November 2007/5
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Quoted Lloyd's insurer Novae Group plc is set to open a bloodstock account next year following the capture of a Brit Insurance underwriter.
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The rules for Brazil's open reinsurance market are set to be published on 15 December, according to local sources.
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Tawa plc, the UK quoted run-off consolidator controlled by French billionaire Francois Pinault, has launched Tawa Consulting Ltd, which will take on consulting and advisory operations.
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Aon Re Global Fac is to launch a dedicated residual value insurance division.
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London-based electronic trading platform Ri3K is streamlining charges for its services in response to "market criticisms" over the firm's pricing structure.
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Lloyd's insurers Beazley Group plc and Hiscox Ltd disclosed moderate share buybacks last week, continuing the trend in the (re)insurance sector for the repatriation of capital to shareholders.
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A New York-based hedge fund has hit back at Canadian conglomerate Fairfax Financial Holdings with a counterclaim accusing the firm of defamation and a campaign of harassment and intimidation.
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Non-life insurers should escape the global credit crunch but not contagion from a possible economic stagnation or recession, according to research from Morgan Stanley.
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Administrators of loss-hit Kamp Re 2005, Zurich Financial Services' (ZFS) catastrophe bond, have extended the original maturity date by a month, to 14 January 2008, pending a final determination of the loss amounts.
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Underwriting discipline, capital management and improved prior-year syndicate forecasts were the dominant themes as Lloyd's (re)insurers reported trading updates last week.
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Caribbean firm Sagicor Financial Corporation - which acquired Lloyd's insurer Gerling at Lloyd's and its Syndicate 1206 earlier this year - has announced a profit of Bd$136.7mn for the first nine months of the year...
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Brit Insurance Holdings PLC has renewed its binding authority agreement with Augsburg Re.
