February 2006/1

“Class of 2005” alumni Validus revealed last week that it had written $220mn of gross written premiums in its maiden 1 January renewal season. The announcement would seem to contradict recent widespread comments that the new companies...

Christian Milton, the former head of reinsurance buying at insurance giant American International Group (AIG), and three former senior General Re executives, were indicted by a federal grand jury last week.

American International Group (AIG) has won a decisive battle to keep its London-based aviation insurance team as the dispute with its former chief executive Hank Greenberg’s Starr entities becomes increasingly bitter, Insider Week understands.

The former head of the International Petroleum Exchange (IPE) has emerged as a frontrunner to become the next chief executive of Lloyd’s, Insider Week can reveal.

As rumours grow of an imminent $1.5bn regulatory settlement, American International Group and its estranged relations, the Starr Entities, are back in Court today (6 February) following Judge Herman Cahn’s decision to place a temporary...