Latest Reinsurance Headlines

All the headlines from our Reinsurance Topic Page, ordered by recency.

Catlin Details Participation in LRCCL

Apr 18 2007 // A bulletin from the Bermuda-based Catlin Group Limited, whose operating companies also do business from the UK, the U.S. and Lloyd’s, notes that its Lloyd’s Syndicate 2003 “is one of the inaugural...

Lloyd’s China Re Officially Opens

Apr 17 2007 // Lloyd’s announced the official opening of its Chinese reinsurance operations (See IJ web site April 3 and April 25, 2006) at a ceremony attended by “a host of dignitaries,” including Lloyd’s...

Industry to Congress: Private Market Is the Best Solution on Natural Disasters, But Some Say Federal Help Needed

Apr 11 2007 // The private insurance marketplace, not the federal government, is the best vehicle to address coastal insurance issues and natural disasters in the U.S., according to insurers. Even so, the federal government can play a...

On shaky ground?

Apr 9 2007 // Two decades since its formation, the West’s only regional catastrophe pool, the California Earthquake Authority, faces financial and management changes that could have significant implications for its future. Those...

Are state-backed insurance schemes the wave of the future?

Apr 9 2007 // The government’s role in insurance markets is a matter of increasing importance and controversy. Historically, state insurance departments have regulated insurers and insurance markets, overseeing solvency, rate and...

Are state-backed insurance schemes the wave of the future?

Apr 9 2007 // The government’s role in insurance markets is a matter of increasing importance and controversy. Historically, state insurance departments have regulated insurers and insurance markets, overseeing solvency, rate and...

Are state-backed insurance schemes the wave of the future?

Apr 9 2007 // The government’s role in insurance markets is a matter of increasing importance and controversy. Historically, state insurance departments have regulated insurers and insurance markets, overseeing solvency, rate and...

Are state-backed insurance schemes the wave of the future?

Apr 9 2007 // The government’s role in insurance markets is a matter of increasing importance and controversy. Historically, state insurance departments have regulated insurers and insurance markets, overseeing solvency, rate and...

Are state-backed insurance schemes the wave of the future?

Apr 9 2007 // The government’s role in insurance markets is a matter of increasing importance and controversy. Historically, state insurance departments have regulated insurers and insurance markets, overseeing solvency, rate and...

On shaky ground?

Apr 9 2007 // Two decades since its formation, the West’s only regional catastrophe pool, the California Earthquake Authority, faces financial and management changes that could have significant implications for its future. Those...

Are state-backed insurance schemes the wave of the future?

Apr 9 2007 // The government’s role in insurance markets is a matter of increasing importance and controversy. Historically, state insurance departments have regulated insurers and insurance markets, overseeing solvency, rate and...

European Insurance Forum puts Ireland in the spotlight

Apr 9 2007 // Eighteen years ago an Irish insurance conference would have consisted of a broker and an underwriter from Dublin having a pint of Guinness in a pub (most likely in London). Times have changed. Since the founding of the...

SCOR Profits Soar to $338 Million

Apr 6 2007 // France’s SCOR Group announced a 92 percent increase in net income for 2006 to €252 million ($338 million) before, what the report termed, “badwill” linked to the acquisition of Revios.Essentially the...

Maine Governor Wants Health Coverage to be Mandatory

Apr 6 2007 // A broad package of health insurance reforms that builds upon Dirigo and would lead to mandatory coverage for businesses and individuals was unveiled Wednesday by Maine Gov. John Baldacci.Baldacci’s plan, designed to...

Best Rates Lufthansa Captives ‘B++’

Apr 5 2007 // A.M. Best Co. has assigned a financial strength rating of “B++” (Good) and an issuer credit rating of “bbb” to Germany’s Delvag Luftfahrtversicherungs-AG, and its subsidiary, Delvag...

Broker Integro Forms International Unit Based in London

Apr 5 2007 // Integro Ltd., a New York-based insurance brokerage and risk management firm, is forming an international insurance and reinsurance business unit based in London.The new group will offer worldwide insurance and reinsurance...

Integro Forms London Insurance & Reinsurance Unit

Apr 5 2007 // New York-based Integro Ltd. announced the formation of an international insurance and reinsurance business unit to be based in London. The group will offer global insurance and reinsurance business capabilities for...

Willis Re Premium Review Finds ‘Few Surprises’

Apr 3 2007 // Willis Group Holdings has released its reinsurance review of the marketplace for the April 1, 2007 renewal entitled “Few Surprises.” The report reaches the same conclusions as those contained in Aon Global...

S&P Raises Outlook on Moroccan Reinsurer; ‘BBB’ Ratings Affirmed

Apr 3 2007 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has revised to positive its outlook on Morocco-based reinsurer Société Centrale de Réassurance (SCR), following the revision to positive of the outlook on the local currency...

Lloyd’s China Reinsurer Rated ‘A’ by S&P, Best and Fitch

Apr 3 2007 // The three major rating agencies, Standard & Poor’s, A.M. Best and Fitch Ratings, have all assigned “A” ratings (Fitch was actually ‘A+’) to Lloyd’s Reinsurance Co. (China) Ltd....