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  • The enduring appeal of a Lloyd's platform is being demonstrated once again with a number of start-up syndicates expected to be unveiled in the coming weeks. US insurer WR Berkley is closing on the launch of a new syndicate...
  • Regime change continues at Swiss Re with the resignation of chairman Peter Forstmoser just weeks after the troubled reinsurance giant replaced its CEO.
  • Brit Insurance Holdings plc is set to redomicile to the Netherlands as it becomes the latest Lloyd’s insurer to relocate its holding company overseas.
  • Lloyd’s insurer Hiscox Ltd has ruled out the need to raise capital as it announced pre-tax profits that more than halved from £237.2mn to £105.2mn, despite a strong underlying underwriting performance.
  • Moody’s Investors Service has put $67.5mn of the notes on Glacier Re’s $180bn Nelson Re cat bond on review for a possible downgrade after the (re)insurer significantly upped its Hurricane Ike loss estimates.
  • Lloyd's insurer Novae is steering a steady course through the unprecedented financial turmoil, posting robust preliminary pre-tax profit of £40.2mn for 2008.
  • Berkshire Hathaway’s credit default swaps (CDS) hit a new record high yesterday on concerns over the conglomerate’s exposure to the bullish derivative positions it has taken
  • Global reinsurer SCOR produced solid operating results for 2008, reporting a non-life combined ratio of 98.6 percent, 0.7 percentage points lower than a year earlier as gross writings remained stable at EUR5.8bn.
  • Global reinsurer Munich Re has said it sees the reinsurance market continuing to harden, but will lower exposure to business segments that were “particularly exposed to the recession”.
  • Underlying pre-tax profits were up 15 percent at Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group plc to £95.2mn as the UK-listed broker reported strong top-line growth for 2008.