February 2008/3
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Sustained profit performance bolstered by prior-year reserve releases emerged as a common theme among Bermudians reporting fourth quarter and full year 2007 results.
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Analysts continue to focus on uncertainty surrounding Bermudian giant XL Capital as the troubled (re)insurer reported fourth quarter earnings in line with last month's sub-prime loss fuelled profits warning.
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UK regulator the Financial Services Authority (FSA) has published its 2008/9 business plan, with a focus on "heightened supervisory oversight" in areas such as firms' liquidity, adequacy of stress testing and "general operational preparedness for unexpect
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Omega Insurance Holdings Ltd became the latest Lloyd's insurer mentioned as a possible M&A target after confirming last week that it is in talks with a "number of parties" over a potential takeover.
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The eagerly awaited 2007 electronic claims file (ECF) figures at the end of last month revealed that the Lloyd's market had missed the 100 percent year-end target for take-up despite a significant improvement in December.
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Catlin Group Ltd is poised to launch a second Newton Re cat bond providing $240mn of natural catastrophe perils coverage.
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The Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility (CCRIF) is to be expanded for 2008 renewal, doubling available coverage to $100mn per peril.
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PARIS RE Holdings Ltd said today it had successfully migrated its portfolio of business from AXA RE onto its own paper at 1/1 renewal.
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German giant Munich Re has become the latest group to take advantage of the deregulated Brazilian market.
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Broking giant Willis Group disappointed analysts after recording weak organic growth despite strong earnings in the fourth quarter.
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US insurer WR Berkley Corp reported record net income of $744mn for 2007 despite seeing profits dip 7 percent in the final quarter.
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Investment banks are the architects of their own downfall through the collapse in the US sub-prime mortgage market, according to Warren Buffett.
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Premium income in the life and non-life sectors showed healthy growth at Italian bancassurance group Assicurazioni Generali, boosted by consolidation last year.
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Chaucer Holdings plc will own 100 percent of capacity on Lloyd's Syndicate 4000 after completing a deal to buy out Quanta's interests in Pembroke, the joint venture set up by the companies in 2006 after the Bermudian went into run-off.
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US insurer HCC Insurance Holdings Inc has settled the class action lawsuit over its stock-option granting practices for $10mn.
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Lloyd's managing agency Novae Syndicates Limited has reported no deterioration in run-off reserves as it continues to successfully manage down its legacy business.
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Aon Corp unveiled a major restructuring last week which saw the launch of a new global insurance business led by two of the firm's frontline generals, Steve McGill, the head of the firm's Americas division, and Ted Devine...
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The jury in the trial of five former senior US industry executives charged with transacting an allegedly sham finite reinsurance contract between the two firms is due to retire shortly.
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German reinsurance giant Hannover Re has hailed the 1 January renewals a success, despite falling rates.
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Bermudian Allied World Assurance Company Holdings (AWAC) posted record 2007 net income of $469.2mn, edging ahead of the $442.8mn booked in the prior year as it reported its first results since buying out founding shareholder American International Group..
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The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) plans to turn its sights to the hedge fund community as a target for future investigations into business practices, a spokesman said last week.
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Aon Global has appointed Rob Woods as CEO of its London broking teams.
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Lloyd's (re)insurer Hardy Underwriting Group (HUG) has received court approval for its scheme of arrangement to redomicile its operations to Bermuda.
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Sub-prime related writedowns in the financial services sector have surged in the last month, so far wiping a total of $257bn from the balance sheets of companies worldwide, according to the latest figures from information provider Advisen.
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