April 2009/2
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Aon's revamp of its UK pension structure comes as the big three global brokers continue to target cost cutting measures within a difficult trading environment.
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Rates for national US property-catastrophe reinsurance programmes rose by between 10 and 14 percent on a risk-adjusted basis at 1 April renewals, continuing the hardening trend seen in January’s renewals for catastrophe-exposed lines, according to broker
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Texas-based Southwest Insurance Partners Inc (SWIP) has put on hold plans for a private offering to raise up to an additional $100mn in capital due to the uncertain economic outlook, The Insurance Insider can reveal.
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Global reinsurers' capital may have deteriorated by a further 10 percent in the first quarter of 2009 as stock markets continued to slide, according to Guy Carpenter (GC)’s head of business intelligence Chris Klein.
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Aon unveils UK energy unit; Sagicor starts life at Lloyd's with Cassidy Davis hire; RSA acquires Irish Underwriter; Glacier opens new Swiss office; LPL expands into Caribbean.
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Hurricane forecasters from Colorado State University have lowered an early prediction of 14 named storms in the upcoming Atlantic season to 12.
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Class of 2005 start-up Lancashire Holdings said last week it expects to benefit from a surge in demand for Gulf of Mexico (GOM) energy capacity in the second quarter, after deliberately holding back capacity in the first three months.
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The momentum behind hardening in the airline insurance market has seen average lead hull and liability rate rises of 5 percent in 2009, according to a sector update from Aon.
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US life insurers were handed a boost last week with reports that the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) is to be officially extended to the beleaguered sector.
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New cat bond sponsor Assurant Inc has launched a $150mn US wind transaction, while Allianz has increased the size of its Blue Fin II cat bond to $180mn...
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The furore over bonuses at American International Group’s decimated financial products (AIGFP) unit may have been counterproductive, according to its head Gerry Pasciucco.
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The European insurance and reinsurance federation, the CEA, has emphasised its support for re-considering Solvency II’s contentious group provision after the directive has been in place for three years.
