Reinsurance
Taylor keeps optimistic on falling rates.
Lloyd's chairman Max Taylor put a brave face on plunging rates in the reinsurance market by insistin...
No way out of this price spiral'.
Some 2000 delegates arrived in Monte Carlo this week for the 42nd Monte Carlo Rendez-Vouzs. Janina Clark and Alex Beatty report on how they are facing up to plunging rates and fierce competition.
Reinsurers stressing their commitment.
With reinsurance rates still soft across the board, reinsurers at this week's Monte Carlo Rendez-Vou...
Warning on securitisation.
The securitisation of risk in the capital markets is here to stay and is likely to have a serious im...
Ace London axes 60 staff.
Ace London, the Lloyd's operation of Bermudian giant Ace, has slashed the number of staff in its Lon...
Swiss Re reaches No. 1 in US.
Swiss Re, the world's largest life and health reinsurance company, is to become the biggest life and...
Lloyd's in cyberspace.
Lloyd's may have a reputation for innovative underwriting, but it is less well-known for its ground-...
XL Mid Ocean swaps cat.
XL Mid Ocean Re, the reinsurance operation of merged Bermudian insurers Exel and Mid Ocean, has carr...
Acquisitive is positive.
Janina Clark talks to Michael O'Halleran about the rise and rise of Aon Group.
Axa's 'captive' retains risk.
For the first time in the four years of the company's existence, Axa Cessions has retained some of t...
IPC Holdings hit by cat losses.
A return to a more normal level of catastrophe losses meant net income for the second quarter of 199...
Acquisitions give Ace a great hand.
The third quarter results of Bermuda-based insurance giant Ace have been boosted by the inclusion of...
Blanch buys retro.
Broker E.W. Blanch has acquired specialist retrocessional reinsurance broker Dunn & Carter. The oper...
Here we go again.
There has been a fairly steady stream of takeovers, buyouts and alliances in the insurance and reins...
Rating roulette with high stakes.
When the world's leading players in the reinsurance market sit down around the cafe tables of Monte ...
Re-Structuring, -fining, -grouping ...
... all key topics at the annual Monte Carlo Rendez-Vous, which some 2000 reinsurance delegates will attend next week. Janina Clark looks at what might be on the agenda.
CMG in £1.5m deal with Aon.
Aon has revealed the fully updated details of a £1.5m, three year support and maintenance contract a...
Mad about M&A.
Technology giant IBM has conducted a survey of European insurance executives which found 54% of them...
Taking a gamble.
Reinsurers are heading into the unknown in Monte Carlo this year, says Janina Clark.
General Re deal finds favour.
The shock $22bn acquisition of General Re by billionaire investor Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathawa...
Benfield & Rea Investment Trust.
Lloyd's corporate investor Benfield & Rea Investment Trust (Brit) is seeking to become an insurance ...
Ace buys more Lloyd's capacity.
Acquisitive Bermudian insurer Ace has bought all the ordinary share capital of Limit (No.9) Ltd, a c...
New Lloyd's agency.
Omega Underwriting Agents, a new Lloyd's managing agency, has been formed to manage syndicate 958, w...
New IIL officers.
The Insurance Institute of London has elected Dieter Losse, deputy chairman of reinsurance broker Be...