changing fortunes in Japan, the world's largest life market.
Downward spiral.
Adrian Leonard investigates the effect of the unravelling of the reinsurance spiral behind the Unicover workers' compensation pool.
CCR asks government for cash boost.
The French state-owned reinsurance pool Caisse Centrale de Reassurance (CCR) has appealed to the gov...
Risk Capital Re sold to Folksamerica.
Folksamerica Re is to pay $20.3m for the reinsurance operations of Risk Capital Holdings. The ann...
Six brokers join RAA.
Following the Reinsurance Association of America's decision to admit reinsurance brokers, Aon Re Wor...
Don't bank on it.
Adrian Leonard reviews the effect of the much heralded overhaul of US financial services, and finds little likely to change.
GIC to expand abroad.
India's government-owned reinsurer, the General Insurance Corporation (GIC), intends to increase the...
Are you a winner?
An entry form for the British Insurance Awards is included in this issue of Reinsurance. To have you...
Reinsurer on a roll.
Hannover Re has now completed three securitisations of life and health reinsurance. Steffen Buetow and Regine Kielich explain the company's pioneering refinancing deals.
Dealing with the future.
Robert Miller argues that trading insurance and reinsurance as commodities would reduce the ill effects of the insurance cycle.
Markets to meet online at I-Wex.
Last month saw the launch of I-WeX.com, a new Internet-based weather derivatives exchange. Inform...
Aircraft losses down in 1999.
It was a good year for aircraft safety in 1999 with fatalities falling by more than half to 512 from...
Annuity appeal.
Michael Pado explains why growth in the US annuity market is good news for reinsurers.
Reinsurance index 1999.
A complete listing of all the news, features and reports in last year's issues of Reinsurance.
Friend or foe?
David Fanning investigates whether the involvement of investment banks in reinsurance is good or bad news for reinsurers.
Le Mans to Miami.
Le Mans Re is to relocate its life business for Latin America and the Caribbean from Le Mans to Miam...
Through the trade wall.
Despite China's agreement to open its insurance market when it joins the World Trade Organisation, Jeremy Golden finds it will take some time to break down old barriers.
Max Re gets backing from market.
Aon and Western General have invested in the Bermuda market's latest reinsurer, Max Re. The US br...
Merger signals end for Blake.
Victor Blake looks set to leave his position as non-executive chairman of Bermudian company LaSalle ...
French insurers may fold.
Insured losses in France from the European storms Lothar and Martin at the end of 1999 will exceed t...
Arig in Malaysia.
Arig Re has been granted a licence to underwrite reinsurance business in Kuala Lumpur by Bank Negara...
New century, new doctrine?
The place of the 100-year-old functus officio doctrine in modern litigation is being questioned. Peter Chaffetz and Laura Zimmitti report.