News
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 ...
New force in Asia.
Broker E.W. Blanch and advisory firm Russell Miller have joined forces to form a limited liability c...
Tough conditions forecast for P&I.
Protection and indemnity (P&I) clubs face increasingly challenging conditions as competition from ne...
Transatlantic rating.
Transatlantic Re has received an 'Aa1' (excellent) financial strength rating from rating agency Mood...
Lloyd's to make a loss in 1999, says Moody's.
The Lloyd's market faces a small profit at best in 1998 and a loss of 0.2% of capacity in 1999, acco...
London takes a bow.
It has been a long time since we carried as positive a piece about the London market as our report o...
Non-marine rates in UK continue decline.
Non-marine reinsurance rates in the UK have fallen by an average of 8% in the last year, according t...
Rhine Re joins International Underwriting Association.
Rhine Re, which plans to start underwriting in the London market in the latter part of this year (Re...
Crawford-THG handling more than 20 losses.
Loss adjuster Crawford-THG is handling more than 20 losses with reserves over $500,000 following the...
Is London heading for a boom?
Investors wishing to predict changes in the insurance cycle should pay close attention to the movements in capital markets, argues Robert C.B. Miller.
Zurich gets licence.
The Swiss Bank Commission has granted insurance giant Zurich's request to sell savings and investmen...
Exel shareholders approve company's change of name.
Shareholders of Bermudian insurance group Exel have approved the company's change of name to XL Capi...
Folksamerica takes USF Re.
US reinsurance group Folksamerica has bought California-based USF Re in a deal worth $97.5m. The ...
Tig cuts losses in slow recovery.
Struggling (re)insurer Tig Holdings cut its net losses in the fourth quarter of 1998 to $7.6m from a...
Big cat losses for LaSalle Re.
Bermudian property catastrophe reinsurer LaSalle Re has estimated that it faces claims of $35m as a ...
India lays down the law.
The success of privatisation will depend on regulation, argue Jonathan Bank, Ken Langan and Stewart Keir.
Insurers with nowhere to go.
Most Spanish insurers are too small to compete internationally, and their home market is becoming increasingly tough. Janina Clark reports.
The shape of things to come.
Adrian Leonard reports on a software tool that shows - graphically - the shape of your reinsurance programme.
Penny Black's insurance week.
My thoughts go out to IBM's press man Phil Anderson following a harrowing experience with a small sp...