Reinsurance
Lloyd's announces $7.2bn profit for the year ended 2006
Specialist insurance marketplace Lloyd's has announced profits of £3662m ($7.2bn) for 2006.The profi...
Interview - Independence is a state of mind
Now finally out of Benfield and hard at work in Aon, Elliot Richardson (ER) is the Fac man of the moment. Mark Geoghegan (MG) put in the first call for a preview of the Global Fac master plan
Editorial - The bad old days of joined-up-thinking?
Mark Geoghegan, Editor Back in the old days, I was an anything-and-everything odd-job man working i...
Heritage reports bumper year despite Rock loss
Fledgling Lloyd's insurer Heritage has reported bumper 2006 annual profits, with a gross premium inc...
Trend toward global softening to continue, broking giants predict
Leading brokers have predicted that reinsurance lines will remain flat or slip lower throughout the ...
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Lancashire gets new CEO as Brindle takes back seat
Class of 2005 Bermudian (re)insurance start-up, Lancashire has appointed Simon Burton as chief execu...
Arch Re sets up property fac unit
Bermudian reinsurer Arch Re has announced the establishment of a new underwriting subsidiary, Arch R...
Aon parades Benfield defector in new unit launch
Reinsurance broker Aon Re Global has launched a new facultative reinsurance unit, Aon Re Global Fac,...
Axis buys media-liability specialist from Aon
Bermudian (re)insurer Axis has announced it has agreed to acquire the assets and operations of Media...
Aspen buys California quake bond and US Wind ILW
Aspen Insurance Holdings has announced two separate collateralised reinsurance contracts to protect its balance sheet against severe California Earthquake and US wind events.
Arch Europe appoints underwriting director to replace Nick Metcalf
Arch Insurance company today announced the appointment of James Weatherstone as director of underwriting. He will join the Arch Europe board.
IPC quarterly results up 23%
IPC has reported a net income of $77.2m in its results for the first quarter of 2007.
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Lloyd's rating upgrade
Standard and Poor's Ratings Services has raised its insurer financial strength rating of the Lloyd's...
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Aspen appoints new head
Aspen Insurance Holdings has announced the appointment of Matthew Yeldham as head of international i...
Yeldham quits Catlin for Aspen role
Aspen Insurance Holdings has announced the appointment of Matthew Yeldham as head of international insurance.
Clarification re Everest re article April 2007 pages 18-19
In last month’s (April 2007) issue of the magazine we ran an interview by the journalist Mairi Mallon with Joe Taranto of Everest Re, charting his meteoric rise to chief executive and chairman of this global reinsurer.
Talbot to benefit from high-profile Art deal
Lloyd's insurer Talbot's underwriting agency business could gain access to around £7m in premium fro...
Cooper Gay invests in Argentine operation
Cooper Gay has taken a shareholding in Reinsurance.com.ar, a reinsurance broker based in Miami and Buenos Aires. Guillermo Pastore, an experienced market practitioner with more than 20 years insurance and reinsurance experience, is CEO of the operation.
Appointment at Aspen Insurance
Aspen Insurance Holdings has announced the appointment of Richard Houghton as chief financial office...
Integro set to launch UK-based retail arm
Ambitious global broker Integro will launch a UK-based retail arm in the next 12 months to follow la...