All Reinsurance articles – Page 35
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Online onlyXL approved as admitted reinsurer in Brazil
XL Re Latin America will operate in both Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo; local reinsurer status pending
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AnalysisPacific Lifeline for Scottish Re?
Will its sale to Pacific LifeCorp end the ailing life reinsurer’s woes?
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Marsh forms regulation and tax practice
Division to be led from London by new appointee previously with Aon
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Reinsurance technology 'must improve'
US survey finds room for improvement in automated administration
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Pacific LifeCorp to buy Scottish Re for $71.2m
The new operation will be called Pacific Life Re; Sale is a "positive outcome" for Scottish Re says CEO Zippel
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Chinese reinsurance demand 'highly concentrated'
Reports says three companies account for 90% of demand for China Re business
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Scottish Re outlook revised to positive
Action follows announcement that Pacific LifeCorp has agreed to acquire Scottish Re
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Markel Sweden opens shop
Markel International Sweden will initially focus on writing a portfolio of marine business
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Solvency II threatened by minimum capital requirements
Failure to adopt a risk-based approach to the calculation of the MCR threatens the framework, warns CEA
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Brit invests in UK technology firm
Xbridge is an online insurance and finance technology platform specialising in owner-managed businesses
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A- rating for Employers Re and subsidiary
Long term performance set to improve following previous years’ operating losses
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AnalysisQBE to pursue New Cap Re
Judge decides there is a case to be answered by reinsurer in liquidation
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UIB opens reinsurance broker in Brazil
UIB is registered to operate as a reinsurance broker to Brazil’s IRB Brasil Resseguros
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Hedge fund firm buys into ILS specialist
Man Group to pay £25m for company focusing on weather derivatives
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Nelson Re issues $180m of cat bonds
Bonds protects Glacier Re against US hurricane, US earthquake and European windstorm peril losses
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XL bond insurers lose their "A" rating
If the firms are unsuccessful in raising capital they will effectively be in run-off, says S&P
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The silent revolution
One by one, reinsurers are restructuring and relocating their European insurance headquarters. Mark Batten and Jim Bichard investigate the drivers behind this mass migration.
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Putting ILS to the test
The hype over cat bonds has been sustained by three years of dramatic growth. But can the good times last? Charles Thresh and Jonathon Lane consider the threat of the credit crunch to this burgeoning asset class.
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Investment Analysis
When a hedge fund sneezes
Will reinsurers catch a cold? Hedge funds experienced their first negative quarter on record in Q1. That could have dire consequences for the insurance companies and products they invest in, explains Lindsey Rogerson.
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Will subprime fuel run-off?
It could be years before the full force of the credit crunch is felt by the insurance markets, as Michael Cook explains. So are initial reports of unscathed insurers premature?
