September 2007/4
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(Re)insurance consultancy, Axiom, has launched a new claims management service to enable reinsurers to respond effectively in the wake of a major catastrophe.
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US broker Hilb Rogal & Hobbs (HRH) is expected to complete the purchase the Banc of America Corporate Insurance Agency (BACIA), which manages over $1.2bn in commercial insurance and...
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Catastrophe modelling firm EQECAT has estimated that insured losses caused by Hurricane Humberto will be less than $1bn.
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Former Independent Insurance finance director Dennis Lomas became the last of the firm's trio of senior executives to take the witness stand last week.
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Hamish Roberts has resigned from JLT Agnew Higgins to head up Aon's expansion into the power sector.
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Chuck Hewitt is leaving Benfield to join rival Guy Carpenter – the second senior executive to make the journey in two months.
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Deutsche Bank is set to launch the trading in catastrophe event-linked futures on the Chicago Climate Futures Exchange (CCFE) later this month, in conjunction with former Brit Insurance chief executive Neil Eckert.
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Illinois-based sports underwriter Pro Financial Services Inc was sold last week for $73mn - the equivalent of over seven times "base" earnings.
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The (re)insurance industry has begun to feel the shockwaves from the sub-prime crisis as management liability claims trickle into the market.
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Validus Re will take a decision shortly on whether to renew its $200mn energy sidecar Petrel Re but says it looks likely to continue with the facility.
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Marsh Inc, the broking unit of US (re)insurance conglomerate Marsh & McLennan Inc (MMC), suffered further senior management disruption last week as it parted company with chief executive Brian Storms.
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First half profits at Co-operative Financial Services (CFS), the banking and insurance subsidiary of the UK consumer conglomerate The Co-operative Group, tumbled by 53 percent to £38mn as a result of "exceptional weather-related losses".
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