March 2004/1

Swiss Re, AIG and others win battle against summary judgment A period of frenetic litigation came to a head last month in a court case brought by oil giant BP against Swiss Re, AIG, AXA, ACE, Aegis and other international insurers for their refusal to

Isle of plenty as start-ups continue to stride forward and the established set reaches maturity Arch rivals fellow start-ups Arch Re followed its fellow Bermudian post-9/11 start-ups by announcing a strident set of results on 17 February, booking net

At the time of going to press, the first round of Lloyd's Syndicate 2001 results were beginning to trickle through, as the Corporation's listed vehicles reveal their final figures under the three year accounting system and detail development on the 2002 a

In our regular monthly News Digest, we round up key stories from the last month, presenting them to you in easily digestable snippets.

The Catlin insurance group finally announced its intention to take advantage of buoyant investor interest by floating on the London Stock Exchange. In a 3 March announcement, the insurer said the offering, expected to be completed by April 2004, will c