October 2009/3

Brit Insurance Holdings has embarked on a shake-up of its professional indemnity division which has led to the departure of its two most senior underwriters.

The International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS) annual conference to be held this week (21-24 October) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil will be taking ‘Insurance as a means of socioeconomic development’ as one of its key themes...

The community of former UK-domiciled specialty insurance operations now headquartered overseas face years of meticulous close scrutiny of their business affairs by UK tax authorities...

Munich Re's recent decision to reinstitute its share buyback programme to the tune of EUR1bn in "unneeded" capital could act as a catalyst for further returns...

Overseas and emerging markets are forecast to continue to be important areas of growth for European (re)insurers in the coming years...

Rating agency AM Best painted a lacklustre picture of the European non-life sector in 2010...

Jardine Lloyd Thompson (JLT) has continued to lure senior Aon executives to bolster its Asian and aviation resources...

QBE Europe has confirmed that of the 200 jobs that were subject to consultation as part of a restructuring overhaul, 125 redundancies are expected...

Rating agency Moody's has withdrawn the debt ratings on Flatiron Re after its loans were repaid in full earlier this year...