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June 2008/3

  • Speculation surrounding the future of Marsh & McLennan Companies (MMC) security consulting arm, Kroll, was further fuelled at the end of last week when the company announced that founder Jules Kroll is to step down.
  • French insurance giant AXA is re-approaching the capital markets with its third motor insurance securitisation, renewing the EUR61mn Class D notes from its 2007 Sparc transaction.
  • Hirotoshi Murakami, CEO of Tokio Marine Global (TMG) in London is set to return to Japan and take up a new position with the parent company at the end of this month.
  • US property & casualty insurers look set to post a modest underwriting loss and suffer significant reduction in profits and return on surplus for the year, according to Fitch Ratings.
  • A potential bid from Zurich Financial Services (ZFS) for the Royal Bank of Scotland's (RBS) insurance unit has continued to place downward pressure on the company's share price.
  • The former head of Guy Carpenter & Co's enterprise risk management advisory group Don Mango is to take up the new position of chief actuary, the reinsurance broker confirmed last week.
  • Embattled reinsurer Scottish Re Group Ltd has agreed to sell its non-US life reinsurance unit to US-based insurer Pacific Life insurance Company for more than $71mn.
  • Bond insurer MBIA Inc is reconsidering the deployment of the $900mn it raised in a recent equity public offering, including the launch of a new insurer.
  • All the member governments of the Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility (CCRIF) have renewed their 2008 policies as this year's Atlantic hurricane season gets underway.
  • The investment vehicle of former American International Group Inc (AIG) CEO and chairman Maurice "Hank" Greenberg will continue with its planned purchase of a stake in Lehman Bros despite expected senior management changes and the posting of...
  • Willis Group Holdings has had its debt ratings placed under review for downgrade by rating agency Moody's after last week’s announced $2.1bn acquisition of Hilb Rogal & Hobbs (HRH).
  • Lloyd's listed (re)insurer Beazley Group plc is to promote group finance director Andrew Horton to take over from Andrew Beazley as its CEO.