reinsurance
Fitch: Global Reinsurance Outlook Remains Stable, Pricing to Fall
Fitch Ratings' outlook for global reinsurance sector ratings remains stable, with the agency expecting to affirm the majority of its current reinsurance ratings in...
Fitch Ratings : outlook on global reinsurance sector remains stable, Pricing to Stagnate
Fitch Ratings says its outlook for the global reinsurance sector remains stable, as capital, underwriting and operating trends are expected to support reinsurers' current...
Xchanging : welcomes the Bermuda Under 40s Re/Insurance Group to the London Market
Xchanging welcomed a group of Bermudian underwriters and brokers to their London Headquarters. The visit was part of a tour to learn about the...
EIOPA : EU-US Insurance Regulatory Dialogue Project invites public comment
The Steering Committee of the EU-US Dialogue Project invites public comment on the draft factual Report based on the results of the Project’s seven...
Fitch Ratings : hedge funds face challenge balancing reinsurance returns
Several well-known hedge fund managers have backed new reinsurance vehicles, with the aim of using stable premium flows in lower-risk underwriting business to support...
Fitch Ratings : capital markets a sustainable alternative to traditional reinsurance
Fitch Ratings indicates in a new report that capital market alternatives to reinsurance from sources such as catastrophe bonds (cat bonds), collateralized quota-share reinsurance...
AIR Worldwide catastrophe models licensed by China Property & Casualty Reinsurance Company
Catastrophe risk modeling firm AIR Worldwide (AIR) announced that China Property & Casualty Reinsurance Company Ltd. (CPCR) has licensed AIR’s typhoon, earthquake, and multiple-peril...
Amlin passes nat cat losses to customers
Amlin Insurance has joined the growing group of insurers raising their prices, as the flow on effect from last years natural disasters begins to...
Munich Re’s profits drop by 71% in 2011
Munich Re's profits plummeted last year because of the eurozone debt crisis and a string of natural disasters, the reinsurer reported today.
In 2010 the...
Hannover Re raises reinsurance prices
Hannover Re has increased it's premium price for hurricane an earthquake losses, as the reinsurer renewed it's contracts with insurers last month (January).
Hannover, the...
Swiss Re appoints two new CEO’s
Swiss Re will make two big changes over the coming months, with the appointment of a new Group CEO and a new CEO of...
UIB names new Executive Director
United Insurance Brokers (UIB) has assigned Stephen Pallett as their new Executive Director, Operations and Administration.
Stephen was promoted from the position of UIB Marine...
QBE expands to general liability re
QBE, the specialist in business insurance, has expanded its Dubai branch’s underwriting capability into General Liability Facultative Reinsurance for Middle Eastern and North African...
Quakes and floods cost Suncorp Australia £166 million
The hail storms in Melbourne and the Chritschurch earthquake will cost Australian insurer Suncorp between AUD200 million and AUD250 million (£133 million to £166...
FITCH: Reinsurance protects Australian insurers against floods
Fitch Ratings has commented today that catastrophe reinsurance offers reasonable protection to Australia's major non-life insurance companies against floods in Queensland and Northern New...
Catlin Re Switzerland receives approval from Swiss regulators
Catlin Group Limited, the international specialty property/casualty insurer and reinsurer, announces that Catlin Re Switzerland Ltd. (‘Catlin Re Switzerland’) has received approval from the...
THB sells Clowes division
The Board of specialist insurance and reinsurance broking group THB Group plc has reached agreement to sell THB Clowes to the Lloyd's broker Ellis...
Market analysis : Philippine insurance market third smallest in East Asia
The Philippines has been ranked as the third smallest in the East Asian region in terms of insurance premiums, better only than floor dwellers...
Appointment : Gregory Hendrick is XL Group’s new Vice President
XL Group plc announced today that it has appointed Gregory S. Hendrick as Executive Vice President, Strategic Growth, effective immediately. Mr. Hendrick will lead...
Appointment : Steve Betts is Aon’s new Global Chief Information Officer
Aon Corporation, global provider of risk management, insurance and reinsurance brokerage, and human capital consulting and outsourcing, today announced the appointment of Steve Betts,...
