Reinsurance
Let's hope Turnbull is turning point.
It is to be hoped that the Turnbull Report on corporate governance will at last ensure that risk man...
Baden pow-wow.
Many industry insiders believe that the annual round of reinsurance meetings in Baden-Baden next week will be the most crucial the town has hosted for years. Eric Alexander explains why.
Whipping up a storm.
The face of the reinsurance market is changing, and those companies that fail to adapt to new developments may not survive. Adrian Leonard reports.
New healthcare firm targets expatriates.
Morgan Price International Healthcare, set up this year to offer consultancy services to UK health i...
Safetynet Group.
As e-commerce becomes increasingly crucial to companies' performance, the Safetynet Group, a busines...
Appointment at Clement Doherty & Co.
Jamie Kemp has left Cunningham Ellis & Buckle after 16 years to join specialist City loss adjuster C...
Continuing catastrophes destroy US profits.
The pressures on US property and casualty insurers from mounting underwriting losses, weak premium g...
Bermuda exchange closes.
Suspension of trading on the Bermuda Commodities Exchange will have little impact, because there was...
They talk tough but could still act soft.
Once again reinsurers are claiming that they will emerge from their recent difficulties by taking a tougher approach to renewals at Baden-Baden, reports Eric Alexander.
Two reinsurers face $200m lawsuit.
American Re and Bermuda's Inter-Ocean Re are facing a $200m lawsuit in California alleging fraud and...
Back to basics.
It seems to be time for insurers and reinsurers to reassess the products they offer and the services...
Appointment at SCPIE Companies.
Timothy Rivers, former managing director and a member of the US operating committee of Guy Carpenter...
Appointment at Benfield Greig.
Reinsurance intermediary Benfield Greig Group has announced the appointment of Bill Staple to the bo...
Gloom predicted as underwriters rush in.
Lloyd's open years of account are due to deliver swelling losses, ratings agencies and analysts are ...
Brazilian hold-up.
Following the opening of Zurich Re's new office in Sao Paulo, Brazil, the firm now has to wait for n...
Appointment at International Insurance Society.
International Insurance Society, a New York-based non-profit educational organisation of executives,...
Disasters waiting to happen.
Insufficient catastrophe reinsurance cover is being bought in many markets, despite overcapacity. Ulrich Schweizer and Maria-Elisabeth Fischer summarise the findings of Swiss Re's latest Catastrophe Market Research Project (CAMARES).
Watch for warnings.
Market trends become magnified in the reinsurance world. This was a truth brought home sharply at l...
Benfield Greig heads north.
Benfield Greig has announced the launch of Benfield Greig Canada, having, until recently, seen littl...
Winds of change blow gently.
Rates, rates and rates were the key topics of last month's reinsurance Rendez-Vous, but an upturn in the market is far from certain. Janina Clark reports from Monte Carlo.
Appointment at Capital Re.
Bruce Reich (above) has joined US reinsurer Capital Re as executive vice-president and chief underwr...
Appointment at Gerling Global Re.
Gerling Global Re of America has made three appointments to its property underwriting team. Robert G...
Diving in at the deep end.
Taking over a top reinsurer with no experience of the market might frighten some people, but not Dave Calhoun. Janina Clark meets the new head of Employers Re.
Appointment at Willis.
Property/casualty specialist Frank Rieder has left his position as vice-president of reinsurance bro...