March 2006/1

Shares in UK listed broker Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group plc (JLT) have dropped 7 percent today ahead of the company’s announcement of its preliminary 2005 results tomorrow morning.

Swiss Re’s new chief executive Jacques Aigrain has warned that Bermuda’s “Class of 2005” are at risk of being wiped out by a repeat of the devastating hurricane losses that led to their formation.

Last year was a record year for cat bonds as the market continued to react to Hurricane Katrina, according to a new report called “The Catastrophe Bond Market at Year-End 2005: Ripple Effects from Record Storms” by reinsurance broker Guy Carpenter.

Lloyd’s insurer Wellington Underwriting plc has announced the retirement of its chief underwriting officer David Foreman in a statement to the London Stock Exchange this morning (6 March 2006). Wellington said Foreman will step down from the board...

Boston-based insurer Liberty Mutual Group last Tuesday (1 March) reported a $312mn fall in fourth quarter net profits to $253mn, and a $218mn drop in full-year profits to $1.03bn as it took close to $1bn in 2005 hurricane losses. The company, which...

Giant reinsurer Swiss Re reported a 41 percent drop in its 2005 net income to SFr1.451bn from SFr2.475bn in the prior year, a result that reflected a tough year for reinsurers. Swiss Re absorbed SFr3bn in large natural catastrophe claims following...

Bermudian Allied World Assurance Holdings (AWAC) announced a fourth quarter net loss of $23.9mn from last year with the company suffering an $83mn hit from Hurricane Wilma. The company’s net loss for 2005 was $159.8mn, down significantly from the...

Lloyd’s has chosen the former head of the International Petroleum Exchange (IPE) Dr Richard Ward to become the next chief executive of Lloyd’s, Insider Week can reveal. But the Society is still waiting on the Bank of England to ratify the decision...