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  • The former head of Beazley's accident and health (A&H) division, Chris Branch, found Oscar glory last night (2 March) when the documentary he co-produced, The Lady in Number 6, won the award for best documentary short.
  • Shares in London-listed Amlin plc were the European insurance sector's biggest gainer early today (3 March), as a set of strong 2013 results from the company outweighed geopolitical worries triggered by rising tensions between Russia and the West over Ukraine.
  • London-listed (re)insurer Hiscox on Monday (3 March) said it had agreed to buy Singapore-based online motor insurer DirectAsia for an initial $55mn, establishing its first foothold in the fast-growing Asian market.
  • London-listed (re)insurer Amlin on Monday (3 March) said its 2013 profit rose by nearly a quarter last year as lower catastrophe claims outweighed a rise in European weather-related losses.
  • Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI), the audacious commercial P&C start-up launched by Berkshire Hathaway last year, will write "billions" within a few years, committed the conglomerate's CEO Warren Buffett over the weekend.
  • The lack of large catastrophe claims in 2013 helped Warren Buffett's (re)insurance empire notch up a pre-tax underwriting profit of $3.089bn, the highest by the conglomerate since the post-Katrina underwriting years of 2006-07.
  • Standard & Poor's (S&P) has upgraded RSA Group's counterparty credit and insurer financial strength ratings from A- to A with a stable outlook following the UK insurer's announcement of a £775mn rights issue and a raft of other actions yesterday (27 February).
  • Ratings agencies Fitch and Moody's today (28 February) said they would maintain negative perspectives on troubled UK general insurer RSA as they await the outcome of a £775mn rescue rights issue the company announced yesterday.
  • The number of weather-related insurance claims in the UK rose to a 10-year high during the fourth quarter of 2013 because of winter storms and floods, according to accountancy firm Deloitte.
  • Bermudian (re)insurer XL Group yesterday (27 February) appointed Joseph Tocco as chief executive of its North American P&C business, effective immediately