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  • US giant American International Group (AIG) reported a rise in its 2007 net income and announced an $8bn share buyback scheme.
  • In a year in which "everything went right in insurance", investment conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway reported a record gain in net worth during 2006 of $16.9bn.
  • The impact on reinsurers of last month’s legislation in Florida may not be quite as severe as first feared, with the state reportedly opting to expand its hurricane catastrophe fund by $12bn, less than the $16bn increase allowed in the bill.
  • UK general insurer Royal & Sun Alliance (R&SA) has completed the sale of its US run-off operation Arrowpoint Capital to its management even though some policyholders are continuing to object.
  • The rise in German run-off liabilities and the changing attitude to the sector will eventually see the creation of a chief liability officer at (re)insurers, according to Arndt Gossmann, director in KPMG's Advisory practice in Germany.
  • A report into the European run-off market by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) has estimated its size at in excess of EUR204bn of liabilities.
  • Rating agency Standard & Poor's (S&P) is launching a new set of ratings for the run-off sector to indicate the expectation of recovering the principal from (re)insurers.
  • Tawa UK, the run-off acquisition firm backed by the French billionaire François Pinault, has acquired Continental Management Services Ltd (CMS), a (re)insurer with gross assets of $285mn.
  • Despite delivering a doubling of net profits to SFr4.6bn and an unexpected announcement on capital repatriation, Swiss Re’s full-year financials were met with a cautious response by analysts.
  • Converium saw its position strengthened in its efforts to fight off a hostile takeover bid by rival SCOR as it regained its desired A- financial strength rating from Standard & Poor's (S&P).