International & Reinsurance News

Zurich Financial Services Group has announced that the name change from Zurich Financial Services Ltd to Zurich Insurance Group Ltd...

Bermuda-based Platinum Underwriters Holdings, Ltd. announced that it expects major catastrophe losses will have a net negative impact of approximately...

Ship owners covered by Japan P&I club must alert the maritime insurer in advance of any plans to transport Iranian...

A.M. Best Europe – Rating Services Ltd. has affirmed the financial strength rating (FSR) of ‘A’ (Excellent) and issuer credit...

Insurance software company Applied Systems announced plans to open a Canadian data center in the third quarter of 2012, in...

According to the Microinsurance Innovation Facility of the International Labor Organization and the Munich Re Foundation, “the number of microinsurance...

Cooper Gay Swett & Crawford (CGSC), the global wholesale and reinsurance brokerage group, has appointed Gavin Southwell as head of...

Nearly 100 years after the Titanic went down, a cruise with the same number of passengers aboard set sail on...

Bermuda-based Validus Holdings, Ltd. announced the capitalization of PαCRe, Ltd., a new Class 4 reinsurer. “PαCRe has been formed to...