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January 2006/4
  • IUA network to drive contract certainty
    The International Underwriting Association (IUA) has set up a network for the project managers driving the London (re)insurance market towards contract certainty.
    16 January 2006
  • UK facing more terrorist attacks
    A political risk analyst has predicted that the UK will face five more terrorist attacks from Sunni extremists within the next 18 months.
    16 January 2006
  • Lloyd’s calls for end to trade barriers post Katrina
    Lord Levene has continued his call to the US to reform its “credit for reinsurance” rules to allow foreign reinsurers to lend more support in the event of another mega-disaster such as Hurricane Katrina.
    16 January 2006
  • Kiln in cash call following storm losses
    Kiln plc has become the first Lloyd’s insurer to ask third party capital providers to put up additional capital to cover losses from last year’s storms. Members of Syndicate 557’s 2005 underwriting year are being asked to contribute...
    16 January 2006
  • Aerospace chief to leave Benfield
    Benfield’s head of aerospace reinsurance, Stephen May, is set to leave the group only weeks after it was announced the company would be the co-broker on an innovative $250mn space consortium. According to the broker, May will leave the company...
    16 January 2006
  • Lloyd's unveils "optimal platform" plan: Lowering the costs of mutuality at the core of three-year strategy
    As exclusively revealed by our sister publication The Insurance Insider on Friday (13 January), Lloyd's has unveiled its vision for the marketplace, which may see differential charging for the Central Fund and a number of other significant reforms...
    16 January 2006
  • European stocks well valued after good run
    2005 was a terrific year for European insurance stocks, but investors should now prefer the life sector, over property & casualty, warned analysts at Merrill Lynch.
    16 January 2006
  • Hellman & Friedman withdraws from Universal Underwriters deal
    US private equity house Hellman & Friedman LLC has withdrawn from the planned acquisition of Zurich Financial Services’ US auto arm Universal Underwriters following the discovery of regulatory irregularities.
    16 January 2006
  • ZFS looks at German acquisition
    Insurance giant ZFS is mulling over a significant German acquisition, according to sources. The Zurich-headquartered firm – which has been widely tipped to participate in M&A activity this year – is thought to be considering a mid-tier...
    16 January 2006
  • Integro founders come to London for office launch
    The senior management team of Integro Ltd are in London later this month to formally celebrate the opening of the broker’s first European office.
    16 January 2006
  • HCC upbeat on 2006 targets
    Management at HCC have confidently predicted that the firm will achieve, or better, its consensus earnings of $2.55 per share for 2006.
    16 January 2006
  • Starr buys out AIG executives
    CV Starr has taken another step towards separation from AIG as all eligible shares held by AIG executives were tendered to Starr in response to its buyout offer.
    16 January 2006
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