News
Lirma Y2K index.
A prototype version of the London International Insurance and Reinsurance Market Association's index...
Chartwell specialises.
US reinsurer Chartwell Re increased second quarter operating income to $7.4m in 1998, up from $6.7m ...
Brown in Australia.
Lloyd's syndicate R.E. Brown has received approval from Lloyd's to open an office in Melbourne, Aust...
Shipping losses improve again.
Merchant shipping losses continued to fall in the second quarter of this year, according to the late...
Appointment at Aon.
Denise Boutross McGlone has been appointed principal of Aon Financial Products, a unit of Aon Capita...
US takes Venton from Bermuda.
US reinsurer Underwriters Re has bought Lloyd's managing agency Venton Underwriting Agencies and its...
Appointment at Lloyd's.
Judith Hanratty, company secretary of energy giant BP, has joined the Council of Lloyd's as a nomina...
All open and above-board.
Robert Hiscox responds to Robert Miller's criticisms last month of the actions of Lloyd's agents in advising Names to sell their capacity.
Broker market firms under threat in US.
US broker market reinsurers have become the latest acquisition targets, with Constitution Re and Kem...
Linking layers of protection.
John Butler reviews the development of the 'risks covering' aggregate extension clause.
IUA merger stalls on future of Leadenhall HQ.
The proposed merger of the London company market's two trade bodies continues to be delayed by wrang...
Record set for liability cover.
UK buildings material giant Hanson has bought the largest ever tranche of environmental liability co...
Lloyd's in cyberspace.
Lloyd's may have a reputation for innovative underwriting, but it is less well-known for its ground-...
Appointment at TIG Holdings.
Louis Paglia, senior vice-president and treasurer of TIG Holdings, has assumed the duties of chief f...
Seeking a new start in life.
Emerging markets may be risky, but they can offer reinsurers long-term growth, says Adrian Leonard.
Start how you mean to go on.
Stephen Coward describes the challenges of creating a new global account in engineering and construction for Copenhagen Re Group.
Appointment at LCCA.
Robert Hiscox, chairman of Hiscox plc, has been appointed chairman of the Lloyd's Corporate Capital ...
S&P rates Liberty Re.
Liberty Re has been assigned an A- (strong) rating by Standard & Poor's, as a result of its good cap...
Vive la difference!
Global market? What global market? Regional differences appear to be alive, well and refusing to dis...
XL Mid Ocean swaps cat.
XL Mid Ocean Re, the reinsurance operation of merged Bermudian insurers Exel and Mid Ocean, has carr...
Acquisitive is positive.
Janina Clark talks to Michael O'Halleran about the rise and rise of Aon Group.
Axa's 'captive' retains risk.
For the first time in the four years of the company's existence, Axa Cessions has retained some of t...
France's non-life nightmare.
As the French property and casualty industry continues its major restructuring, Moody's Martin Mills sees problems ahead for the industry.
Transatlantic gains.
New York-based Transatlantic Holdings, parent of Transatlantic Re and Putnam Re, increased net incom...