Reinsurance
The hardest market in 27 years
A year ago, Mark Geoghegan found Chris Clark (CC) lamenting the softness of a marine market that was only just recovering from Hurricane Ivan - at that time its biggest-ever loss. One year and two big storms later, the world has been turned upside-down..
Convergence commands changes
Inside View
Cat bonds - you've never had it so good
Mark Geoghegan predicts that 2006 will be a high-water mark for this form of high finance
D&O rates continue to slide, as shown in Willis Index
Directors' and Officers' (D&O) liability insurance rates in the London market were largely unaffecte...
PXRE storm losses prompt lawsuits
A class action has been filed against PXRE alleging that the company misrepresented its losses from ...
Bermuda's STILL rock-solid!
Dear Friend, A year ago I wrote to you under the banner 'Bermuda's rock-solid'. Well, 31 N...
Max Re faces Nasdaq de-listing due to finite probe
Max Re Capital has tentatively announced its results for the first quarter of 2006, stressing that t...
PXRE hangs on by slim thread as 65% of business lost
Reporting first-quarter results, Jeffrey Radke, president and chief executive of troubled Bermudian ...
What the US can learn from Australia
Disaster planning
The secret of my success
Bermuda
Recruitment moves
Re-sume
Hannover Re happy with Q1 performance
Hannover Re has expressed 'considerable satisfaction' with its start to the new financial year. "Wit...
RMS brings in new European modelling platform
Risk Management Solutions (RMS), has announced the launch of a new platform for quantifying wind-related risk in 12 European countries.
Max Re investigation leads to restated 2001-2005 results
Max Re Capital has announced that its Audit and Risk Management Committee has concluded its previously announced internal investigation, and that it has had to restate its financial results for 2001 to 2005.
Amlin AGM statement on current trading
Amlin Group's gross written premium in the four months ended 30 April 2006 was £647 million, up 25% over the same period in 2005.
Alex Forbes beats Marsh in Community Shield
Alexander Forbes beat rival broker Marsh 5-1 to win the Lloyd's Community Football Shield in a match...
Bermudian start-up Lancashire reports favourable conditions
Bermudian start-up Lancashire has reported favourable underwriting conditions across most of its cho...
Belief that 'might is right' may lead brokers to merge
Talk of consolidation at the larger end of the broking sector has been rife in 2006, with the market...
Lancashire gains $350m letter of credit
Bermudian start-up (re)insurer Lancashire Holdings has announced that it and its wholly owned subsidiary Lancashire Insurance Company Limited have entered into a $350m three-year letter of credit facility.
Max re confirms Nasdaq de-listing notice
Bermudian reinsurer Max re has confirmed that last week it received notice from Nasdaq that its securities are subject to delisting from the Nasdaq National Market.
Axis appoints global insurance president
Bermudian (re)insurer Axis Capital has promoted Richard Housley, currently European division president of AXIS Insurance, to president of Axis global insurance.