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  • The former finance director of collapsed Australian insurer HIH was charged last month with the criminal offence of falsely authorising a prospectus with a material omission. Dominic Fodera – who faces six criminal charges under the Corporation Act...
  • American International Group (AIG) is to restate its financials for the second time this year after finding an additional £500mn of income through accounting errors. The company explained that the discovery would delay the filing of its Form 10-Q...
  • Dublin-headquartered Cologne Reinsurance Ltd had its financial strength rating downgraded to A- from A++ by AM Best on 7 November. The ratings agency also downgraded the reinsurers credit rating to a- from aa+ and the firm remains under review with...
  • Berkshire Hathaway announced its third quarter net earnings were $586mn, or $381 a share, down 48.5 percent from the $1.14bn, or $739 a share, for the same period in 2004. Earnings were hit by current loss estimates of $2.99bn from hurricanes...
  • Industry veteran Don Kramer has again chosen Shakespearian inspiration for the name of his $750mn+ Bermudian start-up reinsurer. Kramer - who formed the Bermudian catastrophe reinsurer Tempest Re in 1993 - is to call his new reinsurer, Ariel Re...
  • Ratings agency Fitch has joined rival AM Best in downgrading Bermudian reinsurers Montpelier Re and PXRE as a result of the recent US hurricanes. Montpelier Re’s financial strength rating was downgraded by two notches from A- to BBB on 3 November...
  • Capital raising would appear to have been the easy part for Bermuda’s Class of 2005, as the island’s newest entrants are confronted with the dual challenges of staffing and housing start-up operations. However, despite Bermuda’s incumbent players...
  • Risk management company Insurance Services Office’s Property Claims Service has announced that insurers have paid an all-time record of $40.bn on property claims during the third quarter of 2005 after seven natural catastrophes.
  • Willis has announced a second offering for the sale of 6.1mn shares currently held by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (KKR) and Fisher Capital. Willis is planning to purchase 1.5mn of the shares in a private transaction with the remaining shares being...
  • Talanx is reported to have trumped the aggressive US buy-out firm Cerberus Capital Management for the prize of fellow German insurer Gerling Group. Talanx – which is reducing its majority stake in reinsurer Hannover Re – has not revealed terms of...