Reinsurance
Axis extends Australian Stardex agency deals
AXIS Specialty Europe has extended a three-year underwriting agreement with Australian specialist professional liability underwriting agency Dexta for a further two years until 2010 to and has signed a new deal to provide capacity for fellow member of…
Appointment at Aspen
The board of directors of Aspen Insurance Holdings has announced that its chairman, Paul Myners, ret...
Fire Mutual start-up unveils launch date
The Fire and Rescue Authorities' Mutual is currently seeking authorisation from the Financial Servic...
Commercial rates continue to fall survey claims
According to the Risk and Insurance Management Society Benchmark Survey, the first quarter of 2007 reflected a continuation of the same commercial insurance pricing trends reported in 2006.
Cooper Gay invests in Argentine operation
Cooper Gay has taken a shareholding in a reinsurance broker based in Miami and Buenos Aires, called ...
FAC Back - Movers and shakers
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Lloyd's unveils new Chinese development
The Lloyd's market has boosted its fledgling Chinese reinsurance operation with deals to ensure busi...
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Benfield places 98% of Japanese renewals electronically
Leading broker Benfield has placed almost all its second-quarter Japanese renewal business electroni...
Integro confirms swoop for GCFac team
New York-based brokerage Integro has announced it is launching an international (re)insurance busine...
Lloyd's announces $7.2bn profit for the year ended 2006
Specialist insurance marketplace Lloyd's has announced profits of £3662m ($7.2bn) for 2006.The profi...
Interview - Independence is a state of mind
Now finally out of Benfield and hard at work in Aon, Elliot Richardson (ER) is the Fac man of the moment. Mark Geoghegan (MG) put in the first call for a preview of the Global Fac master plan
Editorial - The bad old days of joined-up-thinking?
Mark Geoghegan, Editor Back in the old days, I was an anything-and-everything odd-job man working i...
Heritage reports bumper year despite Rock loss
Fledgling Lloyd's insurer Heritage has reported bumper 2006 annual profits, with a gross premium inc...
Trend toward global softening to continue, broking giants predict
Leading brokers have predicted that reinsurance lines will remain flat or slip lower throughout the ...
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Lancashire gets new CEO as Brindle takes back seat
Class of 2005 Bermudian (re)insurance start-up, Lancashire has appointed Simon Burton as chief execu...
Arch Re sets up property fac unit
Bermudian reinsurer Arch Re has announced the establishment of a new underwriting subsidiary, Arch R...
Aon parades Benfield defector in new unit launch
Reinsurance broker Aon Re Global has launched a new facultative reinsurance unit, Aon Re Global Fac,...
Axis buys media-liability specialist from Aon
Bermudian (re)insurer Axis has announced it has agreed to acquire the assets and operations of Media...
Aspen buys California quake bond and US Wind ILW
Aspen Insurance Holdings has announced two separate collateralised reinsurance contracts to protect its balance sheet against severe California Earthquake and US wind events.
Arch Europe appoints underwriting director to replace Nick Metcalf
Arch Insurance company today announced the appointment of James Weatherstone as director of underwriting. He will join the Arch Europe board.