Reinsurance
Q2 profits exceed $3bn for Berkshire Hathaway
Berkshire Hathaway has published strong results for the second quarter of 2007, with net earnings reaching $3.11bn, compared to $2.34bn in the same period last year.
Swiss Re second quarter earnings rise 45%
Swiss Re today announced earnings of CHF1.2bn (£496m) in the second quarter of 2007, an increase of 45% over the same period last year. Annualised return on equity for the second quarter improved to 15.9%, compared to 13.3% in 2006. Earnings per share…
Munich Re announces $2.9bn profit
Munich Re has announced a profit of €2.1bn ($2.88bn) for the first half of 2007.
Bedford to head UK Fac operation
Rupert Bedford has been appointed as head of UK broking at Guy Carpenter's facultative arm, GCFac. Mr Bedford who was previously at Aon, will be based in London, reporting to Mark Newman, head of GCFac UK, and will be responsible for overseeing broking…
Lancashire highlights diverse book after profits rise
Lancashire Holdings has announced its results for the second quarter of 2007 and the six month period ended 30 June 2007, with income rising sharply off the back of a 50% rise in net written premiums.
Aspen share earnings rise
Aspen has reported second quarter earnings per share are up by 18% and also announced that two repre...
catastrophe bond investment
Jumbo cat bonds boost US insurers' liquidity
Terror Risk: stuck in third gear?
Inside view
RAA hails US non-admitted and reinsurance reforms
The US House of Representatives has unanimously approved HR 1065, the Non-admitted and Reinsurance R...
Ironshore wins Texas surplus and excess licence
Bermudian insurance start-up Ironshore has announced it has won a licence to write property, propert...
Sidecars drive a road to nowhere
Rethink
Alien reinsurers increase share of US market to 53%
The Reinsurance Association of America (RAA) has reported that in 2006 offshore companies' share of ...
Industry looks for protection
As floods, fires, earthquakes and storms batter on all fronts
Lloyd's and Benfield agree risk modelling deal
Benfield has signed a five-year agreement to provide a range of risk modelling and consulting servic...
Ariel Re deal
Ariel Re reveals plan to acquire Atrium for $386m cash
Reinsurance Power List 2007
Power list
GCFac three in court victory against Marsh
The Court of Appeal in London has handed down judgment in a hard-fought case in which Marsh sought t...
Lloyd's settles with broker giants
Lloyd's has reached a settlement with two brokers involved in the placement of the New Central Fund ...
Aspen targets $100m book of liability business
Bermudian (re)insurer Aspen announced it is entering the professional liability insurance market in ...
Montpelier approved by Lloyd's
Bermudian reinsurer Montpelier Re has launched a new syndicate after being approved by Lloyd's. Mont...
Recruitment moves
Re-sume
Interview - Join me on a world tour
Fresh from making the top 60 US brokers in 2006 from a standing start, Integro's CEO Roger Egan (RE) spoke to Mark Geoghegan (MG) about global expansion strategies and, of course, the biggest hiring coup in the facultative world this year
Editorial - Crank the sausage handle
Dear Friend, What a privileged position I hold! You might not get to talk to them much but as your...