Reinsurance
Reinsurance Reader Awards 2009
And the winners of the Reinsurance Reader Awards 2009 are...
Reinsurance Reader Awards 2009
And the winners of the 2009 Reinsurance Readers’ Awards are...
Law and life in Lloyd's
Kent Chaplin, head of claims at Lloyd's, tells Reinsurance about making a conscious decision to join the industry.
Hitting the headlines in '09
With only a small number of major losses, this year has been declared boring by many market sources. Yet as reinsurance begins to recover from the credit crisis, the lack of major events can only be seen as a good thing for the industry. Reinsurance has…
Interveiw John Daum, Lockton: American dreams
Katherine Blackler talks to John Daum, executive director at Lockton Re, about his career, mentors and helping build Lockton Re's US platform.
The green imperative
The entire spectrum of insurance takes environmental change seriously and has made great strides, though more can still be done, writes Toby Stubbs.
Mexico made simple
Concerns about regulating reinsurance contracts continue to deter potential entrants to the Mexican market, write Yves Hayaux-du-Tilly and Carlos Fan.
Interview - Alan Fleming: Risky business
Katherine Blackler speaks to risk and insurance consultant and former Airmic chief executive Alan Fleming about his experience of the reinsurance industry and the growing importance of reinsurance in the minds of risk managers.
Reflecting regulations
After taking a battering from the financial crisis, the focus is on which new regulations will be put in place to prevent a repeat, writes Tim Evershed.
Legal review 2009
Ling Ong reviews the most influential legal cases of 2009, many of which have centred around disputes over binding jurisdictions.
Cash and capital
Richard Booth speculates on how the industry can make best use of its rediscovered financial muscle in 2010.
Rates remain stable
Our roundup of reader opinion reveals that reinsurance pricing continues to flatten and that the growing dichotomy between insurers and reinsurers, due to the effects of the global financial crisis on results, was perceived as the biggest development of…
Talbot adds two underwriters from Swiss Re
Validus' Lloyd's syndicate adds two underwriters from Swiss Re
Swiss Re, Scor in cat bond launches
Swiss Re and Scor launch Cat bonds.
Hannover Re to expand trade-credit and surety unit
Hannover Re is forecasting higher premiums and profit at its trade-credit and surety unit next year as the market rebounds from claims related to the global economic slump.
Perils launches Industry Loss Index Service for European windstorm events
The new service provides index values which can be used in industry-loss-based Insurance Linked Securities and Industry Loss Warranty transactions.
Liberty appoints international treaty underwriter
Shane Aldons takes up London-based post
CEA outlines key role for insurers in climate change debate
Report calls for long term, clesr and effective climate change strategy.
Atradius Trade Credit Insurance downgraded
AM Best turns gloomy on credit insurer
Max Capital opens Latin American business with XL hires
Bermudian reinsurer opens Latin American business with management from a major competitor
US committee approves bill to set up Federal Insurance Office
The US House Financial Services Committee voted today to approve a bill that for the first time would set up a federal government office to monitor the insurance industry, but not regulate it
Willis appoints new capital markets European MD
Willis has announced that Michiel Bakker has been appointed managing director and head of Europe for its Willis Capital Markets and Advisory unit