June 2008/2
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Swiss reinsurer Glacier Re has successfully launched its $180mn Nelson Re 2008-I bond, a move predicted by Trading Risk last month.
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Reinsurance broker Benfield Group Limited has made a cash investment of $20.5mn in Hannover Re's $133mn Florida-focused sidecar vehicle, Globe Re.
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Risk modelling firm Risk Management Solutions (RMS) has launched its second natural catastrophe index under the Paradex banner, that it says will lead to earlier loss settlement.
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Hedge fund giant Man Group has acquired a 25 percent stake in Bermudian investment manager Nephila Capital for $50mn.
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Insurers are not expecting to face a significant payout from the blaze that caused damage to the Californian theme park and studio lot of Universal Studios at the start of the month.
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CV Starr has emerged as one of a number of candidates targeted by Lehman Brothers to buy a stake in the credit crunch-hit investment banking giant.
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American International Group (AIG) has been ordered to give its former CEO and chairman, Maurice “Hank” Greenberg, access to company documents by the New York Court of Appeals.
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Shares in American International Group Inc (AIG) fell 7 percent to close at $33.93 Friday after it emerged the company is being investigated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) over its valuation of contracts linked to sub-prime mortgages.
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Gulf Re, the $400mn reinsurer formed in a joint venture between Arch Capital Group Ltd and Gulf Investment Corporation (GIC), has been granted a licence by the Dubai authorities.
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Finnish insurance group Sampo's P&C insurance subsidiary has agreed to purchase Russian insurer SOAO Region, the group announced last week.
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The acquisitive Spanish insurer Mapfre acquired US car insurer Commerce in a $2.2bn+ deal last week.
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Two major UK insurers have revealed job cuts that could total almost 3,000 staff as they face up to "difficult times" and changes in the way business is placed.
