September 2005/2

Allstate, State Farm face vast exposures with limited reinsurance...

Rod Fox, the former chief executive of Benfield’s US arm, has returned to the broker to help develop its new Benfield Corporate Risks division.

While the full magnitude of insured losses from Hurricane Katrina is still being assessed, it already appears certain that the burden will be high enough to trigger payment from the owners of CAT bonds and insured loss warranties.

Sector set for more woe; OIL mutual facing downgrade threat

In our regular monthly International News Digest, we round up key stories from the last month, presenting them to you in easily digestable snippets.

(Re)insurers reluctant to estimate losses in the face of continuing confusion...

In our regular monthly London News Digest, we round up key stories from the last month, presenting them to you in easily digestable snippets.

Lloyd’s insurer Amlin plc is planning to start a Bermudian (re)insurer next year, The Insurance Insider can reveal.

Days after 11 September 2001, the former MMC chief executive Jeffrey Greenberg was instrumental in forming Axis Specialty – the Bermudian insurer which has since blazed a trail of success amidst the ripe rating environment of 2002-2004.

Bob Clements' fast growing start-up looks to make London breakthrough with its debut acquisition...

In the aftermath of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, The Insurance Insider’s lead editorial quoted the following exchange from Hemingway’s The Sun Also Rises: