July 15, 2010
Claims specialists Cunningham Lindsey Group Limited have completed four strategic acquisitions in Europe. President and CEO Philippe Bès reported that the Group is “ahead of our internal plans in the implementation of this expansion program, and have completed most of …
June 28, 2010
World leaders agreed Sunday to take different paths for cutting budget deficits and making their banking systems safer, a reflection of the uneven and fragile economic recovery in many countries. The following are highlights from quotes by leaders and other …
June 21, 2010
Christopher Branch, Head of Broker Relations at Beazley, speaking at the second day of BrokersLink’s second annual global conference in Portugal on Friday, urged underwriters to increase the utilization of the specialist skills and local knowledge provided by broker networks …
June 18, 2010
BrokersLink, one of the world’s largest independent insurance broker networks whose members manage premium volumes in excess of $7 billion, announced the appointment of Leonard J. Battifarano as its CEO, effective July first. The announcement was made at BrokersLink’s second …
June 17, 2010
BrokersLink, one of the world’s largest independent insurance broker networks whose members manage premium volumes in excess of $7 billion, has added six new international specialized service providers. “The new additions bring the total membership to 64 companies operating from …
May 21, 2010
Agreeing on a $1 trillion safety net may prove the easy part of saving the euro now the European Union’s leaders are turning to the divisive issue of tightening economic policy coordination. The European Commission wants to reinforce economic surveillance …
May 19, 2010
Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has affirmed its ‘A-‘ long-term counterparty credit and insurer financial strength ratings on AG Insurance and the operating entities of Millenniumbcp-Fortis Grupo Segurador S.G.P.S. S.A.; its ‘BBB-/A-3’ issuer credit rating on holding companies Ageas N.V. …
May 18, 2010
Bermuda’s Minister of Finance, the Hon. Paula A. Cox, announced that Bermuda has concluded negotiations for a bilateral agreement with the Italian Republic that will, “upon signing later this year, provide for a full exchange of information on criminal and …
May 12, 2010
Last weekend the leaders of the European Union finally realized that their dithering over a financial aid package for Greece had imperiled the entire continent’s financial structure. They acted to stem the tide by adopting – subject as usual to …
May 11, 2010
Bermuda announced that it has signed a bilateral agreement with the Portuguese Republic that “provides for a full exchange of information on criminal and civil tax matters between Bermuda and the Portuguese Republic. “The signing of the Tax Information Exchange …