Reinsurance
Hannover Re unveils Q1 profit
Hannover Re has announced that it made a €71.2m profit in the three months to the end of March 2003, ...
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Time is factor in vibration rulings
Transco v David Griggs; (Court of Appeal - 16 April 2003).
Benfield reports increase in turnover
Reinsurance broking giant Benfield has reported that its turnover increased by 31.5% to £284.5m (20...
Penny Black's insurance week
Penny recently reported that new Lloyd's franchise director Rolf Tolle had been barred from talking...
Jury still out on new reinsurers
It is still too soon to judge the impact on the (re)insurance market of the companies set up in Bermu...
Reinsurers criticised for poor disclosure
Current levels of corporate disclosure by the world's reinsurers were branded "lamentable" yesterday ...
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Penny Black's insurance week.
As a girl on the move, Penny is aware just how important it is to stay in touch - but she knows ther...
Benfield returns to profit
Reinsurance broking giant Benfield today reported that turnover increased by 31.5% to £284.5m (2001: ...
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Russell moves into energy.
Service provider and consultancy the Russell Group is planning to extend its risk management and inf...
Global Network Solutions plans UK market expansion.
Managed service provider Global Network Solutions plans to target UK insurers under plans to expand ...
Atrium sticks with organic growth policy
Lloyd's insurer Atrium intends to continue its strategy of organic growth having posted a £3.79m po...
Appointment at Munich Re
Nikolaus von Bomhard is to succeed Hans-Jurgen Schinzler as chairman of the board of Munich Re from...
Benfield Hazard Research Centre launches new course
Benfield Hazard Research Centre, part of University College, London, has launched a new MSc in Geop...
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29 April-10 July Biba compliance workshops Leeds, Bristol, Manchester, Cambridge, Leicester, ...
Penny Black's insurance week
Penny was doing the EC3-rounds last week as some of the last lot of Lloyd's results were announced....
Benfield looking to float on London Stock Exchange
Reinsurance broking giant Benfield has reiterated that it is looking to float on the London Stock E...
Hannover ratings cut.
Hannover Re pledged to defend its credit rating, possibly with capital raising, as it announced a ne...
Lloyd's fights insurers on Central Fund.
Lloyd's has started arbitration proceedings against six (re)insurers that are withholding payment fo...
Unknown may resist analysis.
The industry is keen to model terrorism risk, but such attempts to second-guess terrorists may never be very successful, says John Sanders.
Scor ups its stake in IRP.
French reinsurer Scor plans to increase its stake in its Dublin-based retrocession vehicle, Irish Re...
No inducement.
The appeal court found that, despite allegations of non-disclosure and misrepresentation by Generali, Arig had to pay up, says John Butler.