Reinsurance
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...
Dowling quits IPC Re
John Dowling, Bermuda-based IPC Re's president and chief executive, has announced that he is to take ...
Audatex unveils new net plans.
Motor estimating system provider Audatex has launched a new internet strategy and is now looking at ...
Gherkin go ahead.
The controversial 180-metre 'gherkin'-shaped tower designed by Sir Norman Foster for Swiss Re has mo...
Champions!
Winners past and present: the superstars of the insurance world are all here, and every one of them earned its awards through hard work, dedication and determination.
NRMA opposer thwarted.
The attempt by a disgruntled board member of Australia's NRMA Group to stop the demutualisation of t...
Architects of success.
Not for the first time Benfield Greig has stolen the show. The past year's admirable commitment to innovation and quality has ensured its place at the cutting edge of reinsurance, writes Janina Clark.
Hannover Re boosted by program income.
Hannover Re has reported gross premium income for 1999 up almost 50% on the previous year. Howeve...
British Insurance Award winners.
The winners of this year's British Insurance Awards were presented with their awards last month at a...
Global reinsurance - More mergers forecast among reinsurers.
The global reinsurance market should see the start of rate recovery this year, but it faces major st...
US posts poor P&C results.
The bleak situation among US property/casualty reinsurers has been demonstrated once again by new fi...
Hurricane season forecast revised.
Hurricane forecast guru Professor Bill Gray of Colorado State University has increased the number of...
Steps up in life.
As part of its strategy to expand its life business, Swiss Re has appointed John Coomber, a member o...
On the up down under?
Australia's largest general insurer NRMA Insurance, which is due to lose its mutuality status when i...
PXRE's new system.
Lloyd's managing agency PXRE is using a document management system from technology firm August. It w...
Isles don't fear ban.
The Channel Islands insurance community is confident that plans to force "tax havens" to reform will ...
Mapfre buys Chatham companies.
Spain's Mapfre Re has completed its acquisition of US-based Chatham Holdings and its subsidiaries, C...
BIA winners announced
At last night's British Insurance Awards CNA Re won the reinsurance initiative of the year category, ...