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  • Swiss Re considers early Buffett redemption with capital buffer
    Swiss Re said last week its excess capital leapt from $9bn to $12bn in the first quarter and added that it was now focused on repaying Warren Buffett - which would allow the world's second-largest reinsurer to restart share buybacks.
    10 May 2010
  • Berkshire keeps foot on reinsurance brake; Q1 cat losses reach $500mn
    In the week that Berkshire Hathaway's Charlie Munger remarked: "I would not bet the farm on price increases...it's so easy to under-price and under-reserve", evidence came of the investment giant's limited appetite for reinsurance business.
    10 May 2010
  • Industry titans gather in NY to mull soft market
    It is rare that the likes of CV Starr's Hank Greenberg, Markel Corp's Tony Markel, Stone Point's Chuck Davis and Aon founder Pat Ryan are in the same room but they - and many other industry savants - are converging on New York this week to discuss the challenges of the soft market.
    10 May 2010
  • Transocean decides to retain more risk
    Drilling contractor Transocean will increase its level of self-insurance following the huge Deepwater Horizon rig loss in the Gulf of Mexico (GoM) on 22 April, the company revealed.
    10 May 2010
  • Reported Chile losses now over $6bn
    Losses reported by the (re)insurance industry for the Chilean earthquake have slipped over the $6bn threshold, thanks to a late-arriving $810mn addition from US (re)insurance behemoths Berkshire Hathaway and AIG.
    10 May 2010
  • Ryan’s raid on CRC triggers litigation crossfire
    Industry veteran Pat Ryan faces a firestorm of litigation in the wake of his audacious poaching raid on CRC, after recruiting over 100 of its staff to his start-up managing general agent.
    10 May 2010
  • Share buybacks unhindered by Q1 cats
    If any additional evidence is required that there is ample capital floating around the (re)insurance industry, then the Q1 share repurchase schemes provide undeniable proof (see table).
    10 May 2010
  • European insurers bounce back following mammoth EU bail-out
    European insurance stocks raced ahead today (10 May) as sovereign debt default fears subsided following the mammoth EUR750bn package to underpin the Euro.
    10 May 2010
  • Brit PI team sees another departure
    Another high-profile member of Lloyd's and international specialty (re)insurer Brit's fast-shrinking professional risks division is set to depart, The Insurance Insider has learned.
    10 May 2010
  • Berkshire Q1 cat losses reach $500mn
    Warren Buffett-led Berkshire Hathaway suffered catastrophe losses of $500mn in the industry's bruising first quarter.
    10 May 2010
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