Reinsurance
Arch sets up $1bn reinsurer
Arch Capital of Bermuda is to set up a new reinsurer capitalised at $1bn. The insurance and financi...
More signs of life appear.
Restructuring in the world's (re)insurance sector is boosting the attraction of Bermuda as a home for life reinsurance, says Patricia Vowinkel.
Friendly and flexible.
Extraordinary times can lead to extraordinary behaviour. The unprecedented events of 11 September ha...
Ace issues legal proceedings against Charman
Bermudian insurer Ace has started legal proceedings against former Ace chief executive John Charman....
Government reaffirms commitment to terrorist cover
The government reaffirmed its commitment to providing retrocessional cover for terrorist acts in resp...
IPC Re posts record losses
Bermudian property catastrophe reinsurer IPC Re has recorded its worst ever quarterly results, follow...
Swiss Re seeks to block double WTC claim
Swiss Re has gone to court to seek clarification on whether the attacks on the World Trade Center com...
HSBC plans new reinsurer
HSBC Investment Bank has said it is seeking backers for a new reinsurance company. "Our corporate f...
Insurer denies army ban.
Scottish Provident has denied reports it is no longer offering life cover for military personnel, fo...
Picking up the pieces.
The forthcoming Baden-Baden meeting will be significantly different to previous years' - the world's insurers and reinsurers will be focusing on how to deal with the huge global losses suffered in the US terrorist attacks, says Eric Alexander.
QBE acts to build war chest
Australia's QBE Insurance Group, which is a dominant player in the Lloyd's market, is to raise up to ...
IPC Re increases terrorism loss figure
IPC Re of Bermuda has increased the estimate of its losses from the 11 September terrorist attacks in...
Penny Black's insurance week.
Where have all the good golfers gone? Not to Marsh's new £1bn insurer Axis, apparently. In his drive...
Ryanair to sell policies online.
Budget Irish airline Ryanair has linked up with insurer Churchill and broker Richardson Insurance to...
Insurance goes to war.
As the US leads the UK and others into war, PM looks back to 1941, when a UK insurance delegation fl...
Property cat reinsurer planned
RenaissanceRe Holdings and State Farm Automobile Insurance are to try to take advantage of the opport...
Ryanair teams up with Churchill to sell insurance online
Irish low cost airline Ryanair has linked up with insurer Churchill and Dublin-based broker Richardso...
Charman heads Axis.
John Charman, former Ace chief executive who last month returned to the market to oversee the run-of...
Reinsurance will become stronger, says S&P
Most reinsurers would emerge from the aftermath of the 11 September terrorist attacks in the US stron...
Inreon records first trades
The internet-based reinsurance trading system Inreon said it had completed its first trades between b...
Charman to head up new reinsurer
Former Ace chief John Charman has been recruited to head up the new insurance and reinsurance company...
Marsh's equity arm sets up $1bn Bermudian reinsurer
MMC Capital, the private equity arm of broker Marsh & McLennan, is responding to what it says is a sh...
Atrium and SVB post poor results.
Lloyd's insurers Atrium Underwriting and SVB both posted poor results for the first six months of the...
Industry should back terror call from Bush.
The insurance industry should back the call by President George W Bush to flush terrorist money out ...