International & Reinsurance News for August 2004
- Allied World Opens London Office
 - ACE Announces Japan, N.Z. Management Changes
 - New Report on U.K. Insurance Market Issued
 - Converium Completes External Reserve Review; Share Issue to Raise $420 Million
 - UPDATE: Category 3 Hurricane Frances Still Heading towards U.S.
 - Edith Holiday Elected to White Mountains’ Board
 - Best Assigns ‘A-‘ Rating to Aetna (Bermuda) Ltd.
 - Research and Markets Report on Insurance Outsourcing Focuses on India
 - CII Notes Agenda for Annual Conference
 - Hurricane Frances Heading towards U.S.
 - Typhoon Chaba Hits Southern Japan
 - Zurich’s Emerging Markets Unit Adds Marketing Manager in Hong Kong
 - Best Assigns Ratings to Lloyd’s Syndicate 1084
 - Still No Answers on Russian Plane Crashes
 - DRI Australia Conferences on “Frivolous Lawsuits”
 - AXIS Estimates Charley Impact at $60-80 Million
 - SCOR Posts 38.7 Percent 1st Half Net Income Increase to $70 Million
 - European Insurers Consider Certain Terrorist Risk Exclusions for Airlines
 - Swiss Re 1st Half Net Doubles to $1.1 Billion
 - S&P Rates Norway Energy & Marine ‘BBB’
 - PXRE Estimates Charley Losses at $13 to $18 Million
 - U.K.’s Admiral Plans $416 Million IPO
 - IPC Sees Charley Losses Between $35-$45 Million
 - Best Assigns Arch (Europe) ‘A-‘; ‘a-‘ Ratings
 - Typhoon Aere Hits Taipei; South China on High Alert
 - Aspen Puts Charley Losses between $35-50 Million
 - 89 Reported Dead in Two Russian Plane Crashes
 - Fairfax Puts Charley Losses at $40 Million
 - “Scream” Theft Focuses Attention on Art Insurance
 - White Mountains, Montpelier Re Hurricane Charley Loss Estimates May Top $100 Million
 - Max Re Says Charley Impact Between $6-$9 Million
 - XL to Redeem All “LYONs” Notes Due 2021
 - Platinum Estimates Net Impact From Hurricane Charley at $20 Million to $35 Million
 - Typhoon Aere Bearing Down on Taiwan
 - Indian Leftist Parties Oppose Raising Foreign Insurance Investment Cap to 49%
 - ACE, Arch Give Charley Loss Estimates
 - Munch Masterpiece Stolen – Again
 - Endurance Reports Charley Loss at $43-48 Million
 - RenRe Estimates Charley Impact Between $100-140 Million, Including DaVinci Re
 - S&P Assigns Austria’s Wiener Städtische ‘A’ Rating
 - CIRC to Allow China’s Insurers to Invest Foreign Currency Holdings Offshore
 - PartnerRe, Converium, Transatlantic and SCOR Give Preliminary Loss Estimates from Hurricane Charley
 - Liberty Mutual to Buy AGF’s Chilean Subsidiary
 - Best Rates XL’s Senior Notes ‘a-‘
 - Swiss Re Estimates Charley Claims Under $200 Million
 - Zurich Reports 93% Rise in 1st Half Net to $1.448 Billion; Losses from Charley Estimated at $150 Million
 - S&P, Fitch Rate XL’s Senior Notes ‘A’
 - XL Estimates Charley Claims at Around $125 Million
 - S&P Raises Ming An Insurance Co. Ratings to ‘BB’
 - S&P Report Says Singapore’s Life and Nonlife Insurance Industries Stay Resilient; Outlook Stable
 - ACE Plugs Risk Data Gap with Launch of Online Tool
 - Norwich Union Tests ‘Pay-as-you-Go’ Auto Insurance
 - Chinese Regulator Approves Willis Joint Venture
 - EC to Begin Formal Work on Insurer/Reinsurer ‘Solvency 2’ Rules in 2005
 - Foreign Insurers Are Assessing Charley’s Impact
 - Allianz Posts Strong 1st Half Results
 - Best Affirms Alliance Re ‘B++’ Rating
 - Best Affirms Brit Insurance ‘A’ Rating
 - Lloyd’s Opens West Coast Office in L.A.
 - Zurich Divests Taiwan Life Business
 - AXA UK Names Richardson Group Business Risk Director
 - AGF Posts Record $660 Million 1st Half Net
 - S&P Assigns ‘A-‘ Rating to Finland’s Pohjola
 - R&SA Proves Less Is More as 1st Half Results Beat Expectations; Codan Not For Sale; Best Comments
 - Best Takes Rating Actions on Lloyd’s Syndicates
 - Best Upgrades Lloyd’s Rating to ‘A’; Mgmt. Comments
 - Charley Batters Cuba; Heads Towards Florida
 - S&P Revises Outlook Swedish Club to Positive
 - Transatlantic Names Apfel Senior VP-Chief Actuary
 - Fitch Affirms XL Capital Ltd. Ratings
 - Aspen Insurance Holdings Prices Notes
 - S&P Raises Aviva’s French Unit to ‘AA-‘
 - S&P Lowers Oil Casualty to ‘A-‘
 - Hannover Re Posts Strong 1st Half Earnings
 - Hurricane Charley Heads for U.S. Mainland
 - Best Assigns ‘B++’ Rating to London General
 - Vehicle Destruction May Be Ultimate Sanction for Uninsured U.K. Drivers
 - Charley Threatens Caribbean Islands
 - Best Assigns Indicative Ratings to Axis Debt Issues
 - Allianz Appoints Bowers New Asia CEO
 - Best Assigns “bbb” ratings to Aspen Notes
 - R&SA Reported to be Reconsidering Codan Sale
 - S&P Rates Aspen Holdings ‘BBB’
 - Best Affirms Markel International ‘A-‘ Rating
 - ACE European Group Predicts More Alternative Risk Financing Over Next Five Years
 - Kroll Acquires U.K. Employee Screening Company
 - Accident Compensation Corp. Chooses SumTotal for Improvement to Workforce Readiness
 - Endurance Specialty Reports $850M Credit Facility
 - A.M. Best Downgrades Corifrance Rating
 - Kingsway Notes Record Income for Q2
 - Cross Appointed Chief Actuarial Officer for Non-Life Reinsurance at XL Capital
 - A.M. Best Affirms FSR for Island Heritage Insurance Co.
 - PXRE Group Names Josephson to Board of Directors
 - Christiansen Appointed President, CEO of Lindsey Morden and Cunningham Lindsey U.S.
 - Endurance Specialty Appoints New Board Member
 - PXRE: Q2 Income Rises 51%
 - Aspen Insurance Reports Q2 Results
 - Navigators: Net Income Rises 47%
 - Quanta Announces First Profitable Quarter
 - Tower Group: North American Insurers See Growth in Emerging Markets for Asia, Europe and Latin America
 - London Club Stresses Value of Cohesive Claims Defense
 - Max Re Capital Reports Lower 2Q Net Income
 - Max Re Announces Executive Appointments
 - Growing U.K. Compensation Culture Poses Major Threat to Profitability, Jobs, Survey Reveals
 
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