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  • In contrast to many of its Lloyd's competitors, the Bermuda-headquartered Catlin Group received a currency boost from the weak dollar which contributed to record net income of $147.3mn for the first half of 2006.
  • If Converium can sell-off its discontinued US arm, Converium North America, then it may spark an upgrade by Standard & Poor’s back to the longed-for A- territory.
  • The growing interest in acquiring non-life insurance businesses in run-off was demonstrated by two major sales last month coupled with the emergence of a new corporate investor looking to profit from parent companies keen to offload unwanted subsidiaries.
  • Lloyd’s insurers saw half-year profits dented by the impact of foreign exchange adjustments, with the effect on the bottom line partially influenced by the hedging strategy company's employed.
  • The hard-pressed retrocessional sector – which was decimated by 2005’s storm losses – is now dependent upon securitised capacity for 30-40 percent of its market, a figure likely to reach 50 percent by the end of next year.
  • Two months after Jardine Lloyd Thompson’s (JLT) proposed takeover of rival Heath Lambert fell through, analysts have turned their attention to the quoted UK broker’s prospects as an independent entity.
  • Sidecar vehicles have now raised more than $4bn in capital since they roared into fashion in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina last year.
  • The going rate for a privately owned broker is typically one to one-and-a-half times annual broking revenues, which suggests US broker Lockton Company and the private equity firm Stone Point Capital LLC bought Alexander Forbes’ international arm...
  • Levene makes tax call for London’s competitiveness; Beazley boosts cat capability with Berkshire Hathaway tie-up; Gibson returns to Highway; LMA launches wordings repository; Fitch affirms Lloyd’s A rating; et al
  • Bookmakers will rarely accept bets once the race has started which explains why – halfway through the Atlantic hurricane season – there have not been any recent US windstorm catastrophe (cat) bonds.