June 12, 2009 - Big European reinsurers said on Friday that they still expected no major losses from an influenza outbreak that the World Health Organization (WHO) this week declared the first flu pandemic of the ...
www.insurancejournal.com/news/international/2009/06/12/101344.htm
April 8, 2009 - Zurich Financial Services Group announced that, effective June 1, Inga Beale (45) who currently serves as Head of Organizational Transformation and Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) will assume the ...
www.insurancejournal.com/news/international/2009/04/08/99418.htm
April 7, 2009 - Boston's AIR Worldwide Corporation announced that it has provided risk modeling and analytical services for more than 10 billion dollars in insurance-linked securities since 1996 and over 56 percent ...
www.insurancejournal.com/news/international/2009/04/07/99381.htm
March 16, 2009 - Standard & Poor's Ratings Services has raised its long-term counterparty credit and insurer financial strength ratings on French-based reinsurer SCOR SE and its core guaranteed subsidiaries ...
www.insurancejournal.com/news/international/2009/03/16/98726.htm
January 29, 2009 - Standard & Poor's Ratings Services has assigned its preliminary credit ratings to the $200 million principal at-risk variable-rate notes series 1, 2, and 3 issued by Atlas Reinsurance V Ltd.
"The ...
www.insurancejournal.com/news/international/2009/01/29/97399.htm
November 17, 2008 - A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating (FSR) of 'A-' (Excellent) and the issuer credit rating (ICR) of "a-" of SCOR S.E. (France) and its rated subsidiaries. Best also affirmed the ...
www.insurancejournal.com/news/international/2008/11/17/95556.htm
October 20, 2008 - Calabasas, Calif.-based Lionheart Insurance Services hired Pat Piccinonno and Joe Weckerle Jr. to head its newly opened Irvine, Calif., office. Piccinonno, appointed president, has 35 years of ...
www.insurancejournal.com/magazines/people/2008/10/20/157165.htm
September 16, 2008 - A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating (FSR) of 'A' (Excellent) and issuer credit rating (ICR) of "a" of France's Groupama S.A. Best also affirmed the FSR of 'A' (Excellent) and ICR ...
www.insurancejournal.com/news/international/2008/09/16/93716.htm
September 4, 2008 - Standard & Poor's Ratings Services has revised its outlook on French reinsurer SCOR SE and its guaranteed subsidiaries (collectively SCOR or the group), to positive from stable. SCOR regained an 'A-' ...
www.insurancejournal.com/news/international/2008/09/04/93354.htm
August 26, 2008 - Stockton, Calif.-based Western Marine Insurance Services appointed Scott Olmstead vice president of programs underwriting of the Aquapac Plus recreation marine package programs. He will be ...
www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2008/08/26/93108.htm
August 21, 2008 - The Burma Campaign UK, a human rights group, has issued a bulletin stating that XL and Chubb have separately announced their withdrawals from the Burmese market. The Campaign said the move was ...
www.insurancejournal.com/news/international/2008/08/21/92961.htm
June 16, 2008 - Asian Insurers May Buy in U.S., E.U.; Bermuda Beefs Up Regulators; Zurich Favored for Acquisition Asian insurers may go on a buying spree. A number of companies, particularly China's major players, ...
www.insurancejournal.com/magazines/features/2008/06/16/156526.htm
June 12, 2008 - XL Re, the global reinsurance operations of Bermuda-based XL Capital Ltd., has received regulatory approval to serve the Brazilian reinsurance market as an admitted reinsurer.
The newly admitted ...
www.insurancejournal.com/news/international/2008/06/12/90884.htm
April 15, 2008 - Federal Insurance Company, a member of the Chubb Group, has applied for a license to operate as an admitted reinsurer in Brazil with a representative office in São Paulo.
Chubb Senior Vice-president ...
www.insurancejournal.com/news/international/2008/04/15/89132.htm
April 11, 2008 - France's SCOR has been admitted as a property and casualty reinsurer in Brazil. In addition, SCOR is currently completing the formalities for SCOR Global Life US Re Insurance Company to operate as an ...
www.insurancejournal.com/news/international/2008/04/11/89050.htm
April 3, 2008 - Enforcement actions taken by Texas Insurance Commissioner Mike Geeslin that became final during February include four license revocations, three license denials, and fines and restitution totaling ...
www.insurancejournal.com/news/southcentral/2008/04/03/88837.htm
March 20, 2008 - French reinsurer SCOR Group posted a significant gain in net income for 2007 - up 62 percent to €407 million, ($632.8 million), a ROE of 14.1 percent and a strong 2007 EPS reaching € 2.79 ...
www.insurancejournal.com/news/international/2008/03/20/88406.htm
February 15, 2008 - France's SCOR Group said it has reached its objective for "successfully consolidating two strong independent reinsurance groups into one leading franchise at this year's January renewals." 78 percent ...
www.insurancejournal.com/news/international/2008/02/15/87373.htm
February 6, 2008 - France's SCOR Group has received final approval to start operating a Property and Casualty branch in Beijing from the China Insurance Regulatory Commission (CIRC). The endorsement of SCOR's request ...
www.insurancejournal.com/news/international/2008/02/06/87059.htm
January 9, 2008 - French reinsurer SCOR SE announced that it has renewed its successful business relationship with the Medical Defence Union Ltd. (MDU), the UK's leading medical defense organization.
MDU was a joint ...
www.insurancejournal.com/news/international/2008/01/09/86238.htm
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