Reinsurance
Sparring at the spa
The tenor of the upcoming renewals should once again become clearer at the reinsurance meetings late this month in Baden-Baden. Eric Alexander outlines what to expect.
Rebriefs - Heath Lambert Hybrid Solutions
Well done to John Ryan, managing director of Heath Lambert Hybrid Solutions, who won the Reinsuranc...
Appointment at BiB Underwriters.
Agricultural underwriting agency BiB Underwriters has appointed four new employees to its expanding ...
BH buys into Lloyd's deal.
Berkshire Hathaway last week extended its involvement in Lloyd's through a deal with Bermudian insur...
Help the Aged ends affinity deal with Marsh.
Broker giant Marsh has been served notice by Help the Aged that its affinity relationship will be te...
Atrium reports significant improvement in loss before tax.
Lloyd's insurer Atrium reported what it described as a "significant improvement in loss before tax" ...
Public relations.
More and more brokers are deciding to float on the stock exchange - reversing recent trends. Jonathan Swift analyses the rationale behind this move to go public and what it will mean for the market.
Forbes' African expansion.
Anglo-South African broker Alexander Forbes is hoping to expand, following an agreement to sell 30% ...
Alien reinsurers big in US.
Alien reinsurers are taking a growing share of the reinsurance business in the US, according to a st...
Penny Black's insurance week.
Last week, Penny lunched with David Peel, recently-installed head of all things communication at Llo...
Benfield recruitments fuel relocation rumours.
Privately owned UK-based reinsurance broker the Benfield Group is recruiting staff for a new Bermuda...
Appointment at Callidus Software.
Callidus Software has made three appointments to its UK and European headquarters in Bracknell, Berk...
Penny Black's insurance week.
Penny was perturbed to hear that the Association of British Insurers had been kept busy over the wee...
London market facing major capital withdrawal.
The London market has only a couple of years to reform itself to avoid a large withdrawal of capital...
Casualty rates not property expected to climb.
Reinsurance rates are more likely to increase in casualty lines than for property cover at 1 January...
Lloyd's predicted to quit reinsurance.
Lloyd's will revert to being a specialist insurer and cease to write most lines of reinsurance, Dirk...
US insurers cede more to alien reinsurers
Alien reinsurers are taking a growing share of the reinsurance business in the US, according to a stu...
Rate rises expected to continue
Reinsurance rates are more likely to increase in casualty lines than for property cover at 1 January ...
France looks for more terrorism pool reinsurance
The new terrorism pool in France wants to buy more reinsurance in order to reduce the call on the sta...
Lloyd's not place for reinsurance says Converium chief
Lloyd's will revert to being a specialist insurer and will cease to write most lines of reinsurance, ...
Hannover Re anticipates loss from flooding.
Hannover Re anticipates a EUR150m (£95m) gross loss from the flooding in Europe over recent weeks. I...
Benfield Group records loss.
Reinsurance broker Benfield Group has recorded a total operating loss of £30m for the year ended 31 ...
Climate change: an insurance perspective.
23 October 2002 - The Insurance Hall Our knowledge about, and understanding of, climate change and...
Ecclesiastical appoints Archdeacon of Lambeth.
Ecclesiastical Insurance has appointed the Archdeacon of Lambeth, The Venerable Nicholas Baines, to ...