March 2005/3

Reinsurers seek to avoid liability on WTC claim The legal repercussions of the 9/11 Twin Towers attack continue to resonate - with a dispute appearing in court this month between Aon subsidiary Combined Insurance Company of America and its reinsurers o

MMC chief executive Michael Cherkasky vowed the broker will keep its wholesale operations despite concerns that they can lead to conflicts of interest.

Spitzer pursues a 'bottom upwards' strategy with bid-rigging investigations Kathryn Winter, a former Marsh managing director, became the 10th member of the US property & casualty industry to plead guilty to a criminal charge in connection with the New

Despite closing the 2002-year of account on its Syndicate 1200 with a 38 percent profit on capacity, claiming the third best result in the market, listed Lloyd's managing agency Heritage has been forced to leave the year open on Syndicate 1245 due to unce

Hard market harvesters look to the future, while others held back by past Amlin 2001 reports record combined ratio Beazley sees good conditions, prepares for downturn Catlin grows with record premium and profit GoshawK posts better results Lega

Agency relationship is at the heart of the dispute London market underwriters and brokers remain at loggerheads over new proposals for charging broker commissions, The Insurance Insider understands, with negotiations set to reach a critical stage in co

City grandee Michael Spencer has joined the board of London market start-up Oxygen Holdings plc, The Insurance Insider can reveal. Spencer, one of the wealthiest men in the City through the success of his company ICAP plc, became a non-executive direct

Potential new addition to quoted Lloyd's company sector Lloyd's insurer Omega Underwriting Holdings Ltd is planning an IPO, two years after it postponed a possible flotation, in a bid to build a platform to grow its permanent capital base and provide g

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

Hank Greenberg’s replacement needs to prove the AIG chalice is not poisonous Even an industry legend can only suffer so many regulatory black eyes, and so it proved for American International Group's Maurice "Hank" Greenberg. Greenberg finally thre

Broking giants count cost of Spitzer JLT blames Risk Solutions for sluggish performance Benfield posts flat profits but sees growth in primary markets MMC culls a further 2500 jobs to cut costs

The widening scope of schemes of arrangement was extended further last month as a Canadian court upheld its approval of a scheme promoted by run-off manager Cavell, despite last minute attempts to derail the process by Canadian policyholders.