International & Reinsurance News for March 2014
- IPCC Concludes Climate Change is Irreversible, Effective Responses Needed
- Hunt for Missing Flight MH370 ‘Bedeviled by Regional Rivalries’
- Eraud Appointed General Director Swiss Re – France
- Catalina Completes Alea Group Holdings (Bermuda) Acquisition
- Allied World Approved to Launch New Managing Agency at Lloyd’s
- Lloyd’s ‘Stands Ready’ to Pay Claims from Malaysian Airlines Flight 370
- FERMA Calls for Caution on EU Insurance Contract Law Changes
- QBE Agreement Provides Additional Capacity to Shariah Compliant Cobalt
- Malaysia Jet Search Shifts, as New Lead Shows It Flew Shorter Distance
- Apollo, CVC Raise $398.5 Million in Brit Insurance IPO
- Watford Re Readies for Business; Best Assigns Ratings, Stable Outlook
- Complex Situation Occludes Details on Loss of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370
- China Regulators Order Insurers to End Smog Coverage
- Extracting Carbon from Nature Can Aid Climate, but Will Be Costly: UN Report
- Old Mutual Sells Skandia Units as It Pares European Operations
- 308 Disaster Events; $140 Billion Economic Losses in 2013: Swiss Re Report
- PERILS Latest Loss Estimates: Windstorm Tini $338 Million; Dirk $486 Million
- Lloyd’s Profits for 2013 Near $5.3 Billion
- U.S. Law Firm Seeks Records from Malaysian Airlines, Boeing
- Canadian National Rail to Phase Out Older Oil Tank Cars over 4 Years
- Axis Capital Names Gressier COO as Reding Steps Down
- Malaysia Jet’s Mystery Disappearance Leaves Liability Riddles
- Oxfam Report Says World Unprepared for Threats from Warmer Climate
- IPCC Japan Meeting Aims for ‘Comprehensive Assessment’ on Climate Change
- London Market Group Chairman Steve Hearn Sets 2014 Agenda
- Chubb Appoints Draper as UK & Ireland Casualty Manager
- Malaysia Jet Search Highlights Doubts over Air Traffic Radar
- Maersk Sees Alliance of 3 Largest Container Shipping Lines Starting Mid-2014
- Best Affirms Markel Int’l., Lloyd’s Syndicate 3000 Ratings
- Talanx Q4 Profit Triples after Gains at Industrial Insurance Unit
- Wong to Head ACE Group Asia-Pacific Financial Lines Business in Restructuring
- Canada Pension Plan Board to Buy Wilton Re for $1.8 Billion
- Global Insurance Organization’s G-20 Delegates Stress Social, Economic Role
- Best Affirms Arch Capital and Subs ‘A+’ Ratings; Outlook Stable
- Analysis of Possible Plane Debris Slowed by Vast Size of Satellite Data
- Norwegian Ship Reaches Location of Possible Malaysian Plane Debris
- Munich Re 2013 Profits Fall; Targets $4.1+ Billion for 2014
- Malaysia Plane Loss Spurs Calls to Upload ‘Black Box’ Data to the ‘Cloud’
- Scientists Report Solar Blasts Narrowly Missed Earth in 2012
- Willis Opens Representative Office in Myanmar
- Energi Develops First Canadian Energy Savings Warranty
- Ironshore Adds Financial Institutions Practice
- China’s Ping An Teams up with Travel Site to Sell Smog Insurance
- ING to End Majority Stake in U.S. Business in $1.2 Billion Sale
- ACE Adds Crisis Management Services to European Environmental Risks Coverage
- JLT Towers Re Launches Expanded Bermuda Operation
- Act ‘Quickly and Appropriately’ to Protect Brands: Lloyd’s/Airmic Advise
- Swiss Re to Comply with ‘Excessive Compensation’ Rule; Sets Special Dividend
- Clarkson and Kerr Join Miller’s Marine Hull Team
- U.S. SEAL Team Seizes Tanker Carrying Oil from Libya Rebel Port
- Allianz to Acquire P&C Business, Distribution Capacity from Italy’s UnipolSai
- ABI Commits $19+ Million to Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department
