Reinsurance
Hannover Re in third securitisation deal
Hannover Re has completed a third deal for the transfer of acquisition costs in its life reinsurance ...
New president and COO at Ace
Dominic Frederico has been promoted to president and chief operating officer of Bermudian reinsurer A...
Swiss Re's Internet exchange
Reinsurer Swiss Re has launched the Electronic Risk Exchange (ELRiX) which allows for standardised ri...
Scientists issue gale warnings.
Insurers can expect turbulence this winter as boffins predict it's going to blow much harder than us...
Appointment at Benfield Greig Group.
The Conservative Party's Shadow Chancellor Francis Maude MP has joined financial services group Benf...
Admiral appoints Lloyd's managing agency
PXRE, the specialist captive and corporate management services provider, has been appointed as the Ll...
What the Papers Say.
The fashion model girlfriend of Wet Wet Wet singer Marti Pellow is demanding £5000 from a sweet comp...
Stormy prediction.
Three tropical storms and one hurricane are expected to strike US shores between June and November 2...
Baden doesn't bode well for reinsurers.
Renewal rates look set to disappoint reinsurers, said commentators at last week's Baden-Baden get to...
Innovation on call.
Syntellect Europe, the software specialist based in in Maidenhead, Berkshire, has launched a new cal...
Hope glimmers for property/catastrophe market
New evidence of a tightening of rates in the property catastrophe market has come to light according ...
Ace and XL in Capital clash.
Bermudian insurers Ace and XL were locked in a battle for Capital Re, the US financial guarantee rei...
And the winner is ...
Congratulations to Sabrina Braccia of the domestic treaty division of Ital Re Group in Milan, who wo...
New v-p for US Re.
Larry Shatoff joins international (re)insurance intermediary and consultant US Re as senior vice-pre...
Everest relocates to Bermuda.
US reinsurer Everest Re is to form a new holding company in Bermuda. The current holding company,...
Thinking outside the triangle.
Adrian Leonard discovers how Bermuda's leading (re)insurers are managing to grow despite the confines of such a tiny island.
LaSalle keeps cash for renewals.
Bermudian catastrophe reinsurer LaSalle Re is banking on better prospects by not paying a final 1999...
Brit buys insurance.
As part of its transition from an investment trust to a holding company, Brit has exercised its opti...
Picking Lime Street.
Bermudian companies control some of the largest operations at Lloyd's. Adrian Leonard reports.
Reinvention keeps the island afloat.
Bermuda has become a reinsurance powerhouse but it must change constantly to survive, says Roger Crombie.
Of men and mortgages.
A skills shortage and limited office space are the main obstacles facing new entrants to the Bermuda market. Cameron Andrews reports.
Amlin loses out.
PXRe Managing Agency has taken over management of Lloyd's first captive from Amlin Capital Managemen...
New friends.
A two-way street has opened up between Lloyd's and the London companies market, as both realise they need each other for the greater good of the London Market. Marcus Alcock reports on the innovations of this union.
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