Reinsurance
Marsh stands by Charman.
Broker Marsh is standing by its new high-profile manager John Charman, despite the fact he is being ...
Appointment at Cunningham Lindsey.
Clive Spiller has moved to Cunningham Lindsey UK as Cardiff service centre director, with both clien...
US rejects call for terror pool.
The US insurance industry is facing a critical market problem, Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill told ...
Insurers team up in Bermuda.
Global insurance giants AIG and Chubb have teamed up with Goldman Sachs to form a new Bermuda-based ...
Government backs terrorist cover by definition.
The government reaffirmed its commitment to providing retrocessional cover for terrorist acts, in res...
Axa prepared to contest World Cup legal action.
French insurer Axa plans to contest any legal action bought against it by football's world governing...
United we stand?
As the economy leans towards recession, many wait to see whether the expected downturn will topple the insurance industry and the frenzy of merger and acquisition activity that has characterised it recently. Edward Murray investigates.
QBE shake-up as Lothian quits.
Australian insurer QBE's European division has lost another big hitter just a year after the surpris...
Relationships suffer as reinsurers become more clinical
Reinsurers are reducing their emphasis on long-standing client relationships and adopting a more clin...
Australian recovery a slow process
Reinsurance broker Guy Carpenter, which plans to recover up to $200m for insurers who placed busines...
AIG and Chubb team up for $1bn reinsurance venture
Global insurance giants AIG and Chubb are reported to have teamed up with Goldman Sachs to form a new...
AIG & Chubb in new venture
US insurers AIG and Chubb are reported to have teamed up with Goldman Sachs to form a new Bermuda-bas...
QBE rationalises treaty business
Australian (re)insurer QBE's European division has rationalised the amount of retrocession on its tre...
Baden-Baden focuses on terrorism
Eric Alexander reports from the reinsurance meetings
HSBC seeks underwriter.
The corporate finance arm of HSBC investment bank is in talks with several parties with a view to es...
Cover shortfall fears.
Companies could be left without any reinsurance cover in the event of a loss come January, as protra...
One-loss call on WTC insurance cover.
Swiss Re commenced legal proceedings this week in a bid to determine the extent of its exposure to t...
Cats face turbulent times.
The property catastrophe reinsurers that have set up in Bermuda since the early 1990s have had to weather many ups and downs, says David Fanning.
Rebriefs - Fitch.
Cat bond issuance could top $2bn next year as traditional insurance becomes more expensive and less ...
New capital enters market.
New and existing companies are moving to capitalise on the accelerated hardening of (re)insurance ma...
US Congress looks at pool.
The US Congress was expected to decide by this month between a property and casualty terrorism reins...
Crisis brings change.
Bermuda is already seeing the effects of 11 September as new companies are formed and existing companies deal with major losses and contemplate raising more capital. Janina Clark reports.
Appointment at RK Carvill.
Jonathan Turnbull has been appointed chief financial officer of reinsurance broker RK Carvill. He wa...
US checks Lloyd's.
US regulators are to investigate the financial health of the Lloyd's market, as a condition of a temp...