August 2004/1

The Insurance Insider’s analysis of each quoted Lloyd’s insurer - some of whom were targeted by Capital - shows some are more ripe for consolidation than others... There are 14 quoted insurers - with a total market worth of around £3.8bn - that are eit

Q2 results re-ignite old arguments between Fairfax bulls and bears... Analysts have again drawn sharply opposing conclusions about the liquidity of Canadian financial services holding company Fairfax Holdings after it published its Q2 2004 results.

Berkshire Hathaway backed Lloyd’s consolidation vehicle withdraws AIM float after failing to generate sufficient investor interest. The Insurance Insider analyses what went wrong... On a sticky Thursday afternoon in late July, the management and advis

World's largest insurer (by market cap) AIG reported strong second quarter results booking net income up 26 percent on the same period last year on the back of its general insurance and foreign life and pensions operations. Legendary AIG chairman Hank

Last month's shock $385mn US casualty reserves bolstering and profits warning fed through to hit reinsurer Converium's half year results hard, with a second quarter operating loss of $300mn and net loss of $660mn taking the year-to-date figures to $223mn