Reinsurance
Dublin broker enhances Ryanair's online insurance push.
Dublin-based insurance broker Richardson Insurance has teamed up with Bank of Scotland to expand low...
Swiss Re confident of WTC trial success as case is split in two.
Swiss Re has welcomed Judge John Martin's decision to divide the World Trade Center trial into two p...
Top 100 reinsurers struggle to record net profit.
The worst ever year for insured losses hit reinsurers' balance sheets hard last year. The world's m...
General Re still in red.
Berkshire Hathaway's reinsurance subsidiary, General Re, needs further increases in premium rates an...
Bermudians make mark.
At least half a dozen of Bermuda's new (re)insurers look set to figure in Reinsurance's ranking of th...
Results in brief.
Odyssey Re of the US recorded a 58% increase in net written premiums in the first half of this year ...
Appointment at PXRe.
Guy Hengesbaugh, former president and chief executive of LaSalle Re, has joined PXRe as president of...
Limited taste for the exotic.
Dr Alan Punter explains why a hardening (re)insurance market and concerns over accounting practices mean a steady flow of alternative deals rather than a flood.
Swiss Re sets up US advisory board.
Swiss Re has set up a US advisory board for Swiss Re America. The board is chaired by Swiss Re's chi...
Petrobras still making waves.
View the pdf of this story The sinking in March 2001 of P-36, the world's largest semi-submersibl...
Weathering the storm.
It was the day that changed the world. Or was it? In many respects, the effects of 11 September on t...
Appointment at Axis Specialty.
Michael Butt has resigned as a director of Bermudian (re)insurer XL Capital to chair the start-up Be...
Latin American adjuster targets London.
Independent Latin American-based adjuster CAP International this week formally launched its London o...
OFT alarm bells.
Alarm bells will ring in the takeover divisions of the Office of Fair Trading and the European Union...
Swiss Re America gets advisory board
Swiss Re of Switzerland has set up a US advisory board for its Swiss Re America operation as part of ...
Get ready for more change.
View the pdf of this story The reinsurance industry has encountered the worst loss in its history...
Crunch time
2001 presented the reinsurance industry with its greatest ever challenge. In an analysis of Reinsurance magazine's exclusive rankings, Janina Clark assesses the results of a momentous year.
Troubled times.
Argentina's economic crisis has caused major problems for its (re)insurers and has led to an attempt to set up a domestic reinsurer. Mauricio Kitaigorodzki reports.
Build-up in Bermuda.
Reinsurance's top reinsurer rankings give the definitive picture of reinsurers' 2001 results, but there was also a significant number of start-ups late last year. Patricia Vowinkel assesses their impact.
Appointment at ISS Ark & General.
Disaster recovery and business continuity management specialist ISS Ark & General has taken on Mike ...
Belfry Golf Day goes with a swing.
Post Magazine's inaugural Golf Day, held at the Belfry in Birmingham, was not only blessed with good...
Penny Black's insurance week.
When it comes to marshalling the troops, Penny was glad to see one managing director obviously rules...
PXRe quadruples income
Second quarter net income at Bermudian reinsurer PXRe leapt 412% on a year before to $19m, largely du...
Hengesbaugh joins PXRe
Guy Hengesbaugh, former president and chief executive of LaSalle Re, has joined PXRe as president of ...