Reinsurance
Benfield claims benefits from increased investment
Benfield has announced that it made a profit before tax of £97.8m for the first half of 2006, up on ...
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Oxygen enters reinsurance market
Oxygen Insurance Brokers has announced the launch of Oxygen Re. Oxygen Re will cater for all types ...
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Up, up and away!
Scott Carmilani, chief executive of Allied World Assurance Company (AWAC), has been so busy jetting around doing business his feet have rarely touched the ground. Mairi Mallon managed to catch up with him to get a work-in-progress report
Monte Carlo Rendez-Vous 2006
What happened whenthe great and thegood met up by theMediterranean in earlySeptember?News, views, interviewsand our worldfamousMonte Carloround table provide.
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Fitch sees return of soft-market cycle in 2007
Rating agency Fitch says it believes that over the next 12-24 months underwriting, operating and cap...
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Berkshire and CV Starr launch new syndicate for 2007
Lloyd's has approved a new aviation, energy and marine syndicate, 1919, to be managed by Marlborough...
RSA update: US sale news prompts ratings rethink
Moody's Investors Service today placed the European ratings of the Royal & Sun Alliance Group on review for possible upgrade following the group's announcement that it intends to sell its US operations to Arrowpoint Capital for a deferred consideration…
Benfield buys Norwegian niche broker
Global (re)insurance broker Benfield has bought Norwegian direct marine and energy broker, Parisco.
What the papers said this week
Financial Times Hedge funds that have piled billions of dollars into reinsurance are poised for bum...
Top 20 spotlight - 18. Aspen Insurance UK
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Hot or cold comfort?
The decision by Norwich Union to impose substantial rate increases on the private car sector has sti...
Top 20 spotlight - 20. XL Insurance
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Atrium profits fall
Atrium Underwriting's six month pre-tx profits have fallen to £7.9m (30 June 2005: £13.7m).
Catlin unit launches cat bond
Catlin Group has announced that Catlin Insurance Company of Bermuda intends, subject to completion of contractual arrangements, to enter a catastrophe swap agreement that would provide it with coverage of up to $200.25m in the event of a series of severe…
Moody’s updates rating methodology for financial guaranty insurance sector
Moody's Investors Service has released an updated rating methodology for the Financial Guaranty Insurance sector.
Aon Re poaches Fac boss from Benfield
Aon Re Global has announced that Elliot Richardson will be head of its global cedant facultative reinsurance activities.
Bermuda firm launches Lloyd's investment vehicle
An investment vehicle is being established by Syncro, a Bermuda based company, to allow Lloyd’s managing agencies to increase their underwriting access to additional capacity at any point in the underwriting year.
Omega Underwriting plans for moving company
Lloyd's and Bermuda reinsurer Omega Underwriting has followed Hiscox by announcing plans to move its...