Europeans resurrect Lloyd’s saga
15 October 2002
Lloyd’s Chairman Sax Riley is pushing ahead with his reform program, despite the threat of a revolt by thousands of Names who have the power to force compromises…
International
Reinsurers under scrutiny
15 October 2002
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development is increasing its surveillance of reinsurance companies in response to concerns that the financial health…
US terror bill still hangs in the balance
08 October 2002
Friday was the deadline given by US President George Bush to the lawmakers responsible for finalising the terror insurance bill…
Report claims British failed to regulate Lloyd's
08 October 2002
The British Government has failed to follow European laws in regulating Lloyd’s of London, according to a draft report by EU member Roy Perry…
S&P’s downgrades Swiss Re
08 October 2002
Swiss Re, the world's number 2 reinsurer, has had its much-envied AAA ratings downgraded by Standard & Poor’s…
WTC saga: Silverstein loses latest round
01 October 2002
The terrorist attacks on the World Trade Centre last year have been adjudged by a New York court to be one event…
Major insurer dumps Texas home insurance market
01 October 2002
Farmers Insurance, one of the largest US general insurers, has moved out of the Texas homeowners’ insurance market, citing a $2.3 billion loss in the state over the past two years…
US counts the cost of crashes
01 October 2002
For those vehicle insurers lamenting their lot in the Australian market, vehicle crashes in the year 2000 cost the US more than $421 billion…
Scor drops Gerling
24 September 2002
French reinsurer Scor Re has stepped away from negotiations to buy Gerling Re’s life business and some non-life reinsurance operations…
Insurers pull out of China
24 September 2002
More than 20 foreign insurance companies which entered the China insurance market after the World Trade Organisation agreement was ratified are now pulling out…
Ireland bans contingency fee advertising
24 September 2002
Now it’s the Irish Government joining the attack on the compensation culture. It has announced new regulation banning lawyers from advertising for compensation business…
Brokers in UK warned
24 September 2002
Just a note for brokers and agents feeling a little harassed by all the compliance pressure…
Lloyd’s market votes for reform
17 September 2002
Lloyd’s of London has voted in favour of reforming its 314-year-old insurance business – but the victory could still be overturned by the Names…
Mendelsohn chopped by R&SA board
17 September 2002
Royal & SunAlliance in Britain has dumped global CEO Bob Mendelsohn…
Zurich does a drastic rethink
10 September 2002
It’s all bad news at Zurich, with the big Swiss financial services company announcing a $3.6 billion loss for the first half of 2002, compared with a profit of $1.5 billion…
Names say no as Lloyd’s vote looms
10 September 2002
The Lloyd’s reforms could be in trouble, with the largest voting bloc turning against the bold program set up by Lloyd’s Chairman Sax Riley…
UK insurers call for workers’ comp reform
10 September 2002
Workers’ compensation is under the microscope in Britain as the Association of British Insurers begins a campaign for fundamental long-term reform…
Scor makes a bid for Gerling Re
10 September 2002
French reinsurer Scor is holding discussions with Gerling on acquiring some of the German insurer’s reinsurance operations…
Axa follows the others down
10 September 2002
French insurer Axa has followed the international trend with a lower first-half profit well down on last year’s figures…
September 11 – nothing much left to say
10 September 2002
Tomorrow marks the first anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks on the United States…