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December 2006/2

  • Equitas’ senior executives will share a bonus pool of £10.4mn once the landmark agreement with Berkshire Hathaway is finalised.
  • UK regulator the Financial Services Authority (FSA) has written to chief executives of brokers highlighting their responsibility to disclose commissions when requested by clients, in compliance with its Insurance Conduct of Business (ICOB) rules.
  • Despite a bullish investor presentation in early December by Marsh & McLennan (MMC), analysts continue to question the ability of the company’s management to unlock value from its “diverse” operating subsidiaries.
  • Bermuda’s largest reinsurance companies will see their registration and annual licence fees nearly quadruple under new legislation on the island.
  • In issue 253 of Insider Week, we erroneously attributed a quote from Morgan Stanley analyst David Collins, to Nick Johnson of Numis.
  • Des Potter, the former head of insurance at Barclays Capital, joined Benfield Advisory Ltd on 4 December.
  • In a year that has seen ratings upgrades outstrip downgrades for the first time since 2000, Standard & Poor’s (S&P) has upgraded Bermudian (re)insurer Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd from A- to A in response to growth...
  • Lloyd’s insurer Kiln plc said pricing across it specialist underwriting portfolio continues to be strong in a trading statement released today (11 December).
  • Atrium Underwriting became the latest Lloyd’s (re)insurer to release an upbeat trading statement on 7 December, including an improvement on its 2004 year of account.
  • Advent Capital Holdings has become the latest Lloyd’s (re)insurer to unveil plans for a Bermudian platform, Advent Re, which will write retrocessional business.
  • Liberty Syndicates - one of the largest Lloyd’s (re)insurers – has reduced its underwriting capacity for 2007 by £187mn.
  • Lloyd’s insurer Ascot Underwriting has confirmed plans to increase capacity on its Syndicate 1414 by 13.5 percent to £625mn for the 2007 underwriting year.