Reinsurance
Lloyd's loss threat remains.
Rating agency Fitch has maintained its A- rating of Lloyd's - a downgrade first imposed after 11 Sep...
Appointment at Talbot Underwriting.
Stephen Lloyd has joined Talbot Underwriting's Syndicate 1183 at Lloyd's as international facultativ...
Wellington unveils plans for £150m syndicate.
Lloyd's insurer Wellington has stepped up its operations this week, after unveiling plans to form a ...
Hannover Re recorded a fall in net profit for 2001.
German reinsurer Hannover Re recorded a fall in net profit for 2001 to EUR11m (£7m) from EUR365m in ...
Start-up Axis goes into US.
New Bermudian reinsurer Axis Specialty has bought two US shell companies, giving it licences to writ...
XL buys into investment firm.
Bermudian (re)insurer XL Capital has bought a minority stake in OneCapital Management Partners, a Ne...
Scor ends quest for capital.
French reinsurer Scor has said it has the capital it needs to pursue organic growth, but that it wou...
Terror writer to reveal all.
The insurer set up recently by six of the world's largest (re)insurers to write European property te...
Investors put money into reinsurer PXRe.
Three investors have put $150m into Bermudian reinsurer PXRe, raising its capital to over $500m. The...
Appointment at XL Capital.
Robert Clements, one of the founders of Bermudian (re)insurer XL Capital, has left the board of the ...
Arch Capital sells shares to fund its operations.
Bermudian Arch Capital has made a net $179m from the sale of 7.45 million common shares to fund its ...
Appointment at Benfield Group.
Benfield Group has promoted Tracey Marshall to global head of human resources. She will be responsib...
Hannover Re profits slip
German reinsurer Hannover Re recorded a fall in net profit for 2001 to euros 11m from euros 365m in 2...
Increased capacity leads to fatter profits for IPC
IPC Holdings, the parent company of Bermudian property catastrophe reinsurer IPCRe, has reported a re...
UCL to launch natural hazards course
University College, London, is to offer (re)insurance professionals a course on natural hazards. The ...
RenRe reports profit
Bermudian reinsurer RenaissanceRe (RenRe) has reported a profit of $87.3m for the first quarter of 20...
Penny Black's insurance week.
Attention to detail is perhaps nowhere better personified than in the loss adjusting community, so P...
Lloyd's insurer Atrium has reported a loss ...
Lloyd's insurer Atrium has reported a loss of 5.6% on capacity for the 1999 year of account and esti...
Scor securitises credit risk
French reinsurer Scor is to protect itself from credit insurance risks for the next five years with a...
XL Capital invests in OneCapital
Bermudian (re)insurer XL Capital has bought a minority stake in OneCapital Management Partners, a New...
Profit warning?
Although many predicted it would be a profitable sector, solicitors' professional indemnity is proving difficult, with some insurers having to pull out. Some of these challenges are also being reflected in the wider PI market. Veronica Cowan reports on…
A new Florida law has placed a 10% cap on a 40% rate increase ...
A new Florida law has placed a 10% cap on a 40% rate increase scheduled for 1 July. It has allowed t...
Three investors have put $150m (£105m) into Bermudian reinsurer
Three investors have put $150m (£105m) into Bermudian reinsurer PXRe, raising its capital to more th...
Arch Capital gets $179m to invest in (re)insurance
The Bermudian financial services company Arch Capital has made a net $179m from the public sale of 7....