April 2006/5

Free invitation to attend executive reinsurance event. As warnings mount of another severe hurricane season, the chief executive of Arch Worldwide Reinsurance Group Marc Grandisson has agreed to present at The Insurance Insider's executive briefing...

Our 2006 London Market survey continues to provide interesting feedback on the structure of the market, the demise of Kinnect, the rise of the "gang of six" and the possible solutions available to improve efficiencies in the market.

The run-off acquisitions firm LCL Acquisitions Ltd has completed its ownership of the Isle of Man insurance administration firm FIT Administration (IoM) Ltd. LCL - which was itself acquired by the London Stock Exchange quoted...

UK insurer Royal & Sun Alliance (R&SA) last Thursday (20 April) announced plans to swap its US dollar subordinated bonds - so-called "Yankee Bonds" - for sterling perpetual guaranteed bonds to boost regulatory capital. Under the FSA's prudential...

Despite recent negative comments from analysts on the performance of its banking arm, Allianz received a boost from Standard & Poor's (S&P) last week, as the agency upped its outlook on the insurer to positive and affirmed its AA- financial strength...

Lloyd's insurer Amlin has conditionally agreed to raise £230mn through a long-term debt issue in order to refinance its expansion into Bermuda. Amlin intends to use the two-tier subordinated notes in order to refinance existing loans and letters of...

A repeat of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake could total $80bn in insured losses, according to catastrophe modelling firm Risk Management Services (RMS). RMS analysed the effects that an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.9 on the Richter scale would...

US property casualty insurers are expected to pay out approximately $1.38bn in insured losses for the first quarter of the year, according to ISO's Property Claim Services. The losses are the result of damages to homes, commercial properties and...

Lloyd's insurer SVB is on course to executive its restructuring plan after its proposed scheme of arrangement to introduce a new listed holding company, Novae Group plc, was approved in a court ordered meeting today (24 April).

Swiss Re's proposed takeover of GE Insurance Solutions has today (24 April) been approved by the European Commission. In a statement, the Commission said it had concluded the transaction "would not significantly impede effective competition in the...