August 2015/4

Bids for RSA's Latin American business that have significantly exceeded recent expectations could allow Zurich to stretch its offer for the London-listed insurer towards the levels targeted by the RSA board.

The explosions that hit the Chinese port of Tianjin earlier this month are likely to result in a limited net loss for domestic insurers, according to JP Morgan.

The number of vehicles destroyed by the explosions at Tianjin port could total more than 18,000, The Insurance Insider understands.

Argenta has discontinued the sale process for its Names agent and will retain the business, The Insurance Insider can reveal.

The global (re)insurance industry must have been very bad in a previous life, for the amount of other people's suffering we have had to endure since the global financial crisis began has been enormous.

Lloyd's carrier Tokio Marine Kiln is the lead insurer for the £25mn ($39mn) liability policy covering the Hawker Hunter aircraft that crashed at Shoreham Airshow on Saturday (22 August), The Insurance Insider revealed earlier today.