International News for February 2005

• Saskatchewan WC Board Chooses BEA Program
• RenaissanceRe Receives Subpoena from SEC
• Montpelier Re Pleased with S&P’s Reaffirmation
• Fitch Affirms Rating for Imagine Insurance
• Best Downgrades R&SA-USA Ratings
• QBE 2004 Operating Profit up 43% to $645 Million
• AXA Doubles Adjusted Earnings to $3.85 Billion
• Best Places Imagine’s Rating Under Review /Negative
• Navigators Reports Record Q4, 2004 Earnings
• S&P Raises Japan’s Nisshin Fire Ratings to ‘BBB+’ After Tokio Marine Buy
• Clarke Replaces Lohmann as Converium CEO
• Imagine Group Completes Danish Re Acquisition
• Max Re Announces New Appointments
• Best Affirms Korea’s LG Insurance ‘A-’ Rating
• RenRe Gets Q4 Earnings Boost as 2004 Net Income Falls by $460 Million
• S&P Revises Outlook on Montpelier Re to Positive
• RenaissanceRe to Restate 2001-03 Earnings; Best, S&P Put Ratings Under Review
• Platinum Q4 Net $50 Million; $85 Million Full Year
• Quanta Capital Opens London Branch Office
• Best Affirms Allied World ‘A+’ Rating
• 420 Reported Dead in Iran Quake
• AGF Profits up 45% to $1.44 Billion
• S&P Assigns ‘A-’ Rating to Denmark’s Codan
• Promina Group Posts 53.7 Percent Net Profit Increase to $360 Million; S&P Comments
• Best Sees Underwriting Discipline in January European Reinsurance Renewals
• Scripps Study Finds Greenhouse Gases Proximate Cause of Ocean Warming
• IAG Plans to Buy 25% of China Pacific Property
• Pinault, Artemis Now Sole Defendants in Exec. Life Trial
• Zurich Reports 29% Net Income Increase to $2.6 Billion; Rating Agency Comments
• Best Downgrades American Re Ratings; Revises Outlook to Stable
• S&P Places ZSF (Australia) on CreditWatch-Negative
• Guy Carpenter Publishes Updated Report on Silica
• S&P Affirms ACE Ratings; Off CreditWatch
• Converium Issues Bulletin on 2005 Renewals
• S&P Report Says Hurricane Losses Puts Pressure on Insurers’ Equity
• Best Downgrades Ratings for Inter-Ocean
• Montpelier Re Reports $102.4 Million Q4 Net Income; $240.3 Million Full Year
• Best Assigns Ratings to Aspen Shelf Registration
• Best Affirms Malaysia’s Labuan Re Ratings
• Kyoto Protocol Comes into Force; Debate on Global Warming Continues
• Endurance Posts $113 Million Q4 Net Income; 37.6% Increase for Full Year to $356 Million
• Best Affirms Samsung’s ‘A+’ Rating
• Madrid’s Towering Inferno a Total Loss
• Report Cites Design and Structural Faults as Cause of Paris Airport Collapse
• Munich Re Confirms Profit Forecast with $2.34 Billion 2004 Net Earnings
• $525 Million Partial Executive Life Settlement
• Endurance Specialty Holdings Names O’Neill to Board
• S&P Places American Re on CreditWatch; Neg Implications
• Assurant Sees 2004 Net Income of $350.6 Million
• Best Affirms Rating for China International Reinsurance
• AXIS Plans $350 Million Share Repurchase
• SCOR 2004 Premium Income $3.26 Billion
• Moody’s Affirms AXA’s Ratings; Outlook Stable
• Arch Q4 Profits Up 28 Percent to $107.1 Million; Comments on Investigations
• Best Places GE Frankona Group Ratings Under Review w/ Negative Implications
• 2250 Now Hold CII “Certificate of Insurance”
• Best Affirms Allianz (Switzerland) ‘A’ Ratings
• Scottish Re Closes $850 Million Securitization
• Swiss Re Notes Successful Renewal Season
• U.K. Chief Driver Examiner Ignites Valentine’s Day Controversy: Men Better Drivers than Women
• Odyssey Re Holdings Corp. Unveils Q4 Report
• AIA Urges Market Liberalization in Geneva Talks
• XL Capital Placed on Rating Watch Negative by Fitch
• All Hands Ashore – Annual Death Toll from Piracy Rises; Indonesian Waters Remain the Most Dangerous
• Lusardi Part of White Mountains’ Management Team
• Kingsway Notes 54% Gain in Net Income
• AIG Sets Record for Profit in 2004
• AIR’s Mediterranean Region Earthquake Model Now Available in CLASIC/2
• Willis Group Sees Growth in 2004
• XL Capital Notes $288M Q4 Profit
• AXIS Capital Sees Net Income of $495M for Year Ended
• Tillinghast Study: Insurers Welcome ERM Globally, but it Remains a Work in Progress
• Oxygen Licenses CATEX Pivot Point System
• IBC Launches Injury Prevention Campaign in North Bay
• Zurich Estimates Tsunami, Hurricane Losses at $185M
• Palmberger Joins DLA’s Cologne Office
• PartnerRe Notes Q4, Record Full Year 2004 Numbers
• Credit Suisse Adds $260 Million to Winterthur Reserves
• Emerging Risk Symposium to Focus on Global Warming
• Equitas, Zurich/Centre Reach Commutation Agreement
• PXRE Q4 Net Up 18%; But Full Year Down 76%
• ACE Q4 Earnings Hit by $302 Million Reserve Charge; Full Year Net Down 20%
• S&P Affirms Allianz (Mexico) ‘A-’ Ratings
• HCC To Acquire All of U.K.’s DeMontfort Group
• S&P Raises Arch Outlook; Affirms ‘BBB-’ Rating
• Zurich Renames London Branch; Martin Appointed to Head Unit
• Assurex Global Expands Worldwide Presence
• Lloyd’s Puts Tsunami Losses at $188 Million
• Swiss Re Economist Comments on Fed Rate Raise; Non-U.S. Markets
• One Dead Hedgehog + One Flock of Seagulls + One Airbus =’s $4.1 Million
• Lloyd’s Decreases 2005 Market Capacity; S&P Reports on Syndicates
• Aon’s Trade Credit 2005 Political and Economic Risk Map Notes Costs of Supply Chain Disruptions
• Navigators Announces New Credit Agreement
• S&P Affirms Mutual Steamship (Bermuda) ‘A’ Rating
• S&P Assigns Ratings to Fairfax Debt Issue
• IPC Holdings Estimates $60 Million Q4 Cat Loss Impact
• Skandia Settles Suit with Ex-Chairman
• Everest Re Posts $94.7 Million Q4 Operating Income; $425.3 Million Full Year

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