Regulation
New Eureko to hit acquisition trail
Achmea of the Netherlands and Banco Comercial Portugues are to merge their insurance businesses with ...
ERC's one-stop shop.
US-based Employers Re (ERC) is to rationalise its Canadian property and casualty operations to make ...
Three's a crowd.
John Butler reviews the implications for reinsurers of the UK's latest legislation on the rights of third parties.
Worst year for Munich Re.
1999 was the worst year for natural catastrophe losses in Munich Re's 120-year history, the group ha...
Getting together.
Consolidating arbitrations may be the most efficient way to solve a multi-party dispute, but can arbitrations legally be consolidated? Peter Chaffetz (pictured) and Steven Schwartz investigate.
French reinsurers' profits plummet.
French reinsurers saw their net result fall by almost two thirds to Fr 970m ($141m) in 1999 from Fr ...
Tightrope walker.
As chief executive of Lloyd's, Nick Prettejohn has to tread a fine line to keep all sectors of the market happy. He tells Janina Clark about his balancing act.
S&P to start rating Lloyd's syndicates.
Rating agency Standard & Poor's has announced that it is to rate the financial strength of Lloyd's s...
Rhine Re outlook negative after buy.
Rating agency Standard and Poor's (S&P) has revised its outlooks on the Rhine Re Group and Imperial ...
Strong winds of change.
Change is in the air at Lloyd's, creating optimism in the market. Cameron Andrews reports on the latest news from Lime Street.
A cool climate.
The Nordic markets are saturated, but rate increases following windstorm Orkan Anatol and a growing healthcare sector are keeping their (re)insurers busy. Cameron Andrews reports.
Zurich rocks the boat.
The Zurich Group has reorganised its marine operations in the US, moving its headquarters from Atlan...
Annuity acquisition.
Annuity & Life Re America has bought Capitol Bankers Life Insurance from Life Reassurance Corporatio...
Statistics, not lies.
Mark Twain wrote in his autobiography that there are three kinds of lies - "Lies, damned lies and st...
First steps towards e-initiation.
In the third of four e-commerce articles, Belinda Saddington and Alexandra Booth look at the initial hurdles faced by European insurers setting up on-line.
Guide for IFAs.
Legal & General is offering a free desktop 'Guide to Inland Revenue Limits' to independent financial...
Potential claims.
Shifts in political attitudes and changes to the funding of the legal system were driving some of th...
X makes its mark.
Web X has launched a new component-based framework, Underwriter Cafe, which allows the entire insura...
How Pru brought estate agency in house.
The annual house hunting season is now in full swing, and 15 years ago the Prudential made waves whe...
Penny Black's insurance week.
Penny was out and about in her party dress again this week at the mirror-clad Mirabelle restaurant i...
May the in-force be with you.
Hartford Financial Services Group is to buy the in-force, new and renewal business of Reliance Group...
Trio team up to form Calibre.
Three companies have jointly launched Calibre, a single source operation for the insurance industry....
Family planning errors in ^'90s cost MDU £6m.
The Medical Defence Union has revealed that family planing errors have cost it £6m over the last dec...
Trade body opposes plan to re-open pensions cases.
A leading trade body has vowed to fight any decision by the Financial Services Authority to re-open ...