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  • Lloyd’s set to expand for post-hurricane rates boom
    Lloyd’s capacity for 2006 looks set to come close to its record £15bn capacity level in 2004 as a host of the market’s syndicates plan to increase their business in the wake of hurricanes Katrina, Rita and Wilma. Only a few months ago, most...
    04 November 2005
  • AM Best gets tough on monoliners
    Despite successful fundraising efforts to repair balance sheets battered by spiralling hurricane losses, a slew of rating downgrades has begun, with AM Best leading the way. The agency’s response appears to be toughest on those bearing the biggest...
    04 November 2005
  • Towergate buys SVB's Fusion
    Lloyd’s insurer SVB has sold its SME property focused underwriting agency to the fast-expanding insurance consolidator Towergate Partnership in a deal worth up to £25mn. After several months of talks, Towergate and SVB agreed terms for the transfer...
    04 November 2005
  • UK broker shares rally on Numis note
    A bullish stance on the insurance broking sector by analysts at Numis Securities fuelled a price hike in the shares of brokers Benfield and JLT last month. In the research note, released on 10 October, Numis analysts...
    04 November 2005
  • Montpelier Re asks for time
    After downgrade and developing hurricane losses, investors await strategic plan... Post-9/11 start-up Montpelier Re has pleaded for patience from investors as it formulates a strategic plan to recover from heavily deteriorating hurricane losses that...
    04 November 2005
  • Stanard departure stirs brain drain fear at RenRe
    AM Best downgrade for once revered reinsurer... Rating agency AM Best downgraded the insurer financial strength ratings of troubled Bermudian RenaissanceRe from A+ to A just two days after the reinsurer revealed CEO and chairman James Stanard had...
    04 November 2005
  • Lloyd’s insurers rush to raise post-storms capital
    Like their Bermudian based counter-parts, Lloyd’s quoted insurers are rushing to raise funds from the capital markets to take advantage of the expected uplift in rates that has followed the estimated $60bn-$80bn of storm losses this hurricane season.
    04 November 2005
  • Reinsurers look to partner hedge funds with innovative new Cat vehicles
    Existing reinsurers are creating innovative “side-car” companies with hedge fund capital eager for exposure to the reinsurance sector. At a time when rating agencies are scrutinising companies’ exposures to property catastrophe and retrocessional...
    04 November 2005
  • Besso to file lower profits following accusations
    Fraud-alleging broker Besso Ltd is set to file accounts at Companies House which show profits for 2004 lower than expected at £3.6mn. The London market broker – which says it dismissed former director Tim Barker in August after uncovering alleged...
    04 November 2005
  • Mixed results for big three brokers
    It was a mixed bag as the big three global brokers announced their third-quarter results. Although Aon’s net income was unchanged from 2004 at $122mn it was below analysts forecasts.
    04 November 2005
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