Reinsurance
Talbot Underwriting relaunches yacht insurance website
Lloyd's managing agent Talbot Underwriting has relaunched its high-value yacht insurance website, wi...
Appointment at Guy Carpenter & Company
Guy Carpenter & Company, the global risk and reinsurance specialist, has made managing director Davi...
Atlantic to see stormy 2004
Hurricane activity in the Atlantic will be above average in 2004, according to the latest forecast from the Tropical Storm Risk (TSR) service at the Benfield Hazard Research Centre.
Reserving issues will continue says Amlin
Lloyd's insurer Amlin said in its trading statement today there is market expectation that reserving issues will continue to emerge for legacy casualty business.
Wellington predicts rate reductions in property, airline and energy classes
Liability, marine hull and cargo still showing increases, however.
XL Capital boost XLCA
Bermuda-based reinsurer XL Capital has announced that it has contributed $100m of additional capital to support the business growth of its financial guaranty insurance unit XL Capital Assurance (XLCA).
Lloyd's capacity rise is a good start to 2004
It was a good start to the new year for Lloyd's, which announced this week that capacity for 2004 wi...
Stocks boost Lloyd's support
Lloyd's £14.9bn capacity for 2004 has mainly been achieved through backing for quoted Lloyd's stocks...
XL provides funds for subsidiary
XL Capital has contributed £55m of additional capital to support the business growth of its financial guaranty insurance unit, XL Capital Assurance.
Benfield increases ISB stake
Reinsurance broker Benfield has announced that its US subsidiary Crawley Warren has bought an additional 43% of the share capital of International Space Brokers (ISB). Benfield now owns 86% of ISB's issued share capital.
Appointment at John B Collins Associates
Reinsurance intermediary John B Collins Associates has announced that property & casualty reinsuranc...
Guy Carpenter brings in new analysis tool
Guy Carpenter has introduced the quota share and surplus/trust preferred notes comparison model (QTS...
Out with the old ..
Review of the Year 2003
Summing up
Legal Review 2003
Fair winds continue to blow
Bermuda reinsurers enjoy an upbeat third quarter and announce plans for 2004 at the Bermuda Angle in Florida
Exploring new frontiers
Sal Zaffino considers the developments made in risk modelling and imagines what the future might hold for this area
A renewals revolution?
Henry Keeling assesses the opportunities in the European market and finds the dynamics are changing
All quiet
So far, the renewal season has been very ordinary, but there is still some work to do
A winning combination
Amlin has made diversity and risk management a successful strategy within Lloyd's
Actuaries face pricing challenge
Actuaries are facing difficult challenges in pricing commercial property insurance coverage under th...
Re-ratings - Axa Re (Paris)
Axa Re (Paris) and its subsidiaries have had their financial strength ratings downgraded by AM Best ...
RAA updates WTC loss study
The Reinsurance Association of America (RAA) has updated its World Trade Centre (WTC) and natural ca...
BNL's Moscrops signs to Sirius
Sirius has announced that Broker Network member Moscrop Robinson & Chadwick is to upgrade its system to Sirius for Broking.
Benfield remains optimisitic despite weak US dollar
Broking giant Benfield today announced that reported revenues for the group in 2003, on a constant currency basis, are expected to achieve the rate of growth anticipated at the time of the recent Initial Public Offering.