International & Reinsurance News for August 2009
- Specialty P/C Insurer Ironshore Raises $300 Million
 - Report AIG’s Taiwan Unit Gets 3 Low Bids
 - UK’s Chartered Insurance Institute to Host Conference on Terrorism
 - A.M. Best: Reinsurers Stay Afloat In Sinking Economy
 - UPDATE: Jimena ‘Extremely Dangerous Hurricane’ Says NHC
 - Canada’s Insurers Urge Ontario Residents to Check Tornado Coverage
 - Swiss Re Calls for Public/Private Coordination to Tackle Nat Cat Costs
 - Marsh Finds Europe’s Retailers Fear Working Capital, Supply Chain Risks
 - Lloyd’s Explores Terrorism/Internet Threats
 - Ariel Re Opens Zurich Office
 - Best Affirms Lloyd’s Syndicate 1084 (Chaucer) ‘A’ Ratings
 - RMS Analyzes Greek Wildfires
 - S&P Rates Max Capital’s Operating Companies ‘A-‘; Outlook Stable
 - UK Insurance Institute Asks – Has the Offshore Bubble Finally Burst?
 - Marsh Finds Excess Capacity, Competition Inhibit Premium Increases
 - ACE Names Jones Head of International Power Business
 - P&I Clubs Must Overcome Investment Addiction Says Aon Report
 - UPDATE – Thousands Flee Raging Wildfires in Greece
 - PartnerRe Files ‘Definitive Proxy Statement’ on PARIS RE Acquisition
 - RMS Reports on Hurricane Bill
 - Pirelli’s Risk Manager Named as New FERMA Board Member
 - Piracy Remains a Concern Says Lloyd’s
 - Report from China Says Climate Talks Stymied by Political Interests
 - Fires Reach Athens Suburbs, Thousands of Residents Evacuated
 - Hurricane Bill Drenches Eastern Canada; Two Die in U.S.
 - Aon Makes UK, EMEA Appointments
 - Best Affirms Ratings of Lloyd’s Syndicate 510, Kiln Group
 - Source Says Macquarie in Talks to Acquire Fox-Pitt Kelton
 - Hurricane Bill Continues on Course; Bermuda on Alert
 - Caribbean Agencies Create Partnership for Natural Disaster Management
 - ACE Appoints Molnar VP-International Government Affairs
 - Zurich to Sponsor Inaugural 2009 Asian Amateur Golf Championship
 - Report Finds Australia’s Wildfire Warning System ‘Dangerously Flawed’
 - Bill Weakens to Category 3 Hurricane; Predicted Course Unchanged
 - Watkins Appointed as New President of Lloyd’s North America
 - Bill Joins the Big Boys as a Category 4 Hurricane
 - China to Consider Climate Change Resolution
 - Aon Chosen to Consolidate Property Fund Manager Insurance Program
 - Lloyd’s Assesses Impact of Heat Waves and Wildfires
 - UPDATE: Hurricane Bill Moving West-Northwest towards Bermuda
 - S&P, A.M. Best Rate Fairfax Financial’s Debt Issue
 - Markel International Names Leach Contingency Underwriter
 - Ratings Roundup: Glencoe (RenRe), Aegon, IGI
 - Marsh Launches Trade Credit Insurance Service for UK Companies
 - Hurricane Bill Heads for Bermuda
 - FERMA Supports RIMS Position on Brokers Contingent Commissions
 - Officials Tracking 3 Storms; Bill is Season’s First Hurricane
 - Lloyd’s Announces First Live Message Sent across Exchange
 - AIG’s Chartis Global Now Travel Guard; Rutledge Named CEO
 - Hennessy Named CEO for CNA Europe
 - Zurich Makes Two Executive Appointments
 - AIG to Sell Hong Kong Consumer Finance, India IT Units
 - Strong Earthquake Jolts Tokyo Area
 - Guy Carpenter Expands Latin America, Caribbean Operations
 - SBJ Global Risks Names Vinten as Chief Operating Officer
 - Maiden Holdings Appoints Marshaleck as Chief Financial Officer
 - Markel International Names Ashby as Specie Underwriter
 - Swine Flu, Cross-Border Trucking on U.S., Canada, Mexico Summit Agenda
 - Two Typhoons Slam into Eastern Asia; Powerful Earthquake Strikes Japan
 - Insurance Broker Willis Sued by Venezuelan Clients of Stanford
 - Allianz P/C Profit Down, Combined Ratio Up for Q2
 - Berkshire’s Q1 Results May Show Buffett’s Regained His Touch
 - Many UK Workers Would Trade Benefits for Higher Salary: Aon Survey
 - Financial Institutions’ Insurance Prices Still Going Up, Says Willis
 - Munich Re America Appoints Vasturia, President, Regional Clients
 - Willis Names Bathurst CEO of Space Division
 - Swiss Re’s Q2 Net Loss Surprises Analysts But P/C Insurance Profitable
 - Foster to Head Aon’s Enterprise Risk Management Team
 - New Spanish Language Web site for CRM International in Mexico
 - Markel International Appoints Drake as Underwriter in Singapore
 - Ironshore Creates Global Energy Property Unit
 
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