November 2009/2

Gilmour also to join Enstar-backed firm as new CEO arrives.

Former Benfield Group chairman is frontrunner...

Moody's and Standard & Poor's (S&P) must respond to fraud charges accusing them of masking the risks of the collapsed Cheyne Structured Investment Vehicle (SIV).

French reinsurance group Scor is understood to be contemplating a new cat bond in the Atlas series, while leading ILS manager Goldman Sachs is working on three ILS...

Industry loss warranty (ILW) volumes in Q4 have been boosted by livecat trading during October's Typhoon Melor and the purchase of Europe-exposed and US quake peril contracts.

In a landmark decision, a UK High Court Judge has ruled that Berkshire Hathaway’s run-off vehicle Equitas may recover reinsurance losses based on modeled calculations of the notorious LMX spiral from Randall & Quilter (R&Q)-owned reinsurer Brandywine.

O’Neill set to join Marketform; R&Q named ARC company of the year; UK non-life run-off liabilities up 30%...

As the major brokers reported their Q3 results Aon was left defending the effect that its $1.4bn purchase of independent reinsurance broker Benfield in Q3 2008 had...

Strong trading at Q3 but how will its credit/political risk exposures develop?

(Re)insurers are not banks, says Geneva Association; Axa on M&A trail with EUR2bn rights issue; Hedge fund takes Glacier reins; IPC gains boost Validus and Max profits...

Mitsui Sumitomo hires senior franchise exec; Wildnet investors sell stakes; Corfield leaves Liberty; AEGIS London enters A&H; Brit parts company with PI execs...

The broking giant and AIG were served with a lawsuit by US commodity producer and distributor Seaboard Corp at the end of October.