International & Reinsurance News for September 2012
- EU Insurers’ Capital Charges May be Cut to Boost Loans
- Badal Joins Marketform as Chief Risk Officer
- Best Affirms Colonial Group and Subs Ratings; Outlook Stable
- ICC Proposes Measures to Stimulate Global Economy
- UK Seeks to Mend ‘Broken’ Libor Interest Rate Setting, Not Scrap It
- UK Competition Comm. to Investigate Auto Insurance; ABI Welcomes Move
- Ameriprise in Talks to Buy ING’s Asian Asset Management Arm – Report
- Catalonia Shows Euro’s Weak Links: Commentary by James Saft
- ‘We’re an Attractive Place to do Business:’ Lloyds CEO Richard Ward
- Best Reports on MENA Insurance Market; Regulatory Change Coming
- Hub International Expands in Caribbean with Puerto Rico Broker Buy
- Catlin Sponsored ‘Seaview Survey’ Launched to Study Coral Reefs
- Lloyd’s 1st Half Profits at $2.4 Billion; CEO Cites ‘Disciplined Underwriting’
- Super Typhoon Jelawat Roils the Pacific; No Present Threat to Land
- WMO Expects El Nino Development in Sept-Oct
- ABI Issues Guidance for Impending ‘Gender-neutral’ Insurance Pricing
- New SARS-like Virus Detected in Middle East
- W. R. Berkley Names Jiménez to Top Spanish Post as Esteban Steps Down
- Ratings Recap: Casiopea Re, FM (UK), Jamaica Int’l., Salama, BEST RE
- Best Affirms AXIS Specialty and Subs ‘A’ Ratings; Outlook Positive
- Best Affirms/Withdraws Ratings of RSA’s Main UK Operating Subs
- Catalina Acquires Runoff Vehicle KX Re from Tawa
- China Eases Access to Insurance, Travel industries
- Insurers Face Tougher Times as Somali Piracy Drops
- ACE Appoints Ashley, Henderson, Cassidy to Bermuda Reinsurance Unit
- Ageas to Acquire Groupama Insurance (UK)
- Boisseau Named to AXIS Capital Board; Charman Resigns Seat
- WTO Cuts 2012 Global Trade Growth Forecast to 2.5%
- XL Group Opens New Insurance Office in Lyon France
- Willis Opens New Office in Malta
- Ratings Recap: Emirates, Sorford, BF&M, Unity Re
- U.S., Trade Allies Push for International Services Talks
- Industry Faces Cyber Risks in Shift from Tangible to Intangible Property
- Towers Watson Inks Joint Venture with Broker MDS for Portugal Benefits
- Willis Intelligence Specialist Warns of Continued Somali Pirate Threat
- Aon Outlines Risk Management Approach for Emerging Economies
- Cooper Gay Swett & Crawford – Looking Forward, Not Back
- Explosion, Fire at Mexico Pemex Gas Facility Kills 26
- ACE Acquires 80% of Indonesia Insurer Asuransi Jaya Proteksi
- Ryan Specialty to Buy Direct Group in UK
- Aon Benfield Launches Updated Financial Analysis Tool – ReMetrica v6
- Aon Hewitt Opens New Office in Indonesia
- Typhoon Sanba Makes Landfall in South Korea: AIR Analysis
- Willis Germany to Present Photovoltaic Cover at Solar Energy Conference
- Capital Markets: A Threat or a Complement for Reinsurers?
- US Brokers’ Employees Attend London’s Beazley Broker Academy at Lloyd’s
- US Renews Waivers of Iran Sanctions for Japan, EU Nations
- Re/insurers Increasingly Less Relevant to Global Economy: XL CEO McGavick
- Cat Models – More Accurate, More Sophisticated and More Useful
- Myanmar to Open Insurance Sector to Foreigners in 2015
- Swiss Re’s Chief Economist on the State of the Global Economy
- Ratings Recap: AmerInst, Trust Re, Flagstone Re Africa, Univé Stormher
- Best Affirms Catlin Group and Subs ‘A’ Ratings; Outlook Stable
- First Capacity Exchange Hailed as Success by MGA’s, Insurers
- Commentary by Gordon Brown:* Europe Risks Going the Way of Japan
- U.S. Lawsuits Target Carnival in Italy Cruise Crash
- Verisk Crime Analytics Launches Cargo Theft Prevention Systems in Canada
- PCI Urges Rapid Progress on Trans-Pacific Free Trade Agreement
- Dougherty Joins XL’s Global Insurance Operations as CFO
- HDI-Gerling UK Names Gwilt to Head Fleet Management Division
- Willis UK Broker Networks Add 12 New Members
- Best to Assign Ratings to Merged QBE European Reinsurance Entities
- Barclays Chairman: Financial Firms Must Change Sales Incentives
- Low Interest Rates: an Ongoing Problem for the Re/insurance Industry
- IMF Says Benefits of Global Financial Reform Outweigh Costs
- Mapfre to Provide Travel Insurance to African Airline Passengers
- U.S. Is Leader in Merger, Acquisition Activity Worldwide: Clyde & Co.
- OneBeacon Technology Names Morrison AVP, International
- U.S. Regulators Add Tool to Track Insurers Operating Globally
- Reinsurance Industry Exhibits Stability: Aon Benfield
- Worth Named CFO at Aspen
- Tropical Storm Leslie Brushes Bermuda, Heads Northeast to Newfoundland
- Survivors of Earthquakes in Southwest China Await Relief
- Reinsurance Rendezvous Focuses on Euro Zone, Interest Rates, Capital
- Asia’s Insurers Hiring While Bankers Face the Axe
- Aon Benfield August Cat Report Focuses on Isaac; Insurance Cover Disparity
- RBS Insurance Unit Plans Job Cuts
- Commentary: World Economy Entering Into Financial Hurricane Season
- Hurricane Leslie Moving Slowly Towards Bermuda; Michael is 1st Cat 3 Storm
- Strong Earthquake Strikes Western Costa Rica: AIR Analysis
- Aon Benfield Report Highlights Growth of Insurance-linked Securities
- Report Finds Less than 10% of Global Insurers Using ‘App’ Strategy
- Swiss Re Report Analyzes Rise in Flood Losses – $15 Billion and Counting
- Mitsui Sumitomo Promotes Wood to Class Underwriter-Professional Indemnity
- Best’s Global Reinsurance Market Review Analyzes Top 50, Capital, Ratings
- Moody’s Maintains Stable Outlook on Global Reinsurance Industry
- AIA Comments on Latest IAIS Draft Rules on Global Insurance Supervision
- Global Reinsurer Capital Reaches $480 Billion: Aon Benfield Study
- Dubai Group Sells Turkey Insurance Unit to Starr, Oman Insurance Group
- UK Banks Face Rules to Curb Payment Protection Insurance Mis-selling
- Catlin Re Switzerland Names Eugster Chief Underwriting Officer
- Commentary: Iran Confident It Is Winning Sanctions War
- NZ Weather Scientists Foresee Short, Weak El Nino
- Aon Benfield, Impact Forecasting Launch Cat Risk Tool
- Lloyd’s Names Vandendael – Director, Int’l. Markets; Van Saun to Franchise Board
- Kiln Appoints Pudemat Property Underwriter in Frankfurt
- TS Leslie Moving Slowly Northward; No Change in Strength: NHC Report
- Moody’s Changes EU Rating Outlook to Negative
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