Reinsurance
Chicago hope
While Greg Case was at his previous job at consulting behemoth McKinsey, Aon was in turmoil. Three years on, Alex Ferguson spoke to the most bullish chief executive in the broking world
Guy Carpenter, Willis Re point to softening cycle
Reinsurance prices dropped again at the 1/7 renewals deadline, according to reports from Guy Carpent...
Integro, Amber Partners introduce hedge fund investor cover
Integro, the complex risk insurance broker, and Amber Partners (Bermuda), the hedge fund operational...
If you can't spot the naive capacity, leave
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Kings of the jungle
Power list
IFEX adds Florida and Gulf Coast contracts
Cat futures firm IFEX has announced that the Chicago Climate Futures Exchange (CCFE) started listing...
Recruitment moves
Joe Silmon has moved to RWS, one of the world's largest translation companies. He will be responsibl...
More pain needed!
Dear Friend, "What we need is a good loss to keep everyone honest and get the market moving again."...
Ironshore starts new excess casualty facility and hires Piller as president
Ironshore, the Bermudian insurer, has started IronSelect, an excess casualty facility. Bob Piller h...
2008 risk losses - When the going gets tough
2008 has been a rough year for underwriters on a risk loss point of view. Alex Ferguson talks to some of the industry's top players
Munich Re, Berkshire Hathaway to buy GAUM
Munich Re and Berkshire Hathaway are to buy Scor's share of aerospace underwriter Global Aerospace U...
Cat bond party may be 'over' - Willis
The party may be over for investment-linked securities, Willis stated in a report. "ILS activity ha...
Southern comfort
South Africa
Hats off for British bureaucracy
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Carvill claims $60m derivatives traded on its CME contracts
Reinsurance broker Carvill has said that trading its Carvill Hurricane Index (CHI) contracts continu...
Torus takes Munich Re's construction team - sources
New energy Torus has boosted its construction reinsurance book after taking four of Munich Re's cons...
Florida officals clear way for Berkshire Hathaway deal
(BestWire) — Florida officials have cleared the way with a second vote for the Sunshine State to pay Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway $224 million now in return for the company's promise to buy $4 billion in state bonds should a hurricane cause major…
Aspen Insurance Holdings Q2 net income up 11%
Aspen Insurance Holdings, the Bermudian (re)insurer, said that second quarter net income rose 11% to $126.9m from $114.7m this time last year.
Arch announces figures
Arch Capital said that second quarter net income fell to $192.3m (£96.9m) from $199.4m in 2007. Firs...
What the papers said this week
Sunday Mercury Businesses wrecked by last summer's devastating floods are risking bankruptcy - be...
Willis contingency call
Willis claims the insurance industry has failed to reform the practice of contingent commission paym...
Sons and daughters
When Insurance Australia Group sat down in 2006 and decided a well-known telebroker headquartered in...
Less than $100m of claims expected from LA earthquake - report
Ratings agencies are not expecting a deluge of claims to the (re)insurance industry stemming from the earthquake which hit Los Angeles earlier this week should not cause a market loss of $100m, says a report from Guy Carpenter, quoting Eqecat.