Reinsurance
Appointment at Tempest Re.
Jacques Bonneau, who was appointed in late 1999 by Tempest Re to lead its multiline expansion into t...
Capital ideas.
Craig Pettengell, St Paul Re's securitisation guru (right), believes reinsurers have much to learn from capital markets. Adrian Leonard reports.
Stormy time for IPC.
The development of losses from the storms in Europe at the end of 1999 and other catastrophes in 199...
PXRe blames its losses on weather.
The continuing poor performance of PXRe has led rating agency Standard & Poor's to put the group on ...
Storms prompt review of reinsurance buying.
The effects of last December's European windstorms could be long-lasting, prompting significant chan...
Appointment at Guy Carpenter.
Guy Carpenter, the reinsurance broking arm of Marsh, has appointed Andrew Bustillo to the newly crea...
RAA's 1999 results.
The Reinsurance Association of America (RAA) has reported a combined ratio of 114% for the US proper...
RenRe's NWP rise.
The net written premiums of RenaissanceRe Holdings of Bermuda totalled $64.8m - 86% up on a year bef...
Rates of change.
The annual reinsurance Rendez-Vous will be held in Monte Carlo next week. This year's weather-related losses and inadequate rates are likely to be on everybody's agenda, says Cameron Andrews.
Scott's agenda a commercial success?
The new director general of the Chartered Insurance Institute Sandy Scott, has chosen to keep his po...
Appointment at Swiss Re.
Swiss Re has appointed Jacques Dubois and Peter Ward as non-executive directors of the board of Swis...
Appointment at Rebus.
Rebus has made two key appointments. Steve Richardson joins as European sales director. He was forme...
Planning for the future.
With the Monte Carlo Rendez-Vous fast approaching - heralding the start of the renewal season - the ...
1999's Top 20 Reinsurance Groups Ranked by net written premiums
REINSURANCE STATISTICS (A) Net written reinsurance premiums 1999 ($m) (B) Net written reinsuranc...
A criminal waste of money.
Fraudsters cost the (re)insurance market billions of dollars every year. Cameron Andrews looks at what is being done to combat crime.
PXRe ratings put on CreditWatch
Standard & Poor's has put its ratings of Bermuda-based PXRe on CreditWatch with negative implications...
PXRe losses confirmed
As it predicted last week, Bermuda-based PXRe has reported a loss for the first quarter to 30 June 20...
Breaking ranks.
The last 12 months has seen the broker market in a state of flux following widespread closures and mergers. This year's broker rankings reflect this, with smaller firms being the most volatile.
PXRe expects five-fold increase in losses
Bermuda-based PXRe has announced that it is expecting to make a net loss of around $23.5m in the seco...
Ren Re reports record earnings
Renaisance Re has reported record operating earnings per share in its second quarter results. The B...
Banks plan to get a life.
Four Indian banks have joined forces to create and float a life insurance company with a foreign par...
By jingo-ism.
In the 10 July 1915 issue, a subtle form of jingoism today known - perhaps ironically - as schadenfr...
Typhoon Kirogi brushes Japan
Japan's (re)insurers are breathing a sigh of relief as the first typhoon to affect the country this s...
Hannover Life Re backs Mid-Continent buy
Florida-based Hannover Life Re of America is to finance the acquisition of Mid-Continent Life Insuran...