November 2009/2

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

The commercial energy (re)insurance market is facing its biggest loss of the year from the blowout and subsequent fire at the West Atlas rig in the Timor Sea.

Lloyd's lead (re)insurance stocks down; Valuations falter; Gap narrows further between Lloyd's and Bermuda.

A lot can happen in four years but, one way or other, Royal Bank of Scotland will have sold its P&C insurance operations, RBS Insurance (RBSI), by 2013.

US insurers Seaton Insurance Co and Stonewall Insurance Co's long-running case against Randall & Quilter (R&Q) founder Ken Randall is approaching appeal.

Just under 200 investors, advisors and sponsors gathered in New York for Trading Risk's annual executive briefing last month to discuss market issues.

The Lloyd's insurers of the directors' and officers' (D&O) policy held by the disgraced Allen Stanford have been compelled to acknowledge coverage.

Malawi and Caribbean countries may be the next to access the World Bank's new ILS template for developing nations, after the $290mn MultiCat Mexico 2009 transaction closed.

Bermuda-headquartered Armour Reinsurance Group has lured senior Pro Group executive Steve Ryland, despite being trumped in the race to acquire Pro by Tawa plc.

Scottish Lion appeal fast-tracked in bid for certainty while Minster scheme continues.

Time last year, as the financial crisis went global, credit spreads were ballooning, banks were crumbling and insurance companies were suffering heavy losses on...