November 2011/1

The International Insurance Society (IIS) has released its list of industry heavyweights for inclusion on the shortlist for its annual induction into the Insurance Hall of Fame

With an increasing volume of data supporting a change in the direction of the US primary insurance market for 2012, a comprehensive forecast from Willis paints a picture of stabilisation across many lines of business.

Dire conditions in the investment markets, capital management and growing loss creep were the dominant themes of the P&C (re)insurance sector's third quarter reporting season

Lloyd's and international broker Thompson Heath & Bond (THB) looks set to hold onto the London placement of the AmRisk programme, even if it completes its sale to US wholesale broker AmWINS

Brokers' share prices have all marched into positive territory in the past month, buoyed by the upbeat messages of improving market conditions and positive organic growth

Flagstone Re may succeed in selling off its Lloyd's business in the first quarter of 2012, but it will largely depend on the continuing appetite of trade buyers and private equity firms

Transatlantic Re has ignited yet another round of allegations and counter-allegations with hostile suitor Validus

London market outsourcing partner hails significant progress in process reform in 2011 after a year of transition

The Insurance Insider reviews the industry's largest catastrophe reinsurance programmes up for renewal at 1 January

Run off acquirer and (re)insurance service provider Tawa has started litigation proceedings over disputed tax losses from its partial sale of CX Re in March 2006

There has been a significant uptick in so-called Part VII restructuring activity in 2011 as (re)insurers rearrange their corporate and capital structures ahead of SII

Besso chairman Michael Wade expected to announce his candidature as mid-month deadline for aspiring Council of Lloyd's members approaches