Reinsurance
HSBC forms new joint venture in China
HSBC Holdings has formed a new foreign joint venture to sellinsurance in mainland China. HSBC will ...
AM Best warns insurers could face no-win situation
Insurers could be facing a no-win situation, as many struggle withtheir risk-adjusted capital levels...
Standard & Poor's affirms ratings on Hannover Re (Bermuda).
Rating agency Standard & Poor's has affirmed its 'AA-' counterpartycredit and financial strength rat...
Capital squandered on fixing mistakes
Capital-raising exercises among insurers are mainly being squanderedon patching up previous manageme...
Appointment at Glencairn
John Phillips has been appointed as a partner in the reinsurancedivision at employee-owned insurance...
Aspen Specialty recapitalises
Boston-based Aspen Speciality, a subsidiary of Aspen InsuranceHoldings, has recapitalised to $100m (...
Whisky winner
Reinsurance magazine would like to thank everyone who took part in our business card prize draw at L...
Typhoon season below average?
The number of typhoons that will hit the region around Australia will be below average for the 2003/...
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Bigger risk to swallow
Life cover
New reinsurer in Bermuda
MBIA, Renaissance Re, Koch Financial Corporation and Partner Re are in negotiations for the formatio...
Appointment at Arch Insurance
Arch Insurance, a division of Arch Capital Group, has appointed Norman Jones as vice-president, comm...
Benfield looks at Swiss terrorism coverage
Broker Benfield has created a new terrorism reinsurance facility that looks at potential property ri...
Hitting out against the hearsay
In an exclusive interview, Reinsurance gets the Swiss Re response to the rumours that it has been delaying claims payments
Forecasting success
Storm tracking
Burning issues
AIG's Christian Milton gives Reinsurance an insight into his thinking about reinsurance buying, in a capital depleted environment
Brokers put down roots
Bermuda View
Enter the hedge funds
Do the new Hefcore products signal the beginning of a revolution in the reinsurance market?
Success hangs in the balance
Henry Keeling warns reinsurers to keep things in perspective during the current renewals season
Market dynamics
Bermuda View
Appointment at St Paul
St Paul International Insurance has made several senior internal appointments. They include: Dennis ...
A capital investor
Tasked with the job of investing £70m of Hiscox money in insurance companies, Alec Foster, fund manager of the insurers' portfolio fund, is upbeat about the current insurance sector cycle. Mira Butterworth discovers how he makes the most of the…
Lloyd's cannot be complacent about market
The decision by Ace to transfer its excess and surplus lines business from its syndicate at Lloyd's ...