Regulation
Tax office loses battle over Lloyd's reinsurance premiums.
Lloyd's is declaring a substantial victory over the UK's tax office, claiming that it would save mem...
Life lives long and prospers.
Life business continues to be the driving force behind the world's insurance markets, according to r...
Appointment at PartnerRe.
Peter Nikitaidis has joined PartnerRe US, one of the PartnerRe group of reinsurance companies, as se...
Down, but not out.
Insurers are finding that unemployment is not bad news for everyone, reports Keith Sankey.
Appointment at Thomas Miller.
Mark Carter has moved from mutual insurance management company Thomas Miller's Hong Kong office to b...
HartRe grows in Europe.
HartRe is expanding in Europe and moving its marine operations from its Hartford, Connecticut base i...
Controversy surrounds GIO Re collapse.
Recent catastrophes have claimed a reinsurance victim - GIO Re of Australia, which has stopped under...
Equitas ups collection from reinsurers.
Equitas, the company set up by Lloyd's to reinsure and run off its pre-1993 liabilities, increased r...
Adjuster of perceptions.
CILA president Paul May is on a mission to improve the standing of loss adjusters. Janina Clark heard his plans.
Live wires.
Treating run-off companies as 'live' improves brokers' profits and ensures companies are not sidelined, argues Leslie-Ann Giovnilli.
Into the red?
There are many opportunities for foreign reinsurers in Russia, but Adrian Leonard finds dangers also abound.
How to minimise casualties.
With risks multiplying and litigation on the increase, the threat of major casualty losses is very real. However, a new form of casualty catastrophe reinsurance means help is at hand, insists John Cavanagh.
Not plain sailing.
Over the last 30 years, and especially over the past five, big changes have swept through the marine market, writes Eric Alexander.
Boeing, Swissair to pay damages.
Boeing and the Swissair group are jointly to pay the compensatory damages resulting from the crash o...
Carefree not an option.
An ageing global population raises urgent questions about long-term care. Janina Clark hears the UK debate.
Euro cash for Chiyoda.
Chiyoda Fire & Marine Insurance of Japan has invested £15m ($24m) in its European subsidiary, which ...
A tale of two markets.
Lloyd's and the London company market are not paving the way for a merger, argues David Clarke. Co-operation between them simply ensures continued competition.
Creditors vote on Charter Re payment plan.
The long saga of the run-off of Charter Re is moving towards its final stage with creditors expected...
Jumbo headaches.
The launch of Concorde and the first jumbo jets, with their huge hull values and unproven cutting-edge technology, posed a whole new set of problems for insurers, says Eric Alexander.
Insurers blasted for keeping mum.
Life offices have been accused of refusing to tell customers they might get a better deal elsewhere....
Cartel-making claims are wrong and damaging.
I am extremely disappointed to see the way information about the British Damage Management Associati...
Waite watches hull.
The new hull insurance syndicate formed by Thomas Miller, Chartwell and Swiss Re, to be launched in ...
Time squeeze on claims.
New procedures for debt recovery claims inadvertently apply to complex multi-party reinsurance dispu...
All cost, no benefit?
The Woolf reforms imposed extra costs on professional indemnity insurers but Simon Chandler argues that imaginative use of the new rules can bring immediate financial benefits, as a recent case illustrates.