- Aon Acquires UK’s Lorica Employee Benefits
- Ratings Roundup: Kazakhinstrakh, Seguros Inbursa, La Colonial, CIS
- MAPFRE Details Future Plans – U.S. Expansion, Increased Operating Revenue
- South Africa Cleans Up After Rainstorms that Claimed 32 Lives
- Kinetic Insurance Brokers to Provide New Surety Bond Facility for UK, EU
- 777 Mystery Sharpens Hunt for ‘Black-box’ Alternatives: Aviation Expert
- Investigators Focus on ‘Deliberate Diversion’ of Missing Plane – Sources
- China’s Ping An Declines after Profit Trails Estimates
- Allied World Bermuda Upgrades Public Company D&O Coverage
- Brokerslink Chairman Stresses ASEAN Opportunities for Independent Brokers
- Canada’s UNDZ Underwear Offers Buyers Insurance for ‘Prized Private Part’
- Generali Posts Quarterly Profit after Year-Ago Write Downs Caused Loss
- $11+ Million a Day in UK Flood Insurance Claims Says ABI; Total $1.8+ Billion
- Marsh’s Advice on Political Risk Market Concerns over Russia, Ukraine Turmoil
- Alternative Capital Softening P&C Reinsurance Market: Towers Watson CFO Survey
- Freescale Employees Missing on Malaysia Jet Poses Travel Policy Questions
- Confusion as Search for Missing Malaysian Jetliner Spreads across SE Asia
- Swiss Re Denies Discussions with Agnelli Family or its Investment Vehicles
- AXA ART Appoints Kuklinski as New Global CEO
- Malaysian Military Tracked Missing Jetliner Turn to Strait of Malacca
- Best Finds Gulf Growth Outpacing Developed and Other Emerging Markets
- Zurich Insurance to Cut Up to 800 Jobs to Save $250 Million
- Hannover Re Q4 Net Income Rises 48% after Tax Gain
- Willis Global Appoints Menghi Director of Strategy and Transformation
- PCI Provides NCOIL List of ‘Key Elements’ on International Issues
- Aon Benfield Appoints Galizia as CEO of Latin America
- Dryad Maritime Warns of Surge in Gulf of Guinea Kidnap Incidents
- Rescuers Scour Sea for Malaysian Airliner Lost in ‘Unprecedented Mystery’
- El Nino Could Strike as Early as Summer Says U.S. Forecaster CPC
- Rosales to Head New JLT Venture – JLT Re Argentina
- February Stoms Caused $1 Billion Insured Losses: Aon Benfield’s Cat Report
- RSA Appoints Lowther as UK & Western Europe CFO
- UN Says China, U.S. Climate Cooperation Raises Hopes for Global Deal
- Marketform Secures Baltic Region Coverholder – a First for Lloyd’s MGA’s
- XL Group launches ‘Automotive Recall Plus’ in Germany, Austria, Switzerland
- Aviva Profits Surge to 2008 Levels; CEO Restores Bonuses
- Aon Benfield Securities Completes Quake Protection for Israeli insurer I.D.I.
- Guy Carpenter Promotes Reina to CEO Continental Europe, MENA
- Aon Benfield’s Impact Forecasting Releases Updated European Windstorm Model
- 3 Keys to Reinsurers’ Survival: Willis Re President Jago
- Willis Transport Head Sees Huge Potential in Asian Aerospace, Engineering
- Ratings Roundup: Wilton Re, Tugu
- Argo Re Forms Partnership with Horseshoe Group for ILS Market
- Allied World Proposes 35% Dividend Increase, Share Repurchase; 3 to1 Stock Split
- CGSC Restructures Asia Marine Team with New Hires, Latitude Brokers Launch
- Willis Report Highlights Tech/TelCom Firms Cyber Risk Exposures
- Apollo, CVC Seek Initial Public Offering of Insurer Brit Group
- India’s BJP Party May Accede to Increased Foreign Investments in Insurance
- Malaysian Insurance Institute Signs Agreement with Cambodia Insurance Ass’n.
- RSA Upgraded by S&P on Planned Share Sale, Buffett Risk Transfer
- Willis Appoints Whitehouse Group Director – Marketing and Communications
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