International News for April 2004

• Skandia Confirms Sampo Sale
• Best Rating Action on ACE’s U.K., Belgian Units
• S&P Assigns Ratings to Arch Capital Debt
• Converium Reports Record $65.7 Million Q1 Net
• Best Puts Carraig’s ‘A-’ Rating Under Review
• S&P Affirms Groupama (U.K.) ‘A’ Rating
• Assurex Global Gathers Partners in London to Celebrate 50 Year Anniversary
• S&P Assigns ‘AA-” Rating to RGA Int’l. Re
• Willis Reports Record Q1 Results – $148 Million Net
• Arch Capital Plans $300 Million Debt Offering; Insurance Unit Appoints McClintock Chief Info Officer
• Montpelier Re Notes Net Income of $109 Million During Q1 Report
• IOC Insures 2004 Summer Games
• Ace Ltd. Releases Q1 Numbers
• XL to Pay Cash for Convertible Debentures
• S&P Revises NIPPONKOA Outlook-Negative to Stable
• IBC Appoints Stem New VP – Information Technology
• Best Affirms St. Paul International ‘A’ Rating
• S&P Revises ACE Outlook from Negative to Stable
• AXA Sues Google to Stop ‘Adwords’
• Cat Bond Market Grew 42% Reports Guy Carpenter
• Dorel Unveils Q1 Update; Insurer Dispute Raises Costs
• AXIS Allotment Exercised; Best Affirms Ratings
• Best Affirms Sunderland Marine ‘A-’ Rating
• Best Affirms Sirius ‘A’ Rating
• Best Rates Barbados’ TD Re ‘A’
• S&P Affirms IPCRe Ltd. ‘A+’ Ratings
• Lloyd’s Chairman Warns on “New Era of Risk”
• Benfield Sells Wildnet Group to Private Investors
• Best Affirms Erika Insurance ‘A-’ Rating
• SCOR Notes Success of Korean Renewals
• S&P Revises AMP Outlook to ‘Stable’
• Zurich Signs Agreement with China’s Sinosure
• Best Affirms PartnerRe ‘A+’ Rating & Debt Ratings
• Assurex Technology Gives Risk Mgrs.24/7 Capability
• Fass to Head New White Mountains Reinsurance Group
• S&P Announces April 20 Telephone Conference
• Everest Re Q1 Operating Earnings $151.5 Million
• AIR Launches Catastrophe Risk Engineering Services
• A.M. Best Affirms Rating for Tugu Insurance Co.
• Malaysian Insurer to Cover Infectious Diseases
• Allianz Rebrands Egyptian Subs
• Best and Fitch Comment on Sirius, White Mountains
• ri3k Implements Hub with LMP, ACORD Standards
• S&P Enhances Criteria to Evaluate Loss Reserves of Global Reinsurers
• ACE USA Makes Available Defense Base Act Workers’ Comp Coverage for Overseas Jobs
• SCOR Names Kahn Group CFO
• RMS Risk Management Tools Assist Lloyd’s Syndicates
• S&P Report Says Despite 2003 Profitability Global Reinsurance Market’s Poor Outlook Remains Unchanged
• SCOR Applies for Reinsurance License in China
• A.M. Best Affirms The Nichido Fire and Marine Insurance Cos. ‘A+’ Rating
• St. Paul Travelers Unveils Enhanced Commercial Property, General Liability Product for Companies Doing Foreign Business
• Chinese-Speaking Workers Less Concerned Than Peers about Financial Security, Study Shows
• UNG Appoints Singleton to Board
• FINEOS to Provide Workers’ Comp Solution for New Zealand State Authority
• Fitch Downgrades Winterthur Group; Outlook Stable
• Willis to Buy 50% of Leading Chinese Broker
• Study: Life Industry Can’t Ignore Obesity
• Defense Bar Schedules Conference in Barcelona
• S&P Sees No Change in Lloyd’s Ratings
• Best Affirms Tryg-Baltica Int’l. Ins. ‘A-’Rating
• Best Affirms ‘B+’ Rating of Inter-Industry & Insurco
• IBC Reports Drop in N.B. Facility Ass’n. Insureds
• Best Affirms Catlin, Syndicate 2003 ‘A’ Ratings
• Arch Names Ingrey Vice Chairman, Promotes Execs.
• ING (Canada) Supports New Brunswick Auto Reforms
• AXIS Amends Registration Statement
• Lloyd’s Puts 2003 Profits at $3.387 Billion
• Australia’s IAG Warns on Changing Weather
• Swiss Re ‘Resource Award’ for Vietnam Water Project
• European Parliament Votes to Ban Gender Discrimination in Insurance Products
• Swiss Re Finds Increasing Demand for Broker Services
• Liberty Completes Canada Personal Lines Sale
• Ace’s Assured Guaranty Set to Raise $1 Billion
• Best Affirms Top Layer Re ‘A+’ Rating
• Best Affirms SCOR’s ‘B++’ Ratings
• IBC to Focus on Auto Theft, Organized Crime
• S&P Affirms CNA Insurance (UK) ‘ A-’ Ratings
• Zurich Appoints Two New International Execs
• Zurich Announces Realignment Plans
• Best Affirms R&SA (Canada) ‘A-’ Rating – Negative
• Best Affirms Munich Re (Canada) ‘A+’ Rating; Lowers Temple
• Montpelier Re Completes Share Sale
• Underwriters’ Exercise Arch Share Over-Allotment Option
• SCOR Narrows Loss to $384 Million
• S&P Raises AXA Insurance (Ireland) to ‘BBB+’
• Allianz Foresees Growth in Chinese Market
• Kemp Retires as White Mountains Director

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