International & Reinsurance News for April 2008
- Willis Earnings, Conf. Call
- China’s Health Reform Creates Openings for U.S. Companies
- RenRe Earnings, Conf. Call
- ACE Limited Earnings, Conf. Call
- AXIS Q1 Report Shows Profits Up, Operating Earnings Down
- Allianz Forecasts $2.8 Billion Q1 Profit
- Aon to Handle Unilever’s Global Business
- PartnerRe Q1 Net Drops 24%
- AIR Releases Mexico Storm Model
- PartnerRe Earnings, Conf. Call
- Swiss Re’s Conning to Manage $195 Million Carbon Credit Fund
- Insurance Australia Group Lowers Outlook
- Lloyd’s Lord Levene’s L.A. Speech Lauds London
- US, China Accounting Standards Groups to Cooperate
- AXIS Capital Earnings, Conf. Call
- Aon UK Exec Harmer to Chair London Market Reform Group
- Integro Expands London Casualty Practice
- China, European Union Vow to Work on Trade, Ease Tibet Tension
- Strait of Hormuz: The Potential Economic Effects of a Disruption
- Best’s Bermuda Report Focuses on ‘Bounce Back’
- Ratings Recap: Syndicate 1225, Gulf, Eastern Re, Sté. Centrale Re, B&B, Commercial & Manufacturers, GIL
- Arch Capital Q1 Earnings $189.4 Million
- Arch Capital Earnings, Conf. Call
- Zurich Acquires 50% of Spain’s Caixa Sabadell Life & P/C Insurance Units
- China Working on Food Safety Law that Boosts Fines, Prison Terms
- Royal Bank of Scotland’s Insurance Unit May Tempt European Buyers
- Zurich Global Energy Creates Alternative Energy Team
- Zurich Expands with London M&A Unit
- Everest Re Applies for Brazil License
- In South Korea, Samsung Financial Execs to Resign
- Lowery Named to Head Lloyd’s North America
- XL Earnings, Conf. Call
- Chinese Insurer Ping An to Invest $2.3B in High-Speed Rail Project
- China Jails Coal Mine Managers for Accident that Killed 172
- U.S. Treasury Proposes New Rules for Security Review of Foreign Investment
- Lloyd’s Warns on Europe Quake Risks
- Mortlock Joins ABI Tax Team
- Lloyd’s Authorized as Brazil Reinsurer
- Rating Roundup: Ironshore
- Typhoon Neoguri Nears China
- German Environment Minister Calls Bush’s CO2 Plan ‘Neanderthal’
- Fairfax Readies for U.S. Recession
- Omega Terminates Takeover Talks
- Lloyd’s Braces for U.S. Hurricanes
- Willis Energy Chairman Analyzes Hazard Risk Management
- PartnerRe Opens Brazil Rep Office; Applies for Reinsurance License
- Ratings Roundup: African Trade, FIATC
- Swiss Re Funds ‘Integrative Risk Management’ Chair
- Lloyd’s Analyzes Europe’s Windstorms
- Horn of Africa Replaces Malacca Straits as Main ‘Piracy Hot Spot’ Says Willis
- Aon Re Forecasts ‘Favorable Pricing’ for Mid-year Property Re Renewals
- Insurance Australia Group Rejects QBE Buyout Bid; Takeover Tussle
- S&P: QBE, IAG Ratings Unchanged After Rejected Merger Proposal
- Basel Bank Regulator Proposes New Global Rules
- Marsh, Mercer, Kroll M&A Report Examines Global Risks, Opportunities
- Chubb Plans Brazil Reinsurance Unit
- Bermuda Monetary Authority Survey Shows Continued Growth
- Lloyd’s Comments on Impact of UK’s Corporate Manslaughter Act
- RenRe to Buy Agro National’s Assets; No Rating Effect Says S&P
- CIFG Names Rockwell Chief Risk Officer; Dissaux to Head Europe
- ACE Increases UK Corporate Cover in Response to Manslaughter Law
- Zurich Names Patton, Constantinou to Climate Initiative Team
- WTO Talks Enter Crunch Week
- Ratings Recap: PMI Australia, Feuersozietaet, Avalon Re, Ste. General de Réassurance
- XL Forms Global Product Development
- Transatlantic Re Applies to Enter Brazil
- SCOR Admitted as Brazilian Reinsurer
- Willis Launches M&A Practice Covering Central and Eastern Europe
- Marsh Survey Finds Corporate Captive Growth Despite Soft Market
- S&P Report on U.K. Insurance Market – Stable Despite Cycle, Economic Risks
- Beazley’s New UK D&O Program
- Lloyd’s Finds 25 New Risks for Industry to Worry About
- Willis Announces Captive Practice Promotions
- UK’s Chartered Insurance Institute Introduces Takaful Module Program
- Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility Board Appointments
- Zurich Launches Microinsurance Research Project in China
- European Insurance Forum Examines Industry Changes
- Kaufman/Burns & Wilcox Expands in London; Joins with C.J. Coleman
- Leaders at IMF Call for Urgent Financial Reforms
- XL Targets Opening of Brazilian Reinsurance Market
- Ratings Roundup: DBV-Winterthur, Sul America, PXRE, Electro Re
- Busher to Head Montpelier Re Europe
- Lloyd’s Leaders Comment on Results
- Lloyd’s Welcomes Overhaul of U.S. Regulations
- Willis Publishes Marketplace Analysis
- WNS Acquires U.K.’s Auto Insurance Claims Processor Call 24/7
- IMF Gives Leaders Gloomy Assessment of World Economy
- Canadian Researchers Warn of New Arctic Worries
- Willis Appoints Asia Marketing Officer; Outlines Strategy
- Montpelier Re Names König to Head