Latest Reinsurance Headlines

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RenaissanceRe Settles Finite Risk Charges with SEC for $15 Million

Feb 8 2007 // RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. has agreed to pay a $15 million fine to settle civil securities-fraud charges by federal regulators over what they said was a sham transaction designed to burnish its earnings by smoothing their...

Heberton Named President of NLC Mutual

Feb 8 2007 // The National League of Cities’ Mutual Insurance Corp. (NLC Mutual) has selected William B. Heberton Jr., to head the organization. Heberton will serve as president and chief executive officer of the member-owned...

Fitch Upgrades ACE Financial Strength, Debt Ratings

Feb 5 2007 // Fitch Ratings upgraded the senior debt ratings of ACE Limited and its subsidiary ACE INA Holdings Inc. to “A” from “A-” and the issuer default ratings (IDR) of ACE and ACE INA to “A+”...

Transatlantic 2006 Net Income up 1130% over 2005

Feb 5 2007 // Transatlantic Holdings, Inc. reported that its net income for the year ended December 31, 2006 was $428.2 million, or $6.46 per common share (diluted), compared to $37.9 million, or $0.57 per common share (diluted), in...

Converium Announces Changes in Global Executive Committee

Feb 2 2007 // Swiss-based reinsurer Converium announced the following changes to its Global Executive Committee: — Jakob Eugster joins Converium as Executive VP for Standard P/C Reinsurance. — Benjamin Gentsch, Executive VP...

Washington Commissioner Issues Multiple Fines, Enforcement Actions

Jan 31 2007 // Washington’s Office of the Insurance Commissioner has ordered UnitedHealthcare Insurance Co. of Minneapolis to pay a $59,000 fine following an agency investigation into the company’s use of unapproved contracts...

Bond Insurer MBIA to Pay $75 Million to End Reinsurance Probe

Jan 29 2007 // MBIA Corp., a large insurer of municipal bonds, has agreed to pay $75 million to settle an investigation by federal and New York state authorities into its accounting for a 1998 transaction, people familiar with the matter...

Best Affirms Korean Re Ratings

Jan 26 2007 // A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating of “A-” (Excellent) and the issuer credit rating of “a-” of Korean Reinsurance Company with a stable outlook.“The ratings reflect...

Bermuda Monetary Authority Confirms Increased Incorporation Activity

Jan 26 2007 // A bulletin from the Bermuda Monetary Authority (BMA) confirmed that the island had “recorded a three-year high for (re)insurance company incorporations during 2006, with an almost 10 percent increase in the number of...

Best Affirms Central Re Ratings

Jan 23 2007 // A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating of “A-” (Excellent) and the issuer credit rating of “a-” of Taiwan’s Central Reinsurance Corporation with a stable outlook.“The...

China Backs Reinsurer with $4 Billion in Preparation for IPO

Jan 23 2007 // Chinese insurer gets $4 billion capital injection to prepare for share sale China’s biggest reinsurance company, China Reinsurance Group Co., has received a $4 billion capital injection from a government agency in...

Fla. House and Senate Expected to Meet Through Weekend to Merge Bills

Jan 19 2007 // Laboring to comply with Gov. Charlie Crist’s call for lowering Florida insurance costs by at least 25 percent during a quick, seven-day special session, both the House and Senate have passed bills promising to do...

ACE Tempest Re Canada Formed; Petalas Named President

Jan 9 2007 // The Bermuda-based ACE Tempest Re Group, an independent division of ACE Limited, announced the establishment of ACE Tempest Re Canada, a wholly owned managing underwriter that will write all lines of property and casualty...

Reinsurance rates falling or flat, Willis reports

Jan 8 2007 // Reinsurance rates for the property/casualty industry are falling or flat, except for insurers with major property wind exposure along the Gulf and East Coasts, where rates are still rising. That is one key finding from an...

Bi-cycling

Jan 8 2007 // What a difference a year makes. The U.S. property/casualty industry posted a $24.4 billion net gain on underwriting through the first nine months of 2006. For the same period in 2005, it lost $2.5 billion.Insurers and...

Reinsurers dropping rates except for wind-prone U.S. properties

Jan 8 2007 // Reinsurance rates for the property casualty industry are falling or flat, except for insurers with major property wind exposure along the Gulf and East Coasts in the U.S., whose rates are still rising.That is one key...

Bi-cycling

Jan 8 2007 // What a difference a year makes. The U.S. property/casualty industry posted a $24.4 billion net gain on underwriting through the first nine months of 2006. For the same period in 2005, it lost $2.5 billion.Insurers and...

Editor’s Note: Bi-cycling

Jan 7 2007 // What a difference a year makes. The U.S. property/casualty industry posted a $24.4 billion net gain on underwriting through the first nine months of 2006. For the same period in 2005, it lost $2.5 billion.Insurers and...

Editor’s Note: Bi-cycling

Jan 7 2007 // What a difference a year makes. The U.S. property/casualty industry posted a $24.4 billion net gain on underwriting through the first nine months of 2006. For the same period in 2005, it lost $2.5 billion.Insurers and...

Reinsurance rates falling or flat, Willis reports

Jan 7 2007 // Reinsurance rates for the property/casualty industry are falling or flat, except for insurers with major property wind exposure along the Gulf and East Coasts, where rates are still rising. That is one key finding from an...