Reinsurance
Three to leave Antares for HCC
Tony O'Connor, Richard Wells and Christopher Parker are to leave the Lloyds syndicate for HCC according to market sources
Private equity house buys 7.34% stake in Chaucer
Pamplona still keen to own non-controlling stake in Lloyd's insurer
Major catastrophic event during this hurricane season could devastate the US insurance landscape, says EMB
Global actuarial consulting firm EMB today claimed that natural disasters are getting costlier while the shrinking economy is making property and casualty insurers more vulnerable.
DRUK scheme sanctioned by high court
DRUK's Solvent Scheme of Arrangement was sanctioned by the High Court on 16 June
William Fischer promoted to CEO, Axis Re
Axis Capital has announed the promotion of William Fischer to CEO, Axis Re
RenaissanceRe launches new brand
RenaissanceRe rebrands its Glencoe Group brand in the US
Chaucer responds to Brit offer
Lloyd's insurer also announces capacity increase
Brit firms up Chaucer offer
Lloyd's insurer to offer 0.23 Brit shares for every Caucer share.
Gen Re, MMC, Ace win court ruling
Insurance giants see lawsuit dismissed
Former Aon head joins call for more flood spending
Boscastle was devasted by flash floods in August 2004
Kuwait reinsurer downgraded
AM Best has downgraded Kuwait reinsurer Al Fajer
Aon UK CEO to step down
Peter Harmer claims progress in strategy implementation has allowed him to return home sooner than he planned.
Environment Agency warns over flood defence spend
It claims spending needs to double by £1bn a year or damage worth up to £4bn annually will become the norm.
Senior liability underwriter leaves Canopius - sources
A senior executive at Canopius has resigned, Reinsurance has learned.
Burma protestor scales Lloyd's building
Police escort UK climber Mike Robertson off the premises following his solo-climb of the outside of the Lloyd’s building today.
Reinsurance gets social
Reinsurance Magazine has set up a number of reinsurance dedicated social networking sites on twitter, Facebook and Linked In.
Obama proposes US nationwide insurance regulator
The US Treasury is proposing for a regulator for the US insurance industry
Kiln lures Willis director to head up Brazil operation
Kiln enters Brazilian market with recruitment of former Willis aviation director Marcelo Raposo.
XL in French insurance offering
XL is targeting the upper middle market in France with its latest offering
Cooper Gay raids Benfield to boost onshore energy team
Robert Glynn has worked for Benfield and Marsh, where he was a practice leader.
Marsh recuits new client development head
Neil Irwin believes Marsh is well placed to help new clients leverage more value from their insurance programmes