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  • Less than a week after revealing it was close to an insurance acquisition, Berkshire Hathaway confirmed that it has agreed to purchasing General Electric’s medical professional liability insurer, Medical Protective Corporation.
  • Willis chairman and chief executive Joe Plumeri will sell 2,350,000 shares of the company’s common stock beginning in June, the broker announced last week. As at noon on 9 May, 2005, Willis shares were trading at $35.24 so barring any significant...
  • The financial strength ratings of world’s largest insurer AIG have been downgraded to A+ (Superior) from A++ (Superior) with negative implications by AM Best. In a statement the ratings agency said the downgrade came about because of further disclosure
  • Norwich Union leading light Bridget McIntyre has quit the insurer to take over as chief executive of Royal & Sun Alliance’s (R&SA) domestic operations following Duncan Boyle’s decision to retire from the company after 32 years in its service.
  • Bermudian (re)insurer PXRE has reported first quarter net profits of $22.7mn or $0.69 a share, compared to $30.9mn or $1.18 a share in the same period of 2004. Net operating income per share came in at $23.3mn or $0.71 a share, down from $33.2mn or $1.27
  • In the week that MMC had to reveal a 70 percent cut in first quarter earnings, more bad news arrived in the form of a legal action against the broker from Fortune Brands – the former Marsh client who was an apparent victim of bid-rigging.
  • Bob Clements’ latest start-up venture Integro Ltd is set to go live after raising more than $300mn in start-up capital from private equity investors.
  • Berkshire Hathaway is poised to make an insurance acquisition worth almost $1bn, investment titan Warren Buffett revealed at the weekend while hosting his company’s annual shareholders’ gathering.
  • Embattled insurance giant AIG has pointed the figure at its former management for contributing to a mountain of accounting errors and “inappropriate transactions” that over-stated its book value by some $2.7bn.
  • Marsh & McLennan Companies (MMC), the parent of world’s largest broker Marsh, today (3 May) reported first quarter net income of $134mn, or $0.25 a share, well down on the $446mn or $0.83 a share booked in the first three months of 2004.