Reinsurance
Arch Re is looking to raise more capital.
New Bermudian reinsurer Arch Re is looking to raise more capital. It is planning a public offering of...
Make light work of it.
Reinsurer Converium has combined its software package Prime with Benfield Greig's ReMetrica II to create a simpler dynamic financial analysis system for optimising insurance. Adrian Leonard reports.
Mould growth.
A spate of toxic mould claims in the US has alerted (re)insurers to another round of potentially fatal litigation. Patricia Vowinkel reports on the companies' responses.
Rising to the challenge.
When accident and health life reinsurers abandoned the workers' compensation market after 11 September, property and casualty reinsurers stepped in - but at a price. Patricia Vowinkel reports on the massive shake-up in the workers' compensation market.
Offshore betting.
Tony Taylor thought starting a new reinsurer was such a good bet he named the company after his racehorse. He tells Janina Clark about the creation of new Bermudian reinsurer Montpelier Re.
Super Bowl challenger.
Rod Fox (left) hesitated about entering the world of reinsurance broking but now relishes his job as chief executive of Benfield Blanch, the US arm of the Benfield Group, says Janina Clark.
Representative sample of 30 US reinsurers for latest survey.
A representative sample of 30 US reinsurers made a combined $3.55bn loss after tax in 2001, accordin...
Penny Black's insurance week.
With all the goings and goings at Capita McLarens over recent weeks, Penny has finally heard reports...
Goshawk still committed to Lloyd's after huge losses.
Listed Lloyd's insurer Goshawk confirmed its commitment to the market this week, as it posted an exp...
Axis set for push into Ireland and US.
Bermudian insurer Axis Speciality is close to receiving regulatory permission to write business in I...
Vietnam National Re boosts profit 16%
Vietnam's state-owned domestic reinsurer, Vietnam National Re (Vinare), had one of its most successfu...
Axa accepts asbestos claims.
Axa Insurance has accepted exposure to employers' liability policies that could lead to a raft of cl...
US reinsurers lose $3.55bn in 2001
A representative sample of 30 US property and casualty reinsurers made a combined $3.55bn loss after ...
Terror cover: action is vital.
Pressure from industry on the government and the insurance industry to address the lack of terrorism cover continues in the wake of the 11 September attacks in the US. David Gamble argues that it is time for the government to do some quick joined up risk…
WTC losses could cost insurers $58bn
Insured losses from the 11 September terrorist attacks on New York and Washington total $30-58bn, Swi...
Buffett promises underwriting discipline
Underwriting discipline at Berkshire Hathaway subsidiary General Re will be tightened following anoth...
Scor expects profit and a cash call
French reinsurer Scor predicts that it will return to profit in 2002 after making a Euro 278m loss in...
Arson Prevention Bureau releases latest figures.
Children's lives are increasingly being put at risk as schools are hit by an arson crimewave, accord...
Benfield analysis to use RMS hazard models
Reinsurance broker Benfield Blanch is to use natural hazard modelling software produced by Risk Manag...
Homer and Philip head up Folgate Partnership
Andy Homer, former chief executive of Axa Insurance UK, and Tim Philip, formerly of Benfield Group, h...
Advice has a risk.
John Butler follows up last month's analysis of the House of Lords ruling in Aneco v Johnson & Higgins with a look at what the decision means in general for a broker's duty of care.
Reinsurers rack up reserves.
Premium income grew substantially for many reinsurers in 2001 but their bottom-line results for the f...
New firms flood into Bermuda.
The number of new reinsurance companies formed in Bermuda to take advantage of the post-11 September...
Capacity for change.
Despite five years of losses that could total £6bn Lloyd's has attracted more capacity, even as it plans controversial changes. Robert CB Miller reports.