September 2005/3

Lloyd's has confirmed today (14 September) the resignation of Toby Davies and Iain Saville as CEO and executive chairman of Kinnect respectively.

Lloyd’s has issued an estimate of £1.4bn net loss due to Hurricane Katrina, stating that the London market is in a strong enough position to absorb the loss.

Morgan Stanley analyst William Wilt has advised investors to remain selective as new capital opportunities arise with (re)insurers in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.

On 12 September, Insider Week stated that Equitas' insolvency margin had increased. This was incorrect. The opening paragraph of the story should have read: Equitas announced its annual results for the year ended 31 March 2005 last week, revealing...

Bermudian (re)insurers have begun to release their estimates of the financial impact of Hurricane Katrina. Meanwhile, following a mandated 12 September deadline to provide loss estimates, Lloyd's vehicles have continued paint a picture of the scale of th

Equitas announced its annual results for the year ended 31 March 2005 last week, revealing a rise of 2.4 percent in its insolvency margin.

Reinsurance broker Benfield announced a 10.5 percent drop in pre-tax profits when it revealed its first-half results last Thursday (8 September).

French reinsurer SCOR group received a welcome boost on 9 September when international rating agency Fitch Ratings upgraded its Insurer Financial Strength (IFS) from ‘BBB’ to ‘BBB+’.

Clement Booth has joined the management board of Allianz AG where he will be responsible for the UK insurance markets on the board.

Swiss insurer Zurich Financial Services (ZFS) has released its preliminary estimates of losses resulting from the recent flooding in Switzerland, southern Germany and Austria.

On the eve of the key Monte Carlo reinsurance Rendez-Vous event, Standard & Poor’s (S&P) again downgraded a troubled reinsurer below its pivotal ‘A-’ rating.

As Monte Carlo gets underway, a consensus is beginning to emerge that Hurricane Katrina is an industry changing event, with profound implications for balance sheets, rates and capitalization.