April 2009/1

Copenhagen Re, the Danish reinsurer that was a victim of the industry's 2001 WTC losses, has now drawn up a short-list of bidders for the run-off company, The Insurance Insider can reveal.

Aon veteran Dennis Mahoney is set to retire from the broking giant, The Insurance Insider understands...

The legacy of the infamous workers' compensation carve-out saga of the late nineties - epitomised by the Unicover pool which collapsed in 1999 - has resurfaced after a New York jury found that broking giant Aon bore no liability for Unicover's collapse.

The battle to win the favour of IPC Holdings has descended into tit-for-tat exchanges between the cat specialist's Bermudian neighbours Max Capital and Validus Holdings.

SCOR chairman and CEO Denis Kessler has confirmed the global reinsurer's interest in greater participation in the Lloyd's market, The Insurance Insider can reveal.

The Insurance Insider's Helvetian correspondent looks at the boardroom partnership appointed by Swiss Re to reverse its fortunes...

As underwriters continue to shy away from the troubled Gulf of Mexico (GOM) wind-exposed energy insurance sector, it seems that buyers are also beginning to vote with their feet and move...

Texan lawmakers are weighing up a raft of proposed legislation that could overhaul the state's loss-struck wind pool - triggering an increased reinsurance spend...

Ahead of the crucial mid-year renewals, Lloyd's is confident that a capacity crunch will be averted after syndicates inject over £1bn of new capital to support their US writings...

Your (re)insurer wriggles out of its underwriting liabilities? Don’t worry; you've always got Plan B - sue the broker...

The new sidecar? Proportional reinsurance back in vogue as other capital avenues close...

Pamplona Capital Management, the private equity firm that is in a three-horse race to acquire Chaucer Holdings, is considering an offshore special purpose vehicle (SPV) structure to own...