Reinsurance
Buffett buys Munich Re stake
Berkshire Hathaway's Warren Buffett has added a big stake in Munich Re to his insurance holdings, boosting...
RLI net earnings rise 19%
RLI, the US specialty insurer, said its full-year earnings jumped 19% to $93.8m from $78.6m this time last year.
Awal collapse could cost (re)insurers millions of dollars
Last year's collapse of Awal bank in Bahrain could cost the insurance industry hundreds of millions of dollars, Reinsurance...
Aon lead broker for Ethiopian Airlines crash
Aon was the lead broker for the Ethiopian Airlines plane which crashed on January 25th, Reinsurance can reveal...
CTC rebrands Bermuda-based arm
CTC Allego becomes CTC Insurance Management (Bermuda).
White Mountains acquires run-off insurer
White Mountains Re, a subsidiary of Bermudian insurance group White Mountains, has acquired run-off insurer Central National Insurance Company of Omaha from Drum Financial Corporation for around $5m, the company said in a statement...
Former Liberty CFO takes up new role
Nicole Loone, former CFO at Liberty Syndicates, has taken up a new role at Navigators.
Lloyd's insurer takes on 40 broker staff in Lockton swoop
Amlin completes deal for business which will be rebranded AUA Insolvency Risk Services.
Validus prices offering
Bermuda-based reinsurance and insurance operation Validus Holdings, has priced a registered offering of $250m (£154m) aggregate principal amount of 8.875% notes that being sold to the public at a price of 98.71% of principal.
Validus in $250m bond sale
Bermudian (re)insurer sells $250m of senior debt
Global economic recovery to slow this year - World Bank
The global economic recovery that is now underway will slow later this year as the impact of fiscal stimulus lessens, the World Bank has said in a report.
Global economic recovery to slow this year - World Bank
The global economic recovery that is now underway will slow later this year as the impact of fiscal stimulus lessens, the World Bank has said in a report.
Storms hammer Los Angeles
Southern California has been hit by a stream of storms, Reuters reports.
Willis North America appoints chief placement officer
Alastair Swift to relocate from London to New York for new role.
Post Magazine 21 January 2010
This week's issue includes a look at the latest initiatives in voice stress analysis and the battle to combat fraud, the Jackson Report, the commercial lines aggregator market and all the latest news and views from the UK general insurance market.
JMD Specialist Insurance acquired by Randall & Quilter
Randall & Quilter has enquired the entire share capital of JMD Specialist Insurance from BP Marsh for around £2m.
US earthquake model launched
RMS launches a US earthquake model
Invest in your profession
This week, Post launches Investing in the Profession, a new campaign aimed at raising the profile of some of the great initiatives that are taking place in the general insurance sector to improve professionalism and standards.
Berkshire Hathaway shareholders approve stock split
Berkshire Hathaway shareholders approve a 50-for-1 share split.
Brian Connolly joins Miller
Mr Connolly joins energy, property and casualty team.
Great Lakes names new chairman
Reinsurer appoints Tony Medniuk