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  • Major reinsurer Everest Re has confirmed that it has no retrocessional cover to protect itself from further losses incurred from February's Chilean earthquake.
  • Bermudian (re)insurer Allied World reported a modest increase in net income for Q1 2010 despite catastrophe losses of $86.5mn, thanks to reserve releases and strong investment gains.
  • In line with a number of its catastrophe-exposed peers, Bermudian (re)insurer PartnerRe booked an operating loss for the first three months of the year and saw net income plummet after being battered by losses.
  • Speciality (re)insurer Markel International has reported net income of $42.6mn despite $17mn of losses from the Chilean disaster - an improvement on the $16.4mn net income posted in Q1 2009.
  • Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) is to cut 2,000 jobs across its insurance business as it tries to tackle its unprofitability and ready itself again for divestment.
  • American International Group (AIG)'s property and casualty (P&C) operation, Chartis, fell to a $192mn underwriting loss as the slew of Q1 catastrophes took a $500mn chunk out of its bottom line.
  • International specialty (re)insurers Catlin Group and Brit Insurance kicked off the Lloyd's Q1 interim management statement season by revealing a drop in premium volumes written at their London hubs in the first three months of the year.
  • US regulator the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is examining the disclosures that investment giant Berkshire Hathaway made about its $27bn purchase of Burlington Northern Santa Fe railroad last year, according to reports citing people familiar with the matter.
  • Accounting firm KPMG and Countrywide Financial - the subprime mortgage lending giant acquired by Bank of America - have together agreed to pay former investors $624mn in one of the largest settlements in US history. KPMG, Countrywide agree giant subprime settlement
  • In last week's Q1 results Munich Re revealed a major catastrophe loss hit of EUR761mn in the first quarter.