Ironshore Europe Limited, domiciled in Dubin, Ireland, has received approval from the Central Bank of Ireland, to open a branch...
International & Reinsurance News
A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating (FSR) of ‘A’ (Excellent) and issuer credit ratings (ICR) of “a”...
ACE Limited announced from its Zurich headquarters that Eugene B. Shanks, Jr. and Michael P. Connors have been elected to...
Intact Financial Corp has agreed to buy the Canadian arm of AXA Group for C$2.6 billion ($2.684 billion) in cash...
Swiss Re announced that it will acquire approximately 300,000 policies and £1.6 billion [$2.62 billon] in assets from American Life...
Aon Benfield’s Analytics’ Market Analysis team has launched its latest Lloyd’s Update report, covering the market’s financial performance in 2010...
Brit Insurance, which is domiciled in the Netherlands and headquartered in London, announced the opening of a new Lloyd’s service...
Coachman Insurance Co. based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, has named Bill Breckles its new chief operating officer. Breckles has more...

The reinsurance world has always been a bit arcane, but rarely to the extent it appears to be right now....
A French airliner plunged out of control for four minutes before crashing into the Atlantic in 2009, investigators said, in...