Latest Reinsurance Headlines
All the headlines from our Reinsurance Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Tight Reinsurance Capacity Puts the Squeeze on Program Market
Oct 14 2002 // As more and more reinsurers become increasingly timorous in a hard market yet to peak, one of the most acutely affected business lines have been programs. Reinsurance capacity for many standard commercial lines has dropped...
Tight Reinsurance Capacity Puts the Squeeze on Program Market
Oct 14 2002 // As more and more reinsurers become increasingly timorous in a hard market yet to peak, one of the most acutely affected business lines has been programs. Reinsurance capacity for many standard commercial lines has dropped...
NAMIC Urges Conferees to Complete Action on Terrorism Reinsurance Program
Oct 10 2002 // In a letter hand delivered to all terrorism reinsurance conferees, the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC) and two other industry trade associations stated the critical nature of terrorism...
S&P Lowers Swiss Re’s Ratings to ‘AA+’
Oct 4 2002 // Standard & Poor’s announced yesterday that it has lowered its long-term counterparty credit and insurer financial strength ratings on Swiss Reinsurance Co. and related core subsidiaries of the Swiss Re group to...
Endurance Announces Two Sr. Executive Appointments
Oct 4 2002 // Bermuda’s Endurance Specialty Insurance Ltd. announced the promotion of David V. Cabral to Executive VP for Excess Casualty and Professional Liability and that Ronald H. Koch has been named a Senior VP for Casualty...
Minnesota Homeowners Average 14% Rise, Workers Comp Re 5.8%
Oct 3 2002 // Minnesota consumers are experiencing a sharp rise in premiums in all classes of insurance, with homeowners’ policy rates up an average of 14 percent according to the State’s Commerce Department, which regulates...
Fitch Revises GE Global Outlook to Negative
Oct 3 2002 // Fitch Ratings announced that it has changed its ‘A+’ long-term issuer and senior debt rating outlook on GE Global Ins. Holding Corp. to “Negative” from “Stable,” and its...
IIABA Pens Letter to U.S. Senate Chairman to Commend Pursuit of Terrorism Reinsurance Legislation
Oct 1 2002 // In a letter to the United States Senate and Chairman Paul Sarbanes, the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (IIABA) is commending the Chairman in seeking a quick resolution to the present terrorism...
The State of the Surplus Lines Market with Michael J. Hall
Sep 30 2002 // Insurance Journal publisher Mark Wells recently spoke with Michael J. Hall, chairman of M.J. Hall & Company Inc. and president of Golden Bear Insurance Company, both headquartered out of Stockton, Calif. Hall shared...
Corporate Members Approve a Major Course Change for Lloyd’s
Sep 30 2002 // Friday the 13th of September will henceforth be known at Lloyd’s as the day that members approved a plan that will radically alter the way the London market is conducted. Ignoring any bad luck associated with the...
Benfield Blanch To Participate in Program Administrators Target Markets Program
Sep 30 2002 // Leading reinsurance broker Benfield Blanch, the U.S. division of the U.K.’s Benfield Group, announced its participation in The Target Markets Program organized by the Program Administrators Association. A three-day...
Corporate Members Approve a Major Course Change for Lloyd’s
Sep 30 2002 // Friday the 13th of September will henceforth be known at Lloyd’s as the day that members approved a plan that will radically alter the way the London market is conducted. Ignoring any bad luck associated with the...
A.M. Best Affirms SCOR’s ‘A’ (Excellent) Ratings
Sep 27 2002 // A.M. Best announced that it has affirmed the “A (Excellent)” financial strength rating of France’s SCOR Group with a stable outlook. “The affirmation reflects SCOR’s maintenance of excellent...
R&SA, CATEX Launch “efacRe” for Facultative Reinsurance
Sep 26 2002 // Royal & SunAlliance announced the launch of a new electronic trading platform, eFacRe, for facultative reinsurance business, developed in conjunction with reinsurance software developer CATEX. “The system is one...
Primary Carriers Note Restrictions on Personal Lines Terrorism Reinsurance
Sep 25 2002 // Property & Casualty insurers are reporting that reinsurers are imposing a number of the same types of terrorism exclusions and limitations in personal lines that are being put into action for commercial lines. The...
Dallas Attorney Named to List of Leading Insurance & Reinsurance Lawyers
Sep 24 2002 // London-based Euromoney Legal Media Group added Dallas attorney, Robert D. “Bob” Allen, to its current “Guide to the World’s Leading Insurance & Reinsurance Lawyers.” Allen, a partner in...
S&P Stands Pat on SCOR, Gerling Ratings
Sep 24 2002 // Standard & Poor’s announced that its ratings on Gerling-Konzern Globale Ruckversicherungs-AG (GKG) and related entities will “remain on CreditWatch with developing implications,” and that its...
NAII Pens Letter to Congress for federal terrorism reinsurance backstop
Sep 24 2002 // Insurance markets for terrorism coverage remain troubled particularly for commercial property, workers’ compensation and group life markets, according to the National Association of Independent Insurers (NAII)....
Republic Western Company Commutes Reinsurance Treaty
Sep 20 2002 // Phoenix-based Republic Western Insurance Company (RepWest) announced that the company had successfully completed negotiations resulting in the commutation of its largest remaining non-standard automobile reinsurance treaty...
Greene Joins Alea North America Co.
Sep 20 2002 // Bruce Greene has joined Alea North America Company as senior vice president, claims manager of Alea North America. Greene has more than 30 years experience in the Insurance & Reinsurance industry. He began his...
