October 2003/3
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European multinationals could access more favourable terms and conditions on their property insurance if they shopped beyond their domestic market, according to a report published last week by broker Aon.
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The expansive insurance group Brit announced this week that it has acquired renewal rights to the property insurance portfolio of Creechurch Underwriting, the small Lloyd’s insurer.
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It seems that legislation to bring in an asbestos trust fund to compensate victims and end expensive lawsuits will stay log-jammed in the Senate after insurers refused to compromise on the contributions they would have to make.
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Royal & Sun Alliance will be hoping for a quiet few days after last week’s double whammy of PR hits.
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Ratings agency Standard & Poor’s has responded to criticism of its recent reinsurer downgrades, explaining that poor long-term profitability, and not just a lack of capital adequacy, was the catalyst for its actions.
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Credit Lyonnais chairman resigns over Executive Life scandal Jean Peyrelevade, the chairman of French banking Group Credit Lyonnais, has resigned following the Executive Life Insurance Company scandal.
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MBIA, RenaissanceRe, Koch Financial and PartnerRe announced last week that they were preparing to create a new Bermuda-based financial guaranty reinsurance company.
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Claims management and outsourcing firm Xchanging unveiled a new way of dealing with claims last week when it opened its Claims Office of the Future on the sixth floor of the Lloyds building.
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Californian firm Risk Management Solutions (RMS) announced that it has undertaken risk analysis for a bond covering football’s global governing body FIFA for cancellation of its 2006 World Cup in Germany.
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German insurance companies are set to enjoy substantial tax breaks, the German finance ministry has confirmed.
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American International Group (AIG) announced last week that it had agreed to buy a 9.9 percent stake of Chinese insurer PICC Property & Casualty for between $200mn and $300mn.
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White Mountains is reportedly preparing to scale up its presence in Bermuda, with plans to shift as many as four of its subsidiaries to the island.
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US giant Hartford Financial Services Group said this week that it would miss analysts’ earnings forecasts because of higher than expected exposures to Hurricane Isabel and high litigation costs.
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Connecticut based insurer WR Berkley filed last Friday to sell up to $750mn in debt securities, common and preferred stock and other securities.
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California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi wasted no time last week in getting Governor-Elect Arnold Schwarzenegger on side in his quest for workers’ compensation reform.
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As another Republican stepped in to try and rescue stalling asbestos reform, ratings agency AM Best released a report estimating that US property/casualty reserves still fall short by nearly 40 percent.
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As toxic mold, leaded paint and other liability nasties vie for the crown of “the next asbestos”, a new challenger has entered the fray – toxic-chemical exposure in the high tech electronics industry.
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Embattled insurer Royal & Sun Alliance (R&SA) is to withdraw from writing offshore energy business Insider Week can reveal.
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CNA Financial Corporation became the latest insurance Group to exit reinsurance last week when revealing that it has sold the renewal rights, together with much of its under-performing reinsurance book, to Folksamerica Reinsurance Company, a unit of Bermu
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Reinsurance spin-off Aspen Re has appointed bankers Credit Suisse First Boston and Goldman Sachs to advise on a possible $1bn+ US listing, according to sources.
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Despite disapproval from the South African government, US class action lawyer Ed Fagan is threatening a $100bn suit against Alexander Forbes and a host of other companies because of their alleged mistreatment of over 10,000 employees during the apartheid
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Swiss reinsurer Converium has unveiled a new organisational and financial reporting structure, together with a management shake-up.
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Things went from bad to worse for GoshawK last week when ratings agency Moody’s downgraded Syndicate 102’s performance rating and delivered a downbeat assessment of its future prospects.
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In the week that CNA announced the exit of its under-performing reinsurance business CNA Re, its former head Bill Adamson is promoted to replace Peter Scanlan as the head of RK Carvill’s US arm, Carvill America Inc.
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