Reinsurance
Benfield reports increase in turnover
Reinsurance broking giant Benfield has reported that its turnover increased by 31.5% to £284.5m (20...
Penny Black's insurance week
Penny recently reported that new Lloyd's franchise director Rolf Tolle had been barred from talking...
Jury still out on new reinsurers
It is still too soon to judge the impact on the (re)insurance market of the companies set up in Bermu...
Reinsurers criticised for poor disclosure
Current levels of corporate disclosure by the world's reinsurers were branded "lamentable" yesterday ...
Events.
29 April-10 July Biba compliance workshops Leeds, Bristol, Manchester, Cambridge, Leicester, Ch...
Penny Black's insurance week.
As a girl on the move, Penny is aware just how important it is to stay in touch - but she knows ther...
Benfield returns to profit
Reinsurance broking giant Benfield today reported that turnover increased by 31.5% to £284.5m (2001: ...
Events.
29 April-10 July Biba compliance workshops Leeds, Bristol, Manchester, Cambridge, Leicester, Ch...
Russell moves into energy.
Service provider and consultancy the Russell Group is planning to extend its risk management and inf...
Global Network Solutions plans UK market expansion.
Managed service provider Global Network Solutions plans to target UK insurers under plans to expand ...
Atrium sticks with organic growth policy
Lloyd's insurer Atrium intends to continue its strategy of organic growth having posted a £3.79m po...
Appointment at Munich Re
Nikolaus von Bomhard is to succeed Hans-Jurgen Schinzler as chairman of the board of Munich Re from...
Benfield Hazard Research Centre launches new course
Benfield Hazard Research Centre, part of University College, London, has launched a new MSc in Geop...
Events
29 April-10 July Biba compliance workshops Leeds, Bristol, Manchester, Cambridge, Leicester, ...
Penny Black's insurance week
Penny was doing the EC3-rounds last week as some of the last lot of Lloyd's results were announced....
Benfield looking to float on London Stock Exchange
Reinsurance broking giant Benfield has reiterated that it is looking to float on the London Stock E...
Hannover ratings cut.
Hannover Re pledged to defend its credit rating, possibly with capital raising, as it announced a ne...
Lloyd's fights insurers on Central Fund.
Lloyd's has started arbitration proceedings against six (re)insurers that are withholding payment fo...
Unknown may resist analysis.
The industry is keen to model terrorism risk, but such attempts to second-guess terrorists may never be very successful, says John Sanders.
Scor ups its stake in IRP.
French reinsurer Scor plans to increase its stake in its Dublin-based retrocession vehicle, Irish Re...
No inducement.
The appeal court found that, despite allegations of non-disclosure and misrepresentation by Generali, Arig had to pay up, says John Butler.
Mind the gaps.
With significant restrictions on the terrorism coverage offered under TRIA and massive hikes in premiums and deductibles across the board, the life of a US risk manager is far from easy. Janina Clark reports on the big issues discussed at last month's…
More hurricanes on the way.
Hurricane activity in the coming season is likely to be higher than the average, according to both t...
More hurricanes on the way.
Hurricane activity in the coming season is likely to be higher than the average, according to both t...