Markel International has made a move to start writing business in Germany through a joint venture with Anglo Underwriting. With...
International & Reinsurance News

The European Union will propose tough new rules in the coming days on how corporations handle Internet users’ personal data,...
A.M. Best Co. has revised the outlook to stable from negative and affirmed the financial strength rating of ‘A-‘ (Excellent)...
Lloyd’s insurer Marketform has announced that Simon Turner has stepped down as a Director and as CEO of Marketform Managing...
Carnival Corp, whose luxury cruise liner Costa Concordia capsized off the coast of Italy last week, said on Thursday it...
Bermuda-based Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd announced that its initial loss estimate related to the floods that occurred in Thailand in...
Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited announced that it has agreed to acquire approximately 25 percent of the issued and outstanding shares...

Following near-record global catastrophe losses in 2011, Bermuda-domiciled reinsurers are positioned to benefit from an improved underwriting and somewhat better...
U.S. private equity fund Carlyle Group has sold 18 million shares in China Pacific Insurance (Group) Co. Ltd (CPIC), taking...
Last year’s flooding in Thailand is shaping up to be one of the worst natural disasters in human history, with...