Reinsurance
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...
Bermuda to cut tax take.
The amount of payroll tax levied on international businesses in Bermuda is to be reduced by millions...
Market looks up.
The US reinsurance market is on the mend. Adrian Leonard looks at pricing trends, the balance of payments and where $2.3bn of new premium came from.
NU Rover ban may be lifted.
Norwich Union is set to meet the management at car manufacturer MG Rover over its policy of refusing...
US insurers escape cat losses
US property/casualty insurers paid $4.3bn in catastrophe claims last year, making 2000 the second low...
Retailer plans insurance move.
Discount clothes store Matalan is considering a move into insurance, although no plans have been for...
Appointment at Independent Insurance.
Don Oakley has returned to Independent Insurance to become manager at its Ireland office in Dublin. ...
Insurer cross-examined over exclusion
Insurer CGNU is set to meet the management at car manufactuer MG Rover over its policy of refusing mo...
Appointment at Omega Underwriting Agents.
Omega Underwriting Agents has appointed Nick Leighton to underwrite a professional indemnity book of...