Reinsurance
Ace rules out exit.
Bermudian insurer Ace denied speculation this week that the shock departure of the high-profile John...
Penny Black's insurance week.
Following the departure of John Charman from Ace this week, Penny's mind wandered to the whereabouts...
Charman quits Ace
John Charman has quit Bermuda-based insurer Ace only weeks after being promoted to group president an...
Roped in to stunt.
The London Underwriting Centre was the venue for a challenge set by TV programme Don't Try This At H...
BG in merger talks.
London market broker Benfield Greig is in talks with Texas-based rival EW Blanch, which could lead t...
Hannover predicts profit leap for 2000
Hannover Re, the world's fifth largest reinsurer, has said it expects its net income for 2000 to be u...
Hannover issues hybrid capital
Hannover Re has placed a subordinated loan of Euro 350m ($326m) of hybrid capital on the European cap...
Hannover Re shrugs off poor Clarendon result
Hannover Re says that a large drop in profit at its Clarendon Insurance subsidiary in 2000 would have...
Atrium results.
Lloyd's insurer Atrium Underwriting has reported mixed results for the 1998 year of account for its ...
Hannover offers new programme.
Hannover Re plans to use its UK subsidiary Insurance Company of Hannover to launch a new "programme"...
Scor profits rise despite p&c losses
Scor has reported substantial operating losses in its property and casualty (p&c) business in 2000. H...
Hannover Re buys program business
Hannover Re has expanded its US program business with the acquisition of business and an underwriting...
Playing by the rules and still adding value.
City editor at the Evening Standard Anthony Hilton will be one of the star speakers at a topical Pos...
Appointment at Caplin.
New York-based Caplin, creator of the Real Time Text Protocol (RTTP), has taken on Ariel Jacobs as e...
Appointment at Sorema.
Alexis Ruset, chairman and chief executive officer of French reinsurer Sorema since 1997, has left t...
Results in brief - Renaissance Re.
Renaissance Re of Bermuda recorded a 21% return on equity for 2000 as operating earnings per share g...
Munich in cat bond move.
Munich Re has arranged what it claims to be the largest ever reinsurance catastrophe securitisation,...
Storm forecasts impact renewals.
The Asian market reinsurance renewal season, due to start in April, could be impacted by an extended...
Police probe taxi insurer.
A police investigation has lead to the closure of Goldleaf Insurance Brokers, after it was discovere...
Charman gets expanded role
Ace is to divide its operations into two units, each with a president and chief executive. Under the ...
Appointment at Hannover Re.
Roland Vogel has been put in charge of the finance and accounting division of Hannover Re. He was pr...
Fisher leads Price.
Simon Fisher has become chairman and chief executive of independent Lloyd's broker Price Forbes. He ...
Reading between the lines.
Policyholders of Reliance Re were able to breathe a sigh of relief last October when Bermudian reins...
Natural losses set to rise.
Losses from natural catastrophes will continue to rise as the number of events increases, predict th...