Munich Re
Collapsed bank to trigger credit insurance losses at Hannover, Axis
Hannover Re and Axis Capital potentially on end of credit insurance losses stemming from collapse of Kazakh bank BTA.
Typhoon Morakot batters Asia
Typhoon Morakot struck the Philippines, Taiwan, Japan and China with government reports of widespread damage.
Munich Re profits up 12%
Munich Re's earnings jump 12%
2008’s top 25 reinsurance groups
Ranked by net written premiums
The Reinsurance Power List 2009
This is the players'club:members only. US President Barack Obama tops this year's Reinsurance Magazine Powerlist
Economic losses from natural catastrophes below average for first half of the year
Insured losses were $11bn, somewhat above the average for the same period in the past ten years. Economic losses were below average at $25bn, research from Munich Re has said.
Big is beautiful
Alex Ferguson speaks to Peter Roder, head of Munich Re North America, about the company's ambitions to prosper in a tough market and the effects of the global recession.
European giants' Q2 results expected to be mixed
Analysts are expecting second quarter results from Munich Re, Swiss Re, and Hannover Re to be a mixed bag.
Modelling needs to be understood better, claim experts
Munich Re sponsored symposium will discuss how insurers can make more fruitful use of climate model information.
Nat Cat deaths at record level in 2003
A Munich Re study finds that five ‘great’ natural catastrophes were major contributors to the record 75,000 deaths caused by natural hazard events in 2003. The US tornadoes, Algerian earthquake, European and American heatwave/forest fires and the Iranian…