All the headlines from our Reinsurance Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Dec 13 2011 // Advocate Reinsurance Partners LLC, a privately owned reinsurance intermediary firm headquartered in Dallas, has added Cory Anderson as a partner. Anderson has worked in the reinsurance sector for more than a decade. He was...
Dec 13 2011 // The insurance industry is likely to see more robust mergers-and-acquisitions activities in 2012, according to a New York investment and research firm.In 2011, the M&A deal volume started off relatively slowly,...
Dec 8 2011 // The Aon Benfield Analytics’ Market Analysis team has published the latest edition of its Aon Benfield Aggregate (ABA) report, which assesses the financial performance of 28 of the world’s leading reinsurers in...
Dec 5 2011 // Aon Benfield, the global reinsurance intermediary and capital advisor of Aon Corp., has launched its China Property & Casualty Insurance and Reinsurance Market Report, which,” it said “reveals the...
Dec 5 2011 // Insurers are bracing themselves for claims in excess of $10 billion after floods in Thailand disabled major foreign-owned manufacturing operations there, adding to an already record-breaking natural catastrophe bill this...
Dec 5 2011 // The Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America (Big “I”) recently presented Caliper Corp.’s founder and CEO Herb Greenberg with its chairman’s award.Greenberg was presented with the award...
Dec 2 2011 // DUAL Corporate Risks has launched Tamesis DUAL, a specialty excess-of-loss reinsurance business with capacity from Lloyd’s. Tamesis DUAL will access global clients writing a specialty excess-of-loss account. This...
Dec 1 2011 // Allied World Assurance Co. Ltd said it will commence writing reinsurance business in Malaysia from its Labuan branch. The official operating license was granted in July 2011 and will allow Allied World to write all classes...
Nov 30 2011 // Global insurer and reinsurer XL Group plc said that Greg Hendrick will become chief executive of XL’s insurance segment upon the retirement of Dave Duclos, the current insurance head.Hendrick, currently XL’s...
Nov 28 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 Hiscox Insurance Company (Bermuda) Limited,...
Nov 21 2011 // Insurers are bracing themselves for claims in excess of $10 billion after floods in Thailand disabled major foreign-owned manufacturing operations there, adding to an already record-breaking natural catastrophe bill this...
Nov 18 2011 // A.M. Best Europe – Rating Services Limited has revised the outlook to stable from positive and affirmed the financial strength rating of ‘B+’ (Good) and issuer credit rating of “bbb-” of Arab...
Nov 18 2011 // Catlin Group Limited has announced the formation of a strategic partnership with China Reinsurance (Group) Corporation (China Re) that will result in the establishment of a special purpose syndicate at Lloyd’s of...
Nov 17 2011 // Fitch Ratings has affirmed the ratings of Everest Re Group, Ltd.’s debt-issuing holding company, Everest Reinsurance Holdings, Inc. and its subsidiaries. “Everest’s debt ratings are only one notch lower...
Nov 15 2011 // Aon Benfield, the global reinsurance intermediary and capital advisor of Aon Corp., announced that it has updated its UK terrorism catastrophe model, which now “estimates the financial loss to life insurers from...
Nov 15 2011 // In a move that expands its reinsurance brokerage business in the Southeast, global professional services company Towers Watson has established a brokerage operation in the Burlington-Greensboro, North Carolina...
Nov 14 2011 // The Federation of European Risk Management Associations (FERMA) announced that it has sent “specific recommendations to the Brazilian insurance regulator SUSEP to limit the impact of regulations 225 and 232 on market...
Nov 8 2011 // Munich Re announced third-quarter profit “in a difficult environment” of €290 million [$400 million], compared to €761 million [$1.05 billion] in Q3 2010. The world’s largest reinsurer singled out the...
Nov 8 2011 // State insurance regulators have approved a new model law and regulation on credit for reinsurance that allows some foreign reinsurers to post reduced collateral.The new rules and regulations, which have taken 12 years to...
Nov 7 2011 // A.M. Best Europe – Rating Services Limited has affirmed the financial strength rating (FSR) of ‘A’ (Excellent) and issuer credit ratings (ICR) of “a+” of Hannover Rueckversicherung AG (Hannover...