Reinsurance
Scor finalises Sorema deal.
Scor, France's largest reinsurer, has confirmed its takeover of the Sorema reinsurance arm of French ...
News in brief - Hannover Re
Hannover Re of Germany has set up Hannover Re (Bermuda) to write catastrophe business worldwide. The ...
DP Mann and Cologne invent Faraday.
The broker distribution business formed from the Lloyd's managing agent DP Mann and Cologne Re's UK ...
British Insurance Awards.
Shortlists for British Insurance Awards (BIA) for Reinsurance Innovation of the Year and the Lloyd's...
Benfield Greig wins Blanch.
Around 94% of the shareholders of the US-based reinsurance broker EW Blanch had accepted the $179m t...
Hannover on the up.
German group Hannover Re increased its net profit in 2000 by 81% to £293m, thanks largely to a cut i...
Hannover Re boosts profit 81%
The German group Hannover Re increased its net profit in 2000 by 81% to Euro 365m ($431m), thanks lar...
US p&c reinsurers boost premiums
The net reinsurance premiums written by US property casualty reinsurers in the first quarter of this ...
Benfield Greig wins Blanch
Around 94% of the shareholders of the US-based reinsurance broker EW Blanch had accepted the $179m ta...
AIG in lead firing line.
US insurance giant AIG has been named as the liability insurer of Colebrand, the Lancashire-based pr...
Blanch takeover.
Reinsurance intermediary Benfield Greig will, as originally intended, finance its proposed $179m (£1...
Arson measures.
The Arson Prevention Board has welcomed government grants totalling nearly £1bn, given to 25 fire br...
Aon sets up big Bupa deal.
Aon Employee Risk Solutions has brokered a private medical insurance deal for financial holding comp...
Alleghany shrinks.
Lloyd's insurer Alleghany Underwriting has withdrawn from several lines of business, as part of a ma...
Mass withdrawal at Alleghany
Lloyd's insurer Alleghany Underwriting has withdrawn from several lines of business as part of a majo...
St Paul on track for rail insurance.
St Paul has reiterated its commitment to the rail industry, following the crash at Charing Cross Sta...
Starring role.
For almost a century, the London market has been a vital reinsurer of US risks. The reasons why Lloyd's has retained its leading edge across the Atlantic, despite the competition, are complex - Jeremy Mather explains.
TUC lines up lead claims.
In the wake of the furore over asbestosis, insurers could be facing another multi-million pound indu...
Call for deeper compliance move.
Ian Dilks, leader of the UK financial services practice at Pricewaterhouse Coopers, said too many fi...
American Re secures $120m of indexed cat cover
American Re has secured $120m of cover in the form of catastrophe-related securities linked to a mode...
DP Mann and Cologne Re of London become Faraday
The broker distribution business formed from the Lloyd's managing agent DP Mann and Cologne Re's UK o...
Lloyd's admits six new brokers.
Six new insurance brokers have been admitted to Lloyd's, including the first non-UK based brokers ev...
Mutual assurance.
Old Mutual has entered into an agreement with St Paul to acquire its Baltimore-based life assurance ...
EW Blanch losses.
Troubled broker EW Blanch, which has just been taken over by UK reinsurance broker Benfield Greig, h...