August 2008/3

Lloyd's insurer Amlin plc has continued its strategy of acquiring interests in small UK producers with the purchase of a minority stake in TL Dallas Group Ltd.

Risk Management Solutions (RMS) has launched new winter storm and severe convective storm models for North America to assess losses from different weather events.

Zurich Financial Services announced net profits of $2.7bn and a combined ratio of 96.2 percent for the first half of the year, but only after making higher than expected reserve releases of $609mn.

RSA Insurance Group plc's strong results last week have once again fuelled speculation that it could be the subject of a takeover bid.