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Willis sees 23% growth in China
Willis has seen a 23% revenue rise in China and predicts it will become its biggest business in Asia
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GR Survey: M&A
In February, Global Reinsurance ran a survey on the potential for mergers and acquisitions in the industry in 2007. Peter Joy presents the results.
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Finite redux
Is there still a place in the industry for finite reinsurance despite its tarnished reputation? Or is it just a bad word that "gives people the shivers"? asks Ronald Gift Mullins.
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A sitting duck
A large Tokyo earthquake is many reinsurers' worst nightmare. Tom Larsen provides the modelling perspective on this earthquake prone region, otherwise known as the Pacific Rim of Fire.
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CV Starr obtains China licence
CV Starr has acquired a licence to operate in China, according to CEO Hank Greenberg. Speaking during a lecture at Lloyd's, Greenberg confirmed the company would be looking to set up a syndicate in the near future. Meanwhile Lloyd's CEO Richard Ward confirmed that the future CV Starr syndicate would ...
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Ping An IPO is largest ever for insurer
Ping An's A-Share issuance is the world's largest IPO ever by an inusrer and the second largest ever in the A-share market in China...
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The tipping point?
Does the 2007 renewal season represent a return to normality or is this the tipping point in the cycle? David Pannell examines some of the key trends.
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Marsh granted wholly-owned China licence
Marsh has been awarded China's first ever wholly-owned foreign enterprise (WOFE) insurance broking licence. The new licence provisions, subject to tax and regulatory approvals, are in-line with China's World Trade Organisation commitments to open its insurance industry to foreign investment.Under terms of the new licensing agreement, Marsh's existing risk consulting ...
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India opens up to Lloyd's
Lord Levene has welcomed proposals by the Government of India to further open up the market to Lloyd's
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Aon addresses UN on energy crisis
The insurance industry has a valuable role in resolving the current energy crisis, said Aon's chairman of Natural Resources
