Reinsurance
What the papers said this week
BBC Online The Indian government has approved a bill that paves the way for foreign investors t...
MMC consolidated revenue up 5%
Marsh & McLennan Companies, the owner of insurance broker Marsh and reinsurance broker Guy Carpenter,said that consolidated revenue for the third quarter was $2.8bn, up 5% from the third quarter of 2007.
Hannover Re swings to Q3 loss
Hannover Re reported that its third quarter results swung to a loss this year, hammered by catastrophe losses and a dreadful investment environment.
Argo reports Q3 net loss of $8.8m
Argo, the Bermudian (re)insurer, reported a third quarter net loss of $8.8m, down from a $74.2m gain this time last year.
Crawford releases Q3 results
Loss adjuster Crawford has reported a rise in consolidated revenues in the third quarter.
XL reports Q3 net loss of $1.65-1.67bn
XL, the Bermudian (re)insurer, reported third quarter net losses of $1.65-1.67bn, hit by its previously-reported charge of $1.4bn related to the seperation of the company from its beleagured credit insurer, SCA.
Flagstone Q3 net loss $186.5m; optimistic about future
Flagstone Re, the Bermudian (re)insurer, reported third quarter net losses of $186.5m, compared to a net income of $66.2m in the corresponding period last year.
Swiss Re reports Q3 304m CHF loss; suspends share buyback
Swiss Re, one of the world's largest reinsurers, reported a third quarter loss of 304m CHF (£164.3m), and added that it has suspended its 7.75bn CHF (£4.18bn) buyback programme.
Hannover Re core operations recognised by S&P
Ratings agency Standard & Poor's has assigned its 'AA-' counterparty credit and insurer financial strength ratings to five foreign life and health reinsurance subsidiaries of Germany-based reinsurer Hannover Re; AA-/Stable/--): Hannover Life Reassurance…
Paris Re ups Ike loss estimates
Paris Re has updated its initial loss estimates for Hurricane Ike to approximately $130m pre tax, net of reinsurance and reinstatement premium.
Recruitment moves
AIG's acting chief financial officer Steven Bensinger has resigned, with David Herzog taking his pla...
Hannover Re issues FY profits warning
Hannover Re, the German reinsurance giant, has said that the sharp fall in equity prices and the "ab...
Giving peace a chance
Andrew Appel, chief executive at Aon Re, talks to Alexander Ferguson about taking on the top job, what he's expecting out of the Benfield deal, and giving peace a chance
Thinking small
Smaller brokers
Investment losses
(Re)insurance companies have seen their investment income dive over the third quarter of 2008 compar...
Realised and unrealised losses
The (re)insurance industry has also shown a number of unrealised and realised losses during the thir...
Retro reaction
Retrocession
Greenberg warns soft market 'over'
Evan Greenberg, chairman and chief executive of Switzerland-domiciled (re)insurer Ace, has said the ...
What happens next?
Analysis
In an uncertain world
What now? As our front cover this month reflects, this is a question that has been pinging around Re...
AM Best places insurers' ratings under negative review
AM Best has placed several insurers' ratings under review with negative implications "based on the c...
Going forward
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Swiss Re in frame for RBSI?
Swiss Re is reported to have teamed up with venture capital firm CVC to bid for Royal Bank of Scotla...
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