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Lloyd’s Questioned on Liquidity, Exposures
Oct 3 2001 // Lloyd’s has received a barrage of questions on its total exposures and its liquidity following the release of its projected net loss figure of $1.94 billion as a result of the attacks on the U.S. (See IJ Website...
RMS Releases Newest Catastrophe Model
Oct 3 2001 // Risk Management Solutions (RMS), a specialist in the area of natural hazard risk modeling, announced the most recent release of its U.S. and Canada Tornado/Hail models for use with RiskLink®-DLM and ALM® catastrophe...
Rising Loss Estimates Heighten Concern for the Stability of Some Insurance Sectors September 28, 20
Sep 28 2001 // In light of rising estimates of losses from the World Trade Center tragedy, some sectors of the insurance industry could suffer significant damage to their financial stability, according to a new assessment by Weiss...
Lloyd’s Puts Losses from U.S. Disasters at
Sep 27 2001 // Lloyd’s of London said Tuesday that it had completed a review of the potential loss liabilities from more than 100 of its 108 active underwriting syndicates and estimated that its overall net exposure from the...
Hiscox Estimates Loss from U.S. Attacks at
Sep 26 2001 // The U.K.’s Hiscox Plc, which writes business through the Lloyd’s market and independently, released its estimate that the Sept. 11 attacks in the U.S. would cost it around £20 million ($29.25...
A.M. Best Announces Rating Actions
Sep 25 2001 // A.M. Best announced a series of rating decisions affecting companies in the U.S., Europe and Canada. On a positive note it affirmed the A+ (Superior) rating of the Swiss Group Winterthur and the A-(Excellent ) ratings for...
OneBeacon Transfers P&C Business to Liberty Mutual
Sep 24 2001 // The next challenge is to educate independent agents in those respective markets about the value of the Liberty Mutual brand and how this helps everyone.” That was the response of a company spokesman from Liberty...
International Commentary: A Stunned World Reacts to Terrorist Attacks
Sep 24 2001 // No words will ever be able to fully convey the shock and the stunned incredulity around the world as the Sept. 11th terrorist attacks unfolded on television screens across the globe. Live coverage on French television...
Trade Center Attack, Acquisitions, Economy to Test AIG
Sep 24 2001 // The events of Sept. 11 shook the foundations of the entire American financial community, and American International Group was no exception. Ironically, AIG had already had a very busy month. In Korea, it looked set to...
Insurance Stocks Suffer Following Disaster
Sep 24 2001 // The disasters had an immediate and devastating effect on international trading. Reuters reported that the DJ Stoxx insurance index reportedly fell to a three-year low, following a 13 percent drop the previous day. In...
‘Money Laundering’ Through Insurers on the Increase
Sep 24 2001 // The conversion of illegal funds into legitimate accounts and investments, commonly known as “money laundering,” is a growth business. According to the International MonetaryFund, money laundering could account...
True Loss from Sept. 11 Terrorist Attacks on U.S. is Immeasurable, As Estimates of Potential Insured
Sep 24 2001 // “The World Trade Center is a living symbol of man’s dedication to world peace, his belief in cooperation of men and, through cooperation, his ability to find greatness.” —Minoru Yamasaki (1912-1987),...
U.S.- EU To Help Airlines Cover War, Terrorist Risks
Sep 24 2001 // The governments of the U.S., the U.K. and the European Union rode to the rescue of the airline industry over the weekend when they announced separate decisions to help carriers cope with increases in premiums covering war...
AXA, Allianz Raise U.S. Attack Loss Estimates, New Disaster in France
Sep 24 2001 // Both France’s AXA Group and Germany’s Allianz AG, the world’s two largest insurance groups, raised their original estimates of potential losses from the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11 in the U.S. (See IJ...
More Lloyd’s Insurers Estimate U.S. Losses
Sep 21 2001 // Several more Lloyd’s insurers have recently announced the potential impact their underwriting syndiactes face following the terrorist attacks in the U.S. Chaucer Holdings, Plc announced that it expected to incur...
ING Sees $46 Million in Life Claims from U.S. Disasters
Sep 19 2001 // Holland’s ING Group confirmed its preliminary estimations, following the disasters at the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, that its primary loss exposures would come from life insurance and reinsurance. CEO Ewald...
Fitch Assesses Insurer/Reinsurer Loss Exposures to U.S. Attacks
Sep 19 2001 // Fitch announced that, while it is too soon to draw solid conclusions, it believes that a vast majority of the insurers and reinsurers it rates will be able to absorb any losses without material damage to their financial...
QBE Expects Large Losses from U.S. Disaster
Sep 18 2001 // Australia’s QBE has acknowledged that it stands to be hit hard by disaster losses in the U.S. after last Tuesday’s terrorist attacks. As yet it’s released no figures, but has said that the losses would be...
Bermuda Reinsurers Preliminary Loss Estimates from Terrorist Attacks
Sep 17 2001 // A number of Bermuda-based insurers have extended their condolences to the families of victims of the terror attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. Bermuda’s two largest insurers, ACE and XL, made...
China WTO Admission Approved After Diplomatic Compromise
Sep 17 2001 // Weary negotiators in Geneva finally put their signatures on a Treaty of more than 1000 pages setting forth the terms and conditions for China’s admission to the World Trade Organization after 15 years. The agreement...
