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2007: Climate Change Dominates Debate While Soft Market Hits Entire P/C Market

Dec 23 2007 // The debate over climate change captured the world’s attention, including the insurance industry’s, in 2007, while major hurricanes spared the United States’ coastline. The soft market took hold of...

Guy Carp Publishes UK Flood Report

Dec 14 2007 // Guy Carpenter & Company, LLC has published “Wrong Type of Rain: Impact and Implications of 2007 UK Floods,” an in-depth analysis on the extensive flooding that caused severe damage in north-eastern England...

S&P Downgrades MMC’s Ratings to ‘BBB-‘ on Marsh Problems

Dec 6 2007 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has lowered its counterparty credit rating on Marsh & McLennan Cos. (MMC) to ‘BBB-‘ from ‘BBB’ as well as its short-term debt rating on MMC to...

Guy Carpenter Appoints Abrantes Senior Vice President, Iberia

Dec 5 2007 // Guy Carpenter & Company announced the appointment of Carlos Abrantes as Senior Vice President of Iberian operations. He will be based in Lisbon, and will be responsible for developing the firm’s Portuguese...

AIG’s Glaser Named Marsh CEO

Dec 3 2007 // Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. has named Daniel S. Glaser, an AIG executive who began his career as a Marsh broker, as chairman and chief executive officer of its insurance broker, Marsh Inc.Glaser currently serves...

Ratings Recap: MMA, Shinkong, First Ins., Singapore Re, Swiss Re, W.R. Berkley (Europe)

Nov 21 2007 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has raised its long-term counterparty credit and insurer financial strength ratings on France-based insurer MMA IARD Assurances Mutuelle (MMA IARD) to ‘A’ from...

Looking for Profits at Marsh

Nov 18 2007 // The Marsh & McLennan Companies, or MMC, has seen its once dominant position atop the brokerage world assailed by changing conditions, Eliot Spitzer, more competition and its own internal restructuring.Although MMC...

Guy Carp’s New Czech Flood Model

Nov 16 2007 // Guy Carpenter & Company, LLC announced that its Instrat ® unit has introduced a new, fully probabilistic flood model for the Czech Republic. “The model provides insurers with a reliable, high-quality set of...

Guy Carp Makes Europe, Asia Pacific Executive Changes

Nov 13 2007 // Guy Carpenter & Company, LLC has announced a number of key executive appointments to its European and Asia Pacific broking operations.Nick Frankland, formerly CEO of UK Operations, has been appointed to the newly...

Looking for Profits at Marsh

Nov 12 2007 // The Marsh & McLennan Companies, or MMC, has seen its once dominant position atop the brokerage world assailed by changing conditions, Eliot Spitzer, more competition and its own internal restructuring.Although MMC...

Ratings Roundup: MMC (Marsh), American Safety, Stockbridge

Nov 12 2007 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has placed its ‘BBB’/’A-2’ counterparty credit rating on Marsh & McLennan Cos. (MMC) on CreditWatch with negative implications. S&P said it...

Marsh 3d Quarter Disappoints Cherkasky

Nov 8 2007 // In the third quarter for Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. (MMC), overall profits were up largely thanks to the sale of Putnam Investments and the consulting services performed well but the mood was dampened by...

Guy Carp Names Facultative Re Practice Leaders

Nov 7 2007 // Guy Carpenter & Company announced that Mark Newman, Hugh Powell and John Trace have been named Co-Leaders of GCFac ®, Guy Carpenter’ s dedicated global facultative reinsurance unit. Britt Newhouse, President of...

Klein to Head Guy Carp’s New Knowledge Management/R&D Group

Nov 6 2007 // Guy Carpenter & Company, LLC, the global risk and reinsurance specialist of the Marsh & McLennan Companies, has announced the appointment of Chris Klein to head its newly formed Business Intelligence...

Guy Carp Publishes Analysis of ‘Systemic Risks;’ Inadequate Reserves

Nov 1 2007 // Guy Carpenter & Company, Marsh & McLennan’s global risk and reinsurance unit, has released a new report: “Guy Carpenter Casualty Reserve Index: Managing the Unknown.” The study presents a...

Guy Carp Partners with WSI Corp. to Assess U.S. Hurricane Risks

Oct 30 2007 // Guy Carpenter & Company, LLC, Marsh & McLennan’s global risk and reinsurance unit, has announced a collaboration with WSI Corporation, a provider of weather-driven business solutions, to “help cedants...

News Currents

Oct 27 2007 // Conn. AG alleges reinsurance antitrust conspiracy drives-up pricesA lawsuit against a major reinsurance broker for alleged antitrust activity in Connecticut is being used to raise broader questions about the largely...

MMC Securities Now GC Securities

Oct 18 2007 // Guy Carpenter & Company, LLC announced that it has changed the name of MMC Securities to GC Securities. The announcement described the change as being “in line with its corporate strategies and has expanded its...

Guy Carp Releases Impact Study on Australian Storm

Oct 12 2007 // Guy Carpenter & Company announced that its Instrat(R) unit has published a report on the impact of the powerful East Coast Low (ECL) pressure system that hit New South Wales in Australia between June 7-10, 2007.The...

Rating Recap: Guy Carpenter

Oct 10 2007 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services said that the antitrust charges filed by the Connecticut Attorney General against Marsh & McLennan subsidiary Guy Carpenter & Co. L.L.C. will not affect the rating on...