Reinsurance
Appointment at Guy Carpenter
David Priebe, managing director at Guy Carpenter, has been promoted to head the broker's worldwide ...
Good, but not good enough
It is heartening to see black ink starting to reappear in reinsurers' results (see 2002 results tab...
Arch Capital enters marine hull market
Bermuda's Arch Capital has entered the marine hull market in partnership with Eagle Ocean Services....
Bermuda on the Liffey
Ireland is establishing itself as the favourite European base for Bermuda's (re)insurers. Adrian Leonard tracks the (re)insurance migration from Hamilton to Dublin.
Benfield gets Stockton head
Dan Malloy, chief executive of Bermudian finite reinsurer Stockton Re, is to join broker Benfield o...
Axis Specialty to write war risks
Axis Specialty of Bermuda is to start writing war risks. The (re)insurer declined to say how much c...
Buffett targets Lime Street
The world's best-known investor, Warren Buffett (right), has increased his commitment to Lloyd's, but what are his intentions? Robert CB Miller investigates.
From island to Ireland
Renaissance Re of Europe's managing director Ian Branagan (right) tells Adrian Leonard why the Bermudian reinsurer chose Dublin as its European base.
Floods: insurers must do more than just basics
I agree with most of what John O'Roarke says (View from the top, Post Magazine, 20 February, p13) h...
Smart and Cook completes acquisition
Yorkshire broker Smart and Cook has completed the acquisition of rival Oughtred and Harrison (PM, 1...
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...