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Ratings Roundup: Syndicate 382/Hardy, Samsung Europe

Apr 7 2011 // A.M. Best Europe – Rating Services Limited has affirmed the financial strength rating (FSR) of ‘A’ (Excellent) and issuer credit rating (ICR) of “a+” of Lloyd’s Syndicate 382, which is...

Florida Approves Arch Re Under Reduced Collateral Law

Apr 4 2011 // Florida has added another company to its growing list of reinsurers that are taking advantage of a state law that allows it to reduce its capital requirement. Arch Reinsurance Limited, a Bermuda-based reinsurer, received...

Florida Allows Reinsurer Alterra Bermuda to Reduce Collateral

Mar 29 2011 // Another reinsurer has stepped forward to take advantage of a Florida law that allows it to lower its collateral and still conduct business in the state.Florida regulators announced that Alterra Bermuda Limited has been...

Kane to Acquire HSBC’s Insurance Management Operations

Mar 11 2011 // Kane, a provider of specialist risk and insurance management services, announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire the insurance management operations of HSBC.The bulletin explained that “under the...

Ratings Recap: Risk Re, Argus

Mar 4 2011 // A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating of ‘A+’ (Superior) and issuer credit rating of “aa-” of Cayman Islands-based Risk Reinsurance Limited (RRL), both with stable outlooks. The...

Tokio Millennium Re Receives Authorization for Australia

Mar 3 2011 // Bermuda-based Tokio Millennium Re Ltd. (TMR), a subsidiary of Japan’s Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance Co., Ltd., announced that the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has authorized...

Lower Collateral for 7 Reinsurers

Jan 24 2011 // Bermuda-based Renaissance Reinsurance Ltd. has been approved to participate in Florida’s property reinsurance marketplace with modified collateral requirements. In 2007, Florida lawmakers passed legislation that...

Florida Approves Lower Collateral for Renaissance Re

Jan 4 2011 // Bermuda-based Renaissance Reinsurance Ltd. has been approved to participate in Florida’s property reinsurance marketplace with modified collateral requirements.In 2007, Florida lawmakers passed legislation that...

Best Assigns ‘A’ Rating to Swiss-based Catlin Re

Dec 31 2010 // A.M. Best Europe – Rating Services Limited has assigned a financial strength rating of ‘A’ (Excellent) and an issuer credit rating (ICR) of “a” to Catlin Re Switzerland Ltd, the newly formed...

S&P Rates Catlin Re ‘A’; Sees ‘Key Benefits’ from Swiss-based Subsidiary

Dec 21 2010 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has assigned its ‘A’ counterparty credit and financial strength ratings to Switzerland-based Catlin Re Switzerland (CRCH), a new insurance entity created as a...

Best Affirms Amlin AG’s ‘A’ Ratings

Dec 17 2010 // A.M. Best Europe – Rating Services Limited has affirmed the financial strength rating of ‘A’ (Excellent) and issuer credit rating of “a” of Swiss-based Amlin AG, a reinsurance subsidiary of...

Catlin Re Switzerland Receives Approval from Swiss Regulators

Dec 8 2010 // Catlin Group Limited, the international specialty property/casualty insurer and reinsurer, announced that its reinsurance subsidiary, Catlin Re Switzerland Ltd. has received approval from the Swiss Financial Market...

Catlin’s Interim Statement Highlights Premium Gains

Nov 12 2010 // The Bermuda-based Catlin Group Limited’s interim management statement highlighted some significant premium increases in certain lines.The bulletin said: “Group-wide net premiums earned increased by 13 percent...

Best Affirms Hiscox Operating Companies ‘A’ Ratings; Outlook Stable

Nov 10 2010 // A.M. Best Europe – Rating Services Limited has affirmed the financial strength rating (FSR) of ‘A’ (Excellent) and issuer credit rating (ICR) of “a” of Hiscox Insurance Company (Bermuda)...

Tropical Storm Shary on Track to Hit Bermuda by Tonight

Oct 29 2010 // The 8:00 a.m. AST bulletin from the National Hurricane Center in Miami placed the season’s latest tropical storm, Shary, around 220 miles (355 kms) south–southwest of Bermuda.The storm, which coalesced from a...

Best Affirms Torus Insurance and Operating Subsidiaries Ratings

Oct 27 2010 // A.M. Best Europe – Rating Services Limited has affirmed the financial strength ratings of ‘A-‘ (Excellent) and issuer credit ratings (ICR) of “a-” of Torus Insurance (Bermuda) Limited, Torus...

Bermuda Insurers Collaborate on Healthcare Offerings

Oct 26 2010 // The Bermuda insurance market has launched two new products for the healthcare market: the Bermuda Market Follow Form Healthcare Insurance Policy and the Bermuda Market Reinsurance Agreement. Select Insurance brokers and...

Catlin Re Switzerland Expands Underwriting Staff

Oct 22 2010 // Catlin Re Switzerland, the European reinsurance company currently being formed by Catlin Group Limited, headquartered in Zurich, has announced two additions to its underwriting staff.Christophe Chandler, currently a Class...

Best’s London Briefing Highlights Challenges for Europe’s Insurers

Oct 20 2010 // “2011 will be another challenging year,” said Roger Sellek, the CEO of A.M. Best Europe – Rating Services Limited, at the rating agency’s annual review of the state of Europe’s insurance...

ACE Appoints Froud Chief Admin. Officer – Bermuda; Samson to Retire

Oct 19 2010 // The ACE Group of insurance and reinsurance companies announced that Samantha Froud, Group Financial Controller, has been named Chief Administration Officer for the company’s Bermuda-based operations. She joined ACE...