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Greenberg promoted.
Jeffrey Greenberg (above) has been elected president and chief executive officer of broker Marsh & M...
IT networks' plans imminent.
The future of the three leading electronic insurance networks is expected to be revealed in the next...
Aon pushes share income higher.
Aon Corporation, the holding company that includes the world's second largest insurance broking oper...
First Lloyd's in Miami.
Bankside Services (Americas), the first underwriting service company to be set up by a Lloyd's agenc...
Dual-trigger policy from Tempest Re.
Bermudian catastrophe reinsurer Tempest Re has sold what it claims is the first reinsurance contract...
Millennium monitoring.
Larissa Knepper outlines the rating agency approach to insurers' Y2K exposures.
Allen joins US Re.
Robert Allen has joined US Re as assistant vice president. He will specialise in products for malpra...
Ace has purchased $1.25bn of reinsurance.
Bermudian insurance group Ace has purchased $1.25bn of reinsurance from Berkshire Hathaway's Nationa...
Making the most of IT.
The reinsurance industry is - at last - on the verge of a new electronic age, but Tony Illinesi asks whether companies will be ready.
A new class of risk.
Digital risk needs to be acknowledged as part of everyday business life to limit potential claims, argue Catrin Turner and Graham Brown.
Jenkins heads up IUA marine team.
Former Institute of London Underwriters chairman Nigel Jenkins is to chair the International Underwr...
Partner Re head Haag urges action on price.
Herbert Haag, president and chief executive of Bermudian reinsurer PartnerRe, has sharply criticised...
Hampden champions private capital after latest buy.
The Hampden Group has become the largest agency in Lloyd's for private capital following its purchas...
Space for Limit.
Lloyd's investment trust Limit has announced an agreement in principle to buy a 48% interest in SATE...
Munich Re top marks.
Standard and Poor's has affirmed its top 'AAA' rating of Munich Re and its subsidiaries. Group membe...
INdeR deal hits more problems.
Creditors of Argentina's state-owned reinsurer, the Instituto Nacional de Reaseguros (INdeR), which ...
All agreed: get IT, get global and get ahead.
Debate at the London Processing Centre's conference focused on how to streamline the London market's procedures and practices. Alex Beatty reports.
Ace backs UK nuclear pool.
Bermudian insurance group Ace is to supply £60m ($100m) of capacity to the British Nuclear Pool thro...
Food for thought.
Lunch Forum guests tackle the liability issues surrounding genetically modified crops. Janina Clark reports.
A green light for change.
Major reforms are expected if the EC's proposals on environmental liability are accepted, says Valerie Fogleman.
New ISO president.
Frank Coyne has joined New York-based information provider Insurance Services Office as president an...
Safeguarding systems.
Data can be your most precious resource, but it needs protection. Alex Beatty reports.
Going against the rating tide.
The marine market has much to do in 1999 if it is to reverse the tide of declining rates. Despite di...
Wanted: IT leaders.
Reinsurers do not have the best record when it comes to embracing the opportunities that technology ...