Reinsurance
PXRE launches new operation.
Lloyd's managing agency PXRE has unveiled a new service outfit targeting the small-to-medium-sized c...
Scor in cat bond issue
French reinsurer Scor has placed a 3-year, $200m catastrophe bond to cover US and Japanese earthquake...
Lloyd's warned of desertion.
Lloyd's is facing a "devastating" exodus of key players unless its speeds up its process of reform, ...
Scor opens in China.
French reinsurer Scor has opened a representative office in China. Chairman and chief executive Jacq...
Turbulent times.
Eric Alexander discovers aviation insurers are distinctly edgy at the moment and nobody seems quite sure which way the market is going to jump.
IT solution providers.
This table shows a selection of companies offering IT solutions for the insurance industry. It is by no means comprehensive, but provides useful contact information for those planning to invest.
Appointment at Audatex.
Paul Richardson is the new insurance services director at Audatex. He was previously with Lloyds TSB...
Scor opens Beijing office
French reinsurer Scor has opened a representative office in Beijing. The company, which has written...
Daniel joins Tempest.
Wayne Daniel is to lead Tempest Re's multiline expansion into Europe and Asia. Monoline Bermudian pr...
German life in Asia.
Hannover Re is to write life and health business in Malaysia and Hong Kong. The German reinsurer has...
Renewals stay flat.
If the reinsurance market is returning to health, it is doing so at a snail's pace - at least in ter...
New Lloyd's deputy.
The managing director of the PXRe managing agency, Paul Archard (pictured), has been elected deputy ...
IPC Re closes London office.
IPCRe of Bermuda has closed its London-based European representative office, IPCRe Services, with th...
Euro storms hit results.
Insured losses from windstorms Lothar and Martin, which tore through continental Europe last Decembe...
Marathon man.
John Tyszkiewicz (pictured), a broker with Guy Carpenter, aims to raise £15,000 for the UK's Nationa...
New Ren Re director.
Bermudian property catastrophe reinsurer Renaissance Re has appointed James MacGinnitie to its board...
Appointment at Davies Loss Adjusters.
Davies has made three new appointments. David Mansfield joins to extend the client development side ...
Ren Re authorises share repurchase
Renaissance Re has authorised an additional share repurchase programme to buy back $25m of its shares...
Amlin starts on new Summit.
Troubled Lloyd's insurer Amlin has created a new retail division through the merger of its motor syn...
Hannover obtains licence to practice in Malaysia.
Global reinsurer Hannover is the first international life and health reinsurer to obtain a licence t...
Tempest Re sets up in London
Bermudian monoline reinsurer Tempest Re has appointed Wayne Daniel to head up its move into multiline...
Aegon opens takeover centre.
Aegon UK has signalled its intention to expand by opening a centre specifically to handle the run-of...
Mutuals hoping to raise funds through initial public offerings.
Three former north American mutuals - John Hancock, Sun Life and Met Life - along with Pru of Americ...
IPC Re hit by storms and closes London office
IPCRe has said it expects losses of $35m, or $1.36 per share, in the fourth quarter of 1999 as a resu...