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Lloyd's reports annual loss of £3.11bn
Lloyd's has reported a loss of £3.11bn ($4.45bn) for 2001, compared with a loss of £1.2bn in 2000. ...
Terrorism reinsurance still scarce in US
US state insurance regulators have renewed their warning that there is still no readily available rei...
EU directive key to single market.
The European Federation of Insurance Intermediaries, BIPAR, this week welcomed the Council of Minist...
Commentary.
Appeal swung by harassment On 26 February 2002, the Court of Appeal heard four defendant appeals in ...
Insurers dispute cost of Euro integration.
The UK's two largest insurers have disputed figures produced this week by management consultants on ...
Lloyd's has confirmed that it has completed the transfer ...
Lloyd's has confirmed that it has completed the transfer of over $5bn (£3.47bn) to its trust funds i...
Law reform: today's proposals, tomorrow's costs - 16 May - The
The reforms to the civil justice system are posing enormous challenges for insurers and their partne...
IUA rebuffs Lloyd's claim.
The International Underwriting Association has rebuffed Lloyd's claims of a lion's share of London m...
Poole resigns from Ockham.
Lord Poole last week resigned as chief executive of Lloyd's insurer Ockham Holdings, with the compan...
Penny Black's insurance week.
Penny hopes that our beloved Chancellor of the Exchequer listens to to the voice of the London shipp...
Daido Life Insurance has demutualised.
Daido Life Insurance, Japan's ninth largest life insurer by assets, has demutualised. The biggest in...
Changing with the times.
Michelle Childs, one of the speakers at the Chartered Insurance Institute's Society of Fellows' inaugural Breakthrough lecture, revisits her theme and warns more must be done to match financial services policies to changes in society.
Moody's confirms syndicate 2020 rating
Rating agency Moody's has confirmed its 'A1' (good) insurance financial strength rating of Lloyd's sy...
Offshore aims.
Reinsurers in Hong Kong's highly competitive and saturated market should look offshore for growth, says Clarence Wong.
Airline terror cover stays up in the air.
Uncertainty surrounded the future of aviation (re)insurance as Reinsurance went to press, with many ...
Risk financing takes off.
Last September's terrorist attacks have led to aircraft manufacturers and operators paying more attention to risk. Martyn Apsey suggests a financial approach that can boost capital.
Fasten your seat belts.
The terrorist hijackings on 11 September last year were a wake-up call to loss-making (re)insurers. Many people can expect a bumpy ride, says Vic Wyman.
Sirius's future questioned.
The run-off of Bermudian finite reinsurer Scandinavian Re has raised questions over the future of it...
(Re)insurance broker Heath Lambert launches new division.
(Re)insurance broker Heath Lambert has launched Heath Lambert Hybrid Solutions (HHHS), an alternativ...
Market opens to the world.
China's accession to the World Trade Organisation last September, combined with further liberalisation and economic growth, will lead to a healthy reinsurance market in China, claims Jin Jie-Wei, head of reinsurance in the Shanghai office of the state…
Post Magazine management briefings and technical masterclasses.
Facing up to the compensation culture 9 April, London An examination of the powerful forces shapin...
FSA decision on travel agents by November.
John Tiner, managing director of consumer finance and insurance at the Financial Services Authority, ...
RSA: Boyle steps up as Spencer exits.
Royal & Sun Alliance has rebuffed analyst speculation that the failure to sell its UK life arm was a ...
Wilson appointed as FSA high-street head.
The Financial Services Authority has appointed Sarah Wilson to head up its new high-street firms divi...