May 2009/3
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Paris Re has given a cautious welcome to price hardening in some of its core short-tail lines of business, but has again struck a notably less excitable tone than many in its global P&C (re)insurance peer group...
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Insurance giant Allianz saw its net income for the first quarter of 2009 drop by EUR1.12bn to EUR29mn compared to Q1 2008, as write-downs almost doubled to EUR708mn and its property and casualty (P&C) business produced sluggish figures.
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Bermuda was dealt a reprieve last week as US President Barack Obama left out of his $210bn tax revenue package proposals that would curb the ability of non-US insurers to cut tax bills by ceding US premiums to affiliated offshore reinsurers.
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Laura Pendergest-Holt, the chief investment officer for Stanford Financial Group, has been indicted by a Houston federal grand jury on charges of obstruction of justice and conspiracy to obstruct justice.
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After a recent surge, shares in Swiss Re took a volatile path last week as reports that the reinsurance giant was looking to undertake an equity issue at SFr32 compounded a stockbroker downgrade.
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Dermot O'Donohoe is set to join Torus on 1 September after resigning as chief underwriting officer of XL Insurance’s global specialty operations and CEO of its London market operations, The Insurance Insider can reveal.
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After a delayed entry to the power station insurance market, Sciemus had an active Q1 which saw it begin incepting risks through its managing general agency (MGA) on Inter Hannover paper.
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Everest Re Group Ltd has become the latest Bermudian to establish a full European underwriting platform with the launch of a EUR200mn Irish subsidiary.
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Guy Carpenter chairman Britt Newhouse is relocating to London as the reinsurance broker looks to bolster the management structure of its European operations, The Insurance Insider can reveal.
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Florida's state-backed insurer Citizens Property Insurance Corporation has pulled its reinsurance spend from the private market for 2009 because of the increased cost of cover.
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Great American Insurance has asked for a judge to decide the outcome of a $15mn claim from a directors' and officers' (D&O) insurance policy that relates to an ongoing dispute with American International Group...
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UK insurer RSA has raised £500mn of subordinated debt to bolster its financial flexibility ahead of any call on its existing EUR500mn subordinated guaranteed bonds.
