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Refocus - Le Mans Re - XL takes stake in French firm.
Bermuda's XL Capital has made a further foray into continental Europe by paying $95.75m for 49% of F...
HartRe grows in Europe.
HartRe is expanding in Europe and moving its marine operations from its Hartford, Connecticut base i...
Controversy surrounds GIO Re collapse.
Recent catastrophes have claimed a reinsurance victim - GIO Re of Australia, which has stopped under...
Swedes go Asian.
Sirius International of Sweden, part of the ABB group, has opened a reinsurance office in Singapore ...
Transatlantic cheer.
There are continuing signs of hardening rates in the US in medical malpractice, professional liabili...
Web trader casts net.
London-based Benfield Greig Interactive, an Internet services company that builds interactive tradin...
Appointment at Bermuda.
Jeremy Cox (above) has been appointed Bermuda's Registrar of Companies following Kymn Astwood's move...
Equitas ups collection from reinsurers.
Equitas, the company set up by Lloyd's to reinsure and run off its pre-1993 liabilities, increased r...
Adjuster of perceptions.
CILA president Paul May is on a mission to improve the standing of loss adjusters. Janina Clark heard his plans.
Syndicate sale.
Greenwich Insurance is to buy Lloyd's syndicates 947 and 994 from Chartwell Managing Agents and merg...
Appointment at Janson Green.
Three former Cigna International employees are joining Lloyd's agency Janson Green, a subsidiary of ...
Live wires.
Treating run-off companies as 'live' improves brokers' profits and ensures companies are not sidelined, argues Leslie-Ann Giovnilli.
Re drop for Axa.
Axa of France saw its reinsurance income in the first half of 1999 fall 19.3% to Fr 6.4bn ($1.03bn) ...
Beefed-up Chiltington.
(Re)insurance consultancy Chiltington International of London has responded to better insurance regu...
Appointment at Sydney Re.
Next month, Andreas Thiele takes over from Greg O'Neill as general manager of Sydney Re. Mr Thiele j...
Exceptional Indemnity.
Rating agency Moody's has assigned an 'Aaa' (exceptional) financial strength rating to Berkshire Hat...
Appointment at Liberty.
A new global property/casualty and financial risk contingency team has joined Lloyd's managing agenc...
Appointment at Ace Europe.
Michael Lange has been appointed chief operating officer of Ace Europe, part of global (re)insurer t...
Unsteady foundations.
Jeremy Golden finds reinsurers still eager to write catastrophe cover in East Asia in the wake of the region's financial crisis, despite soft rates and high risks.
Appointment at Swiss Re UK.
Patrick Murphy-O'Connor is to join Swiss Re UK as client team manager for Lloyd's. He was previously...
XL into MKP of NY.
(Re)insurance group XL Capital has bought a minority stake - the percentage and the cost not reveale...
One giant leap for Reinsurance.
1969 might be better remembered as the year of the first moonwalk, but it also saw the launch of Reinsurance magazine. Janina Clark reread those early issues.
Into the red?
There are many opportunities for foreign reinsurers in Russia, but Adrian Leonard finds dangers also abound.
Appointment at Employers Re.
David Calhoun has taken over as president and chief executive of General Electric's Employers Re. He...