July 2006/5

Lloyd's resilience to last year's record round of hurricane losses was highlighted in two reports last week, as reinsurance broker Guy Carpenter & Co and rating agency Moody's praised the market’s performance under the watchful eye of...

Benfield's space subsidiary International Space Brokers (ISB) has re-signed Benoit Condroyer to spearhead the expansion of its Spanish operations.

Willis Group head Joe Plumeri has welcomed the arrival of petroleum executive Anna Cheng Catalano to the broker's board as bringing a "global, multi-cultural perspective" to the firm.

Mid-cap reinsurance companies geared to the prospect of bumper returns in the property catastrophe market are likely to outperform their large-cap peers, according to analysts at Morgan Stanley.

The Lloyd's Market Association has reignited the debate over broker remuneration with its chairman Andrew Kendrick calling again on the UK regulator to make disclosure of commissions compulsory.

Tony Latham, the long-serving head of Global Relations at Royal & Sun Alliance, is set to leave the UK headquartered insurer next year, Insider Week can reveal.