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March 2007/3
  • Lancashire sets ambitious growth target
    "Class of 2005" insurer Lancashire Holdings revealed it is targetting premium growth of at least 20 percent in 2007 as it reported better than expected earnings per share of 40.9p - 9.1 percent ahead of analysts' consensus.
    12 March 2007
  • Improved forecasts to boost Atrium result
    Lloyd's insurer Atrium Underwriting plc said its full-year results would be "materially ahead of current market expectations" after it improved its syndicate forecasts.
    12 March 2007
  • R&SA slips to £20mn loss after US disposal
    UK general insurer Royal & Sun Alliance (R&SA) saw its 2006 results slip into the red following the successful completion of the sale of its legacy US business, Arrowpoint Capital.
    12 March 2007
  • Beazley profits rise over 500 percent
    Lloyd's insurer Beazley Group plc joined its London rivals in benefiting from 2006's favourable conditions as it announced a rise of over 500 percent in its pre-tax profits.
    12 March 2007
  • Bermuda move ‘pays off handsomely’ for Hiscox
    The decision of Lloyd's insurer Hiscox Ltd to open a Bermudian underwriting platform has "paid off handsomely", according to Robert Hiscox, the firm's chairman.
    12 March 2007
  • Catlin in £16mn settlement with Wellington Names
    Catlin Group has agreed to pay £16mn to Names who traded Wellington capacity in the Lloyd's auctions last year before the two insurers announced they were in takeover talks.
    12 March 2007
  • Benfield says Florida will cost £10mn
    Benfield Group said Florida's decision to near double its hurricane catastrophe bond will cost the group an estimated £10mn in trading profits this year.
    12 March 2007
  • Aon Re pays £9.5mn to settle Benfield fac dispute
    Benfield Group will treat the £9.525mn which Aon Re has agreed to pay to settle the litigation springing from the defection of a key producing team as an exceptional item this year.
    12 March 2007
  • Lloyd’s results reviewed: week one
    Markets responded in mixed fashion to the UK-listed insurers last week as consensus-beating figures didn't always translate to corresponding share performance.
    12 March 2007
  • Aquiline raises $1.1bn for private equity fund
    Aquiline Capital Partners LLC, the private equity firm headed by the former MMC chief executive Jeffrey Greenberg, has raised $1.1bn in capital for its initial fund, the Aquiline Financial Services Fund LP.
    12 March 2007
  • George and Jacob hit Australia
    Western Australia has been hit by two cyclones, George and Jacob, over the past few days as the warning signs to (re)insurers that the wind could return with vengeance this year continue.
    12 March 2007
  • Donald MacDonald joins Willis Re
    Willis Re has appointed the ex-Aon executive Donald MacDonald to become deputy managing director of its UK Reinsurance unit.
    12 March 2007
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