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  • Physical damage and liability claims relating to the Deepwater Horizon oil rig that burnt and sank in the Gulf of Mexico (GoM) last week could top $1.25bn, according to senior energy underwriting sources.
  • Bermudian short-tail specialist Lancashire Holdings has unveiled a $200mn credit facility with UK banking group Lloyds TSB.
  • Italy's biggest insurer, Generali, has closed the long-running saga surrounding outgoing company chairman Antoine Bernheim by appointing pundits' favourite Cesare Geronzi as his successor.
  • If President Obama wins enough support to get his financial reform bill through Congress next week, (re)insurers domiciled abroad who do business in the US will take a big step towards achieving a level playing field with US-based competitors.
  • Ariel Holdings has appointed Tom Hulst chief executive of its reinsurance business as it continues to revamp its leadership, following founder Don Kramer's announcement last month that he is standing down as CEO.
  • Federal investigators probing allegations that hedge fund trader Raj Rajaratnam engaged in insider trading of Goldman Sachs stock believe that a director at the investment bank tipped him off about Warren Buffett's $5bn investment, The Wall Street Journal reports.
  • US insurer Chubb saw first quarter net income rise 36 percent to $464mn, despite sustaining a $344mn pre-tax catastrophe hit compared with $26mn over the same period last year.
  • (Re)insurers are facing a total loss on the Transocean Deepwater Horizon rig after it sank on 22 April.
  • Zurich has estimated a relatively modest loss from the Chile earthquake at $200mn, reinforcing expectations that the reinsurance industry will take the brunt of the hit.
  • Strong reserve releases of $49mn helped Platinum Underwriters avoid a loss in Q1 despite its estimated $85mn Chile hit as the market got one of the first indications of how well Bermudians will weather the storm of early year cat losses.