September 2008/4
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Beazley Group has acquired the London-based personal accident underwriting agency Momentum Underwriting Management Ltd (MUM) for up to $37.5mn, the quoted Lloyd's insurer has revealed.
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The Insurance Futures Exchange (IFEX) revealed that from 19 September the Chicago Climate Futures Exchange (CCFE) began listing third and fourth event contracts for all its event linked futures (ELF) contracts.
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AIM-listed Randall & Quilter Investment Holdings plc has announced the acquisition of the parent company of run-off group KMS Group of Companies for £1.78mn, as it continues to eye further acquisitions.
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Swiss Re is backing Galileo Underwriting LLP, a new equine bloodstock underwriting agency based in London, The Insurance Insider can reveal.
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US broker Arthur J. Gallagher has announced the acquisition of London-based underwriting agency Oxygen Insurance Managers Ltd, from its broker parent Oxygen Holdings Plc, as previously revealed by The Insurance Insider.
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Aon's energy team is set to receive a boost with the appointments of two energy brokers from Jardine Lloyd Thompson.
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Jan-Oliver Thofern, the recently appointed head of Aon Re Germany, will lead the reinsurance broker's combined German operations once Aon Corp’s acquisition of Benfield Group is completed later this year.
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Negative trading on major worldwide insurance stocks was halted by global regulators last week in an attempt to stabilise stock markets.
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American International Group (AIG) chief executive Edward Liddy was parachuted into the embattled organisation last week hoping to retain the firm’s core insurance operations.
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A lawsuit from a US pension fund filed last week against American International Group Inc (AIG) and a number of its directors - including recently deposed CEO Robert Willumstad...
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Ratings agencies have continued to be cautious on American International Group Inc's (AIG) prospects despite its $85bn US Government rescue on Tuesday (16 September).
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Leading shareholders in beleaguered American International Group Inc (AIG) are set to meet today in a bid to come up with an alternative plan to the $85bn federal government bail-out that would effectively nationalise the US giant.