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Partner Re Wholesale planning to double MGA partners in 2015
Partner Re Wholesale has outlined its plan to double the number of managing general agents it partners with to 20 this year.
Career development: Catlin CEO leads 2015 candidates for insurance hall of fame
Stephen Catlin is among the nominees to be introduced to the International Insurance Society’s insurance hall of fame for 2015.
Guy Carpenter appointment signals focus on European casualty market
Guy Carpenter & Company has appointed Georg Fuelles as head of European casualty strategy.
Chartis' Sadler elected president of Aerospace insurers
Janet Sadler of insurer Chartis Europe has been elected president of the International Union of Aerospace Insurers.
Partner Re to take $88m charge from Tohoku quake
PartnerRe is set to record a charge of approximately $88m (€67.2m) to reserve the full limit of its Tohoku Earthquake exposure related to its largest Japanese cedant.
Guest blog: Market cycles, cost of reinsurance and the Middle East
In the course of the year, concerns over the rising cost of regulation with impending Solvency II have been heard, even by Ferma’s Peter Von Dekker, as a cost that is ultimately likely to be absorbed by consumers.
Reinsurers squeezed by capital excess
Delegates at a seminar organised by Guy Carpenter at Baden-Baden were told reinsurance pricing would remain low as more capital was available than customers.
Reinsurance sector braced for huge losses in Japan
The global reinsurance industry is positioned to absorb the impact of the Japanese earthquake — even if the insured losses reach $35bn (£21.7bn).
News analysis: H1 reinsurer results slump
Bermudan reinsurers recorded huge drops in profits following heavy claims from the catastrophes experienced in the first half of the year, though elsewhere some reinsurers fared better, writes Katherine Blackler.
Rendevous - Talking heads 2010
Reinsurance talks to some of the industry heads ahead of the Monte-Carlo Rendevous.
PartnerRe income plummets
PartnerRe reported net income of $190.9m, or $2.31 per share on a fully diluted basis for the second quarter of 2010. Net income for the second quarter of 2009 was $474.3m.
Bermuda: Island of the giants
In the wake of the deal between Max Capital and Harbor Point, Seb Kafetz looks at whether bigger is really better in Bermuda.
News analysis: Will the Deepwater Horizon oil rig losses dent reinsurer capital?
With Swiss Re estimating insured losses of up to $3.5bn, the Deepwater Horizon oil rig disaster could become the largest loss the energy market has witnessed since the Piper Alpha explosion in 1988. Katherine Blackler investigates.
Results: Rollercoaster results characterise Q1 2010
As first-quarter results emerged around the globe in May, we have seen some clear winners and losers with many suffering from heavy catastrophe losses, writes Katherine Blackler.
Energy - Deepwater Horizon impact: In deep water?
Stephanie Denton reports on the fallout for the energy market from the recent Deepwater Horizon drilling platform explosion.
PartnerRe promotes Miranthis to president and COO
PartnerRe has announced it is to promote Costas Miranthis to the position of president and COO, following the retirement of CEO Patrick Thiele. The move is subject to approval by Bermuda immigration.
PartnerRe appoints new chairman
PartnerRe announced that following his re-election as a director, Jean-Paul Montupet has been named as chairman of its board. Mr Montupet replaces John Rollwagen, who was also re-elected as a director and will remain a member of the board.
PartnerRe Q1 results dip
PartnerRe has reported net income of $79.7m for the first quarter of 2010 in comparison to $141.4m in Q1 2009.
PartnerRe president and CEO to retire
Patrick Thiele has decided to retire in December and will also step down from the board of directors.
Deepwater Horizon rig to cost PartnerRe $60-70m
PartnerRe has provided its initial estimate of expected claims relating to the recent explosion of the Deepwater Horizon Drilling Platform in the Gulf of Mexico.
PartnerRe Chile quake claims could reach $320m
PartnerRe has said it expects initial claims worth $220m-$320m, on a pretax basis, related to the recent devastating earthquake in Chile.
Deutsche Bank to take on £3bn BMW longevity risks
Deutsche Bank is to take over the longevity risks of nearly £3bn of pension liabilities from BMW’s UK scheme in what will be the largest deal ever done in corporate longevity insurance in the UK.
Deutsche Bank to take on £3bn BMW longevity risks
Deutsche Bank is to take over the longevity risks of nearly £3bn of pension liabilities from BMW’s UK scheme in what will be the largest deal ever done in corporate longevity insurance in the UK.
Partner Re Global chairman retires
Bruno Meyenhofer, the chairman of PartnerRe Global, has advised the company of his decision to retire at the end of March.