Reinsurance Rates Are Rising, but Few Agree Where April 6, 2011 By Ben Berkowitz Reinsurance rates may be edging higher only now, but the companies’ shares could still surge amid investor hopes that disasters,...
Financial Consultant Bjelobaba Analyzes Changing UK Regulations April 6, 2011 By Charles E. Boyle The UK’s Conservative government announced, even before it was elected, that it planned to reform the country’s financial regulatory system...
Lloyd’s Chaucer in Deal for First Russian Coverholder April 6, 2011 Chaucer Syndicates Limited announced a new partnership with Nakhodka Re in Moscow and RFIB Ltd in London to launch SeaLine,...
Japan Quake Reveals Cracks in Insurance System – Part II April 6, 2011 By Ben Berkowitz and Myles Neligan The first part of this article appeared on the IJ’s web site on April 5. PRICE PRESSURE Earthquakes may not...
Hub International Acquires Vancouver-based Redcliffe April 6, 2011 Hub International Limited announced that it has acquired Redcliffe Financial Group, a Vancouver, British Columbia-based employee benefits and life insurance...
Arguments over Agenda Stall U.N. Climate Talks April 6, 2011 By David Fogarty U.N. climate talks remained deadlocked on Wednesday over a debate on the agenda for negotiations, with developing countries pushing hard...
Japan Quake Reveals Cracks in Insurance System – Part I April 5, 2011 By Ben Berkowitz and Myles Neligan Michael Korn is a popular person these days, which is perhaps not too surprising considering what he does for a...
Aon Analysis Finds Airlines Seeing Passenger Numbers Increasing in 2011 April 5, 2011 According to Aon Risk Solutions, recently released “Airline Insurance Market Outlook, 2011,” the Aon airline industry has “started to recover...
XL’s Japan Quake/Tsunami Loss Estimates – $190 to $290 Million April 5, 2011 XL Group plc announced that its preliminary net loss estimates for the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan,...