February 2, 2007
Bermuda’s AXIS Capital announced that its expects net losses related to Windstorm Kyrill to be between $40 and $55 million, principally from its reinsurance segment. AXIS noted that Kyrill “produced damaging winds across Europe,” and was the “most significant storm …
February 1, 2007
Swiss-based reinsurer Converium has estimated that its gross claims for winter storm Kyrill will be around €25 to €35 million ($32.5 to $46.5 million). Converium said its estimates were “based on an assumed industry loss of roughly €5-7 billion [$6.5-$9.1 …
January 31, 2007
Germany’s Allianz Group announced that “based on the current state of knowledge,” it estimates net claims of around €350 million ($452 million) before taxes. “The amount of claims is within the scope of expectations based on Allianz’s risk modeling systems, …
January 29, 2007
Based on current estimates, Munich Re expects pretax losses from Windstorm Kyrill to be around €600 million ($775 million). The estimates include claims relating to the Group’s primary insurance subsidiary ERGO. Munich Re’s estimate of overall insured market loss is …
January 25, 2007
Risk Management Solutions (RMS), has released its initial estimate for insured losses from Windstorm Kyrill, indicating that it expects them to be between €3 billion and €5 billion ($3.9 billion and $6.5 billion). RMS’ estimates are somewhat lower than fellow …
January 25, 2007
Bermuda’s PartnerRe Ltd. announced that claims relating to its exposure to Windstorm Kyrill, which hit Europe last week, are expected to be between $50 and $65 million. “Windstorm Kyrill battered the U.K., France, the Netherlands, Germany and several other Northern …
January 22, 2007
Catastrophe risk modeler AIR Worldwide has issued a bulletin estimating insured losses from Winter Storm Kyrill (or Cyril) at between €4 billion and €8 billion ($5.18 billion and $10.37 billion). The GDV German insurance industry association estimated that country’s insured …
December 15, 2006
A new report from Standard & Poor’s Equity Research – European Investment Outlook – Riding A Wave Of Volatility – foresees the volume of mergers and acquisition in Europe exceeding the €1.3 trillion [$1.7 trillion] generated by the end of …
December 15, 2006
The Bermuda-based Catlin Group Limited announced plans to establish four new European offices in early 2007 in Paris, Barcelona, Zurich and Innsbruck. “The new locations will build on Catlin’s strategy to open offices in key cities worldwide to access business …
November 27, 2006
Zurich Financial Services Group has established a new business unit, named Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), effective January 1, 2007. Zurich said it took the move to “better capitalize on the growth opportunities in these markets. “The unit, headquartered in …