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  • Bermudian giant XL Capital is to float its financial guaranty business in an initial public offering (IPO) on the New York Stock Exchange, the (re)insurer revealed in a 7 April statement. Funds raised will be used to boost capital and to...
  • As predicted in the January issue of The Insurance Insider, Allied World Assurance Holdings Ltd (AWAC) is set to become the last of the so-called “Class of 2001” to go public after filing for an initial public offering (IPO) of up to $400mn on 17 March.
  • Castlepoint Holdings Ltd is the latest reinsurer to be formed in Bermuda after the US investment bank Friedman, Billings Ramsey & Co Inc raised $265mn via a private placement for the start-up operation.
  • Following on from the early-reporting Lloyd’s listed vehicles (see March issue of The Insurance Insider), the latest clutch of 2005 results were mixed, with those escaping the devastating hurricane losses with a profit largely indebted to reserve...
  • The data processing and electronic transfer initiative being driven by the so-called “gang of six” (G6) is gathering momentum, with the completion of a first round of successful tests, agreement of standards and a ringing endorsement from the Lloyd’s...
  • The unlikely alliance between industry titans Maurice “Hank” Greenberg and Warren Buffett has led to the former American International Group (AIG) chief executive establishing an aviation underwriting platform in Lloyd’s.
  • Troubled Bermudian PXRE announced yesterday (11 April) that it has requested the withdrawal of its financial strength and issuer credit ratings by the major agencies. The move is part of the reinsurer’s strategic evaluation process that has...
  • Legal tit-for-tat is par for the course in the ongoing break-up between American International Group (AIG) and the company now run by its ex-CEO Hank Greenberg, CV Starr. The last month has proved no exception with action in two separate cases in...
  • As the hurricane season raged last year, Lloyd’s revealed that it had made a £1.38bn profit in the first half of 2005. The devastating impact of hurricanes Katrina, Rita and Wilma (KRW) was unlikely to see the performance sustained, but the Society’s...
  • Deteriorating losses from failing insurer filter through in 2005 The scale of the damage caused to the Lloyd’s Central Fund by the failure of GoshawK’s Syndicate 102 is becoming apparent with the Society paying £76mn last year to cover claims...