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  • Lloyd's has taken measures to ease the passage of brokers wishing to access the market as it continues to execute its rolling three-year strategy of delivering the "platform of choice".
  • SCOR officially launched its hostile takeover bid for rival Converium last week (4 April) as it provided further details of the rationale behind the proposed deal which it hopes will create a top 5 global reinsurer and yield an A+ rating by 2010.
  • German giant Allianz has become the first insurer to transfer flood risk to the capital markets with a $150mn cat bond issued by Cayman Island’s special purpose vehicle Blue Wings Ltd.
  • Bermudian insurer Aspen has completed its search for a new chief financial officer with the appointment of Richard Houghton.
  • The failed, London-listed (re)insurer Alea Group Holdings Ltd is set to be bought by private equity-backed FIN Acquisition Ltd (FIN) in a £162mn management buy-out.
  • Lloyd's has announced tie-ups with the outsourcing firm Xchanging and the trading platform RI3K that will enable its new Chinese reinsurance operation to trade electronically.
  • This year's North Atlantic hurricane season will provide a "litmus test" for the (re)insurance industry's ability to adapt, according to Fitch Ratings.
  • Undervalued reinsurance stocks should be a target for investors, despite the common belief that shares in the sector trade down as the hurricane season approaches, according to analysts at investment bank Bear Stearns.
  • AXA, the French insurance giant, is set to confirm another UK broker acquisition with its swoop for the private equity backed Smart & Cook, according to reports.
  • The multinational broking giants – namely Marsh, Aon, Willis et al – may still be suffering from the effects of a Spitzer-induced hangover, but elsewhere it is becoming difficult to ignore the growing interest in the industry from prospective acquirers.