April 2005/4

A new survey of Lloyd's underwriters suggests that pricing rather regulation comes top of insurance buyers' list of concerns - and that the big issue in 2005 for the industry a whole will be management of the pricing cycle. The survey, which was commis

In our regular monthly News Digest, we round up key stories from the last month, presenting them to you in easily digestable snippets.

As the revelations into AIG’s past practices continue to mount, David Schiff looks at the insurance giant and the Art of Financial Prestidigitation.

Ron Carlier, the colourful group chief executive of RK Carvill & Co, has unexpectedly left the reinsurance broker, The Insurance Insider can reveal.

Steve McGill, the former chief executive of Jardine Lloyd Thompson group, has joined Benfield to drive the reinsurance broker's expansion into the primary markets.

With capital raising on track, the challenge for broker start-up is to build traction quickly... The veteran industry financier Bob Clements is close to raising an estimated $200mn-$300mn to form Integro, the start-up broker which plans to provide

According to reports in the US, ousted American International Group (AIG) chief Maurice "Hank" Greenberg's "gift" of almost all of his $2.3bn stock in the company may not be enough to shield his investment from future lawsuits.