Reinsurance
Monte Carlo in mourning.
The Rendez-Vous was in full swing and reinsurers were confident of raising rates. Then came news of the terrorist attacks in the US. Janina Clark witnessed the reactions.
Benfield Greig to launch profiles.
Reinsurance broker Benfield Greig will launch by early this month what it said are detailed and easi...
Lloyd's future still unclear.
Lloyd's lead role in lines hit by the US attacks has led to concern about the stability of the marke...
Time to talk tough.
Everyone will feel the effect on rates of last month's unprecedented losses. Eric Alexander anticipates hard negotiations in Baden-Baden.
Lloyd's downgraded by S&P and Fitch
Lloyd's financial strength has been downgraded to A from A+ and placed on credit watch negative by ra...
Collateral damage.
Last week's reinsurance Rendez-Vous was overshadowed by the worst terrorist atrocity ever. Not only has the Manhattan skyline been irrevocably altered, the global reinsurance landscape, too, will never look the same again. Janina Clark reports from Monte…
US counts the cost.
View from the United States by Denis Madison.
Instranet UK set to launch.
Instranet, the US software company, is to launch a UK operation on 2 October and is currently in pre...
Research efforts.
The government is channelling its research efforts through the UK Climate Impacts programme and Dr R...
US losses hit life insurers hard
Life insurers on both sides of the Atlantic have been hit hard by the events of last week. In the U...
South: high losses.
Windstorm losses in the south of England are potentially the highest of anywhere in Europe, accordin...
Human cost the industry must face.
While it remains our duty to report as accurately as possible on the mounting cost to the insurance ...
Charman returns.
Former Ace chief John Charman has returned to oversee the run-off of managing agency Newmarket amid a...
Sherwood releases Amarta Risk.
Insurance software and solutions company Sherwood International this week launched its new internati...
Willis targets banks.
Global broker Willis will eventually become a distributor, not only for insurers and reinsurers, but...
What the Papers Say.
The Sunday Telegraph Cinven, the venture capital group, is backing the consortium that has looked...
Thomas Miller in CGU acquisition.
London market mutual Thomas Miller, the parent company of the UK P&I Club and the TT Club, has agree...
WTC: fears for colleagues.
At the annual Monte Carlo Reinsurance Rendez-Vous, all proceedings and meetings came to a dramatic ha...
"Worst case" event happens
By Janina Clark in Monte Carlo
Scor boss predicts surge in rates
Chairman and chief executive officer for French reinsurer Scor, Jacques Blondeau announced this after...
Mourning industry promises to meet losses
By Janina Clark in Monte Carlo
Monte Carlo Rendez-Vous stunned by terrorist attacks
By Janina Clark in Monte Carlo
Rendez-Vous stopped as fears mount
All meetings and proceedings at the Monte Carlo reinsurance Rendez-Vous were halted today, as insuran...
Record cat losses for P&C sector
The property and casualty (P&C) sector suffered its worst second quarter catastrophe losses in histor...