November 2003/1

Centennial Insurance Company (CIC), revealed by The Insider in September as a new entrant to the UK professional indemnity (PI) market with a chequered past and debatable security, is understood to be the subject of a Financial Services Authority (FSA) en

Royal & SunAlliance (R&SA) disappointed in November with a set of results that showed earnings at the lower end of expectations for the first nine months of 2003. The UK's second largest insurer, which announced a £960mn rights issue in September, also

For several years now the Russian reinsurance sector has been expecting a major storm to blow the Russian reinsurers away. To their relief, the reinsurers say it hasn't happened. Even better, they add, the growth rate last year for the domestic reinsurer

Over two years after Boeing officially announced an endemic fault on its 702/GEM telecommunications satellites, last-ditch negotiations continue in an attempt to avert a round of litigation that could cost the industry and its insurers dear. Satellite

ACE shows solid performance Bermudian giant ACE announced a solid set of third quarter results, returning earnings per share (EPS) of $1.04, almost double the same period last year and topping analysts' projections by 2 cents. Income of $304mn was g

CNA's $1.5bn reserve boost Insurer CNA announced a massive $1.5bn post-tax reserve boost in its third quarter results on 12 November. The increase in reserves pushed the company into the red, with third quarter losses of $1.76bn, or $7.94 a share, c

The extent of the insurance industry's exposure to structured football finance was under the spotlight again this month following the publication of Premiership football club Leeds United's full year results. The results, which have been described as t

St Paul takes strength as Travelers takes on baggage Hailed as a "merger of equals" by the management of both parties, the proposed joining up of US insurance giants Travelers and St Paul has met with a tepid response from some observers, with question

Munich Re misses analyst expectations by EUR277mn Munich Re missed analysts' expectations by a significant margin in its third quarter results for 2003. The world's largest reinsurer said on 25 November that it had made Q3 net profit of EUR152mn - w

Litigation over the collapsed Aon 77 energy lineslip has been adjourned for four weeks because of last-minute amendments to the reinsurers’ case. The legal battle had been scheduled for early November but is now due to be heard in court 21 on 1 Decembe

GoshawK's defunct Syndicate 102 successfully appealed a capital loading penalty that could have prevented losses falling on the Central Fund, The Insider can reveal. Syndicate 102 was finally placed into run-off on 31 October, after a gruelling year wh

JLT, the world's fifth largest insurance broking group, are in advanced talks to acquire rival HLF's aviation team, The Insider can reveal. HLF's well regarded aviation team is led by Nigel Weyman. Sources suggest he is set to join JLT together with a