Reinsurance
Ren Re announces formation of Starbound II
RenaissanceRe has announced the formation and funding of Starbound II, a new Bermuda reinsurance company, creating approximately $375m in new reinsurance capacity for the Florida homeowners market.
Zurich UK manager given new European role
Zurich has announced the appointment of Richard Elliott as head of its newly created European property investors business.
Munich Re leads Caribbean cat fund
The first cross-national catastrophe fund has been launched today, offering insurance cover to 16 Caribbean countries ahead of this year’s hurricane season.
Recruitment moves
Re-sume
AIR adds Carvill US wind index to models
Reinsurance intermediary Carvill has announced an agreement with modelling firm AIR Worldwide Corpor...
Equal opportunities?
Women in reinsurance
The $64bn question
Editorial
Breach of contract lawsuit
Guy Carpenter sues three London Integro defectors
Scissors, paper, stone
BLOG-RE.COMT
Right-size me!
Mark Geoghegan went head to head with Chris O'Kane, chief executive (CEO) of Aspen, and found a man who is much happier with organic growth and prudent capital management than mergers and acquisitions (M&A)
A changing game
Re-sume
Pandemics: worse than terror?
Inside view
Gangs of Bermuda
Bermuda
Flagstone Re first to graduate with second rating
Class of 2005 Bermudian reinsurance start-up Flagstone Re has been awarded an 'A-' rating from ratin...
Talbot sale to Validus completed
Bermudian reinsurer Validus Holdings has bought Lloyd's specialist (re)insurer Talbot, the Bermudian...
Munich Re buys Lloyd's broker
Reinsurance giant Munich Re has bought its long-term partner, Lloyd's broker Bell and Clements, in a...
What's so great about Bermuda?
Briefing
Ironshore wins South Carolina and Florida licences
Bermudian start-up Ironshore has been approved to provide property/catastrophe insurance on an exces...
Aviation launch for Mitsui Sumitomo
Mitsui Sumitomo is poised to become the latest Lloyd's insurer to enter the aviation market. It fol...
Appointment at Benfield
Benfield has appointed Peter Hulyer to the board of directors of Benfield Asia. Mr Hulyer will have ...
Appointment at Risk Management Solutions
Risk Management Solutions has appointed Robert Bentley to the newly-created role of chief operating ...
RAA quarterly report reveals strong results
A group of 22 US property-casualty reinsurers wrote $6.7bn of net premiums during the first quarter of 2007, according to a survey by trade association, the Reinsurance Association of America (RAA).
THB and Arag aim for £1m premium after tie up
Broker THB Risk Solutions and legal expenses insurer Arag have announced a strategic alliance that will see Arag’s products distributed to THB’s network of 1,200 retail broker partners.
Charman loses appeal against £48m divorce settlement
John Charman has lost his appeal to overturn the £48m divorce settlement awarded to his ex-wife.