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  • Shares in White Mountains Insurance Group Inc closed down 5 percent on Friday to $489 on the New York Stock Exchange after the group admitted its reinsurance losses from last year's storms would be almost fifty percent higher than previously estimated.
  • Swiss Re - now officially the world's largest reinsurer following the completion of its GE acquisition earlier this month - is replacing its retiring US head Jacques Dubois with the former Federal Reserve vice chairman Roger Ferguson.
  • French giant AXA announced today (14 June) that it has entered into a definitive agreement with Credit Suisse Group to buy the Zurich-based company’s insurance operation Winterthur for SFr12.3bn, or EUR7.9bn in cash.
  • Rating agency Standard & Poor’s (S&P) last night (12 June) confirmed that Swiss Re’s acquisition of GE Insurance Solutions (GEIS) has cost the reinsurer its AA rating, which has been downgraded a notch to AA-.
  • Fast-growing Integro last week announced a series of further appointments of former Marsh employees to its stable, bolstering its healthcare practice in Boston and Chicago, and establishing a south eastern marine practice.
  • AM Best has affirmed the financial strength rating (FSR) of A+ (Superior) on US insurer HCC Insurance Holdings and assigned indicative ratings on the firm's $1bn shelf registration.
  • Independent (re)insurance broker BMS Group reported a 2 percent upturn in 2005 pre-tax profits to £4.5mn last week. "The breadth and strength of our portfolio has ensured that overall we have remained solidly profitable in 2005, notwithstanding the...
  • Ratings agency Fitch promised to provide greater precision for (re)insurers determining their capital requirements as it detailed what it claims as the first global stochastic capital model in London on last Tuesday (6 June).
  • AM Best responded last Wednesday (7 June) to Quanta Capital Holdings's run-off plans by first downgrading the company's ratings and then withdrawing them altogether at the firm's request.
  • Despite increasing asbestos reserves by another £128mn in the year to 31 March 2006, Lloyd's pre-1993 run-off vehicle Equitas highlighted its progress in resolving claims with major policyholders as it released its financial results last Tuesday (6 June).