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SCT sells stakes.
Lloyd's corporate investor Syndicate Capital Trust has sold 2.8 million shares in Kiln Capital and 3...
Appointment at St Paul Re.
Lizbeth Zorbas has become principal officer and general manager of the Singapore office of St Paul R...
Appointment at Exel.
Sir Brian Corby, Robert Glauber and Paul Jeanbart, all directors of Mid Ocean, will join the board o...
Appointment at WIN.
David Holbrook of J&H Marsh & McLennan has become the new chairman of the World Insurance Network. H...
Jersey designated.
The UK government is to allow insurers in Jersey to promote and sell their long-term products in the...
IPC Holdings hit by cat losses.
A return to a more normal level of catastrophe losses meant net income for the second quarter of 199...
Irish tax restructure.
Moves to make the corporation tax rate the same for companies in Dublin's International Financial Se...
The world according to Europe.
Marie-Louise Rossi describes the key role played by EU negotiators in the rounds of GATS talks.
Kast launches Bermuda tracker fund.
Kast Investment Management of Bermuda has launched an investment fund to track the growth of the Ber...
Less regulation, more red ink.
Deregulation and liberalisation have made the German insurance market one of the most competitive in Europe - and rates have plummeted, says Adrian Leonard.
Europe inside and out.
Liberalisation, deregulation and monetary union may create valuable cross-border business, but domestic competition is enough to keep (re)insurers busy for now. Janina Clark reports.
Acquisitions give Ace a great hand.
The third quarter results of Bermuda-based insurance giant Ace have been boosted by the inclusion of...
Awards video.
The official video of the 1998 British Insurance Awards is now available. It features the full aw...
WIN at Lloyd's.
The World Insurance Network's WINconnect service has been used to place a risk in the Lloyd's market...
UK P&I cuts calls.
The good financial performance of the UK P&I Club during the year ended 20 February 1998 has allowed...
The rough with the smooth.
Jeremy Golden assesses the impact of the so-called Asian crisis on (re)insurers' ambitions in the region.
(Re)insurers face substantial claims.
(Re)insurers in China face substantial claims for the floods that are now threatening oilfields in t...
Appointment at Hiscox.
Gloria Davis has been appointed senior cargo underwriter on Hiscox syndicate 33. Ms Davis joins from...
Risk of downgrade for Zurich, says Moody's.
Zurich Insurance Company's move into fund management has been criticised by rating agency Moody's in...
Kenyan state reinsurer for sale.
(Re)insurers are being given the opportunity to buy a stake in Kenya's state-owned reinsurer Kenya R...
Captives for KPMG.
Advisory company KPMG has set up a firm to manage 10 captives in the growing captive domicile of the...
Terra gets firm grip on debts.
The Bermudian holding company of the Terra Nova group increased its second quarter operating earning...
Blanch buys retro.
Broker E.W. Blanch has acquired specialist retrocessional reinsurance broker Dunn & Carter. The oper...
Here we go again.
There has been a fairly steady stream of takeovers, buyouts and alliances in the insurance and reins...