Reinsurance
Barton set for Lloyd's return
Former Faraday Underwriting Chief executive Nigel Barton could return to Lloyd's by the summer with h...
Big Fish in negotiations
Benfield Greig's fledging premium finance subsidiary Big Fish is in negotiations to be the sole pro...
Former Lloyd's doyen to re-enter war risks market
As the US continues to argue with Nato members France and Germany over the trigger for war against ...
Reassessing the terrorism risk
Hermes Marangos explains how the Insurance Institute of London's Advanced Study Group into war risks and terrorism will assist stakeholders in achieving clarification of the risks, proper pricing, better wordings, claims handling and dispute resolution…
Preparing for combat
The financial services sector - in particular the insurance industry - is holding its breath as war in The Gulf looms. Marcus Alcock looks at the impact the US Terrorism Risk Insurance Act has had on the market and how UK insurers are preparing for…
Penny Black's insurance week
Penny has to confess to getting more than a little distracted at last week's breakfast launch of th...
PXRe returns to profit in 2002
A near tripling of net earned premiums in its main catastrophe and risk excess business helped the Be...
IPC Re profits on higher turnover
The Bermudian property catastrophe reinsurer IPC Re has unveiled a $157.9m profit in 2002, compared w...
Members elected to the Council of Lloyd's
Three members, including first-timer David Shipley, have been elected to the Council of Lloyd's. Mr...
Renaissance Re reveals surge in profit
Bermudian (re)insurer Renaissance Re more than doubled its annual profit in 2002 to $364.8m, from $16...
Reweb - First seen on the Reinsurance website
- Goshawk Insurance Holdings of the UK has used a $40m loan facility with Barclays Bank to increase ...
Aviation losses light in 2002
Last year was a good year for aviation (re)insurers, with just $1.1bn of incurred hull and liabilit...
Earthquake risks
Earthquake risk in France, Germany, Switzerland and the Benelux countries is higher than previously...
Tolle: discipline is needed at Lloyd's
Lloyd's franchise performance director-elect, Rolf Tolle, has rejected any notion that the market i...
Rebriefs - Windstorm Calvann causes insured losses.
Windstorm Calvann, which hit north-eastern France and south-western Germany on 2 January, caused an ...
PXRe strikes quota share deal
Bermuda's PXRe Group has arranged $194m of quota share reinsurance with a new, special purpose Berm...
Scor sells Commercial Risk and names executives
Paris-based reinsurance group Scor is to sell Commercial Risk Partners (CRP), its Bermudian special...
'Lloyd's may wither', warns Charman
Lloyd's needs to get to grips with technology and embrace outsourcing, or the 300-year-old franchise ...
Rugby referee held to account
Richard John Vowles v David Evans and others (Cardiff District Registry — 13 December 2002) ...
Reinsurers lack capital, says Benfield
Capital shortages will make 2003 a tough year for reinsurance companies, according to a new report by...
Penny Black's insurance week
As Penny got wind of two Independent overseas operations she never knew existed this week - in the ...
Scor sells Commercial Risk, names new management
Paris-based reinsurance group Scor is to sell Commercial Risk Partners (CRP), its Bermudian specialty...
Goshawk Re gets an extra $40m
Goshawk Insurance Holdings of the UK has increased the capital and surplus of its Bermudian reinsurer...
The new generation
With rates for commercial insurance going through the roof, the premium finance market is booming and young start-ups are trying their luck, as Simon Threadgold discovers.