All the headlines from our Europe Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 3 2007 // Marsh UK recently issued a warning to European financial services sectors, including insurance companies, hedge funds, banks and ratings agencies, that “they may be exposed to greater Directors’ and...
Sep 3 2007 // Insurance broker Marsh UK issued a warning to the European financial services sector, including insurance companies, hedge funds, banks and ratings agencies, that “they may be exposed to greater D&O and E&O...
Aug 30 2007 // Marsh UK announced the appointment of Michael Fitzgerald as Head of Human Resources in the UK. He will assume responsibility for all aspects of Marsh UK’s HR management, including HR strategic development,...
Aug 27 2007 // The London office of Moody’s Investors Service has issued a new “Special Comment” analyzing the current crisis in the US sub-prime mortgage market and “the related uncertainty surrounding structured...
Aug 23 2007 // The rating agencies reacted positively to PartnerRe’s move to centralize all of its European operations in its Dublin-based subsidiary (See previous article).Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services assigned its...
Aug 23 2007 // Bermuda-based PartnerRe Ltd. announced that “Partner Reinsurance Europe Limited, a wholly- owned subsidiary of PartnerRe Ltd., based in Dublin, will, from January 1, 2008, be the principal reinsurance carrier for...
Aug 22 2007 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has issued a report entitled “Global Multiline Insurers Brace For A Testing Second-Half 2007 As Property/Casualty Market Languishes,” on its RatingsDirect service....
Aug 22 2007 // A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating (FSR) of “A-” (Excellent) and the issuer credit rating (ICR) of “a-” of France’s SCOR Group and its rated subsidiaries. Best also...
Aug 21 2007 // Marsh UK issued a warning to the European financial services sector, including insurance companies, hedge funds, banks and ratings agencies, that “they may be exposed to greater Directors’ and Officers’...
Aug 21 2007 // The Zurich Financial Services Group has launched a new pan-European direct insurance offering “Zurich Connect,” in Germany. The initiative is “part of a European-wide roll out” that provides...
Aug 20 2007 // Record earnings, capitalization and profits deliver new challenges for reinsurersIf the reinsurance industry were a game of golf, one would say that after three rounds — the two halves of 2006 and the first half of...
Aug 20 2007 // If the reinsurance industry were a game of golf, one would say that after three rounds — the two halves of 2006 and the first half of 2007 — it tops the leader board. But as any golf buff knows the final 18...
Aug 9 2007 // ACE Overseas General has appointed Edward Levin, currently Regional Executive Vice President, Accident & Health (A&H), ACE Europe, to the position of Executive Vice President, International A&H. Andy...
Aug 7 2007 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services analyzes plans to pay back capital, maximizing ROEs and the lack of opportunities to deploy capital effectively in a new report – “Capital Management, Enterprise...
Aug 2 2007 // Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd. announced that Hans-Joachim Guenther would join Endurance Worldwide Insurance Limited in London as Chief Underwriting Officer for Reinsurance and Head of Reinsurance for Europe. He has 19...
Jul 19 2007 // The European Union said it will ask China to be much more vigilant about product safety, requesting that officials there follow up on cases and report back to the EU about what measures are being taken.EU Consumer...
Jul 19 2007 // The European Union said Tuesday it will ask China to be much more vigilant about product safety, requesting that officials there follow up on cases and report back to the EU about what measures are being taken.EU Consumer...
Jul 6 2007 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has issued a new report -“Bancassurance Approaches Employed In Europe, The U.S., And Russia: Similarities And Differences-” that analyzes the sector in those...
Jul 6 2007 // The ACE European Group announced the launch of “ACE Renewable Energy,” a new program which it described as “an innovative insurance solution for UK renewable energy producers and providers in a single...
Jun 29 2007 // The ACE European Group has announced some changes to its Continental European country management with immediate effect, as follows:Jeff Moghrabi is to assume the role of Country Manager for ACE France, replacing Olivier...