Reinsurance
When bad medicine results in casualties all round.
As the public become more aware of their rights, few professional fields are as vulnerable to massive litigation as healthcare. Francis Higney discovers what precautions are available to medics in the front line.
The Classic Porsche season reaches half-way.
The Classic Porsche season has reached the half-way stage, and despite a broken foot, Post Magazine-...
Ace buys into more of Lloyd's.
Bermudian insurance group Ace has continued its expansion at Lloyd's with the acquisition of Tarquin...
Buffett buys.
General Re General Re, the largest US reinsurer, has been bought by billionaire investor Warren Buff...
Hannover Re profits from Skandia acquisition.
German reinsurance group Hannover Re increased its profits by nearly 13% to DM 122m ($68m) in 1997, ...
Buyout makes Buffet world's biggest insurer.
General RE (GR) will continue to operate independently and be encouraged to expand its international...
Guide to DSS benefits.
Hogg Robinson Financial Services has published its annual guide to UK Social Security contributions ...
ACE clinches deal to buy Tarquin.
ACE has has bought holding company Tarquin in a move that will increase its management capacity to 9...
Live global 2000 link.
Guy Carpenter is conducting a live worldwide video conference on Year 2000 Countdown today (Thursday...
US reinsurers' $5bn.
A group of 42 American property-casualty reinsurers wrote $5.06 bn of premiums during the first thre...
Reanalysis - Catastrophes - Insured catastrophe losses halved.
Last year saw insured losses from catastrophes fall by 50%, according to Swiss Re's latest sigma rep...
Harding claim to go down in history.
Legal experts have warned insurers to brace themselves for the biggest compensation claim in history...
Green Flag to the rescue.
Sometimes you win when you lose and Nottinghamshire league side Blidworth Welfare were finally given...
Appointment at Sedgwick Noble Lowndes.
M Jean-Pierre Thomas and M Arnaud Clement-Grandcourt have joined Sedgwick Noble Lowndes' Paris offic...
Sick of looking for medical cover?
Hannover RE has published a guide to help IFAs find their way around the medical maze. The Guide ...
A warm welcome.
With 10,000 participants and an array of seminars and workshops RIMS is now a must for the insurance industry. Janina Clark provides a guide to the event.
Gentia system launch.
The first automated performance management system for large companies has been launched by Gentia So...
E&B signs deal for two continents.
Ellis & Buckle has signed an agreement with four adjusting firms in the United States, Latin America...
Click on and tee off
Through the Internet maze with Richard Griffiths.
Arrows targets ULR 'cowboy' claims.
Accident Assistance company '3 Arrows', has hit back angrily at recent claims by the Motoring Uninsu...
SCOR's 'quality' year.
SCOR, the French insurer and reinsurer, reported a growth in premiums and profits for 1997, describe...
Solution renaissance.
Gentia Software has announced a partnership with management consultants Renaissance Worldwide that w...
The Budget: 17 March 1998 - Gordon will opt for caution.
The budget is likely to be roughly neutral. Gordon Brown, Chancellor of the Exchequer, will unveil t...
Major storm warning for UK.
A full moon, high tides and freak winds at the end of March could add up to a catastrophe, weather e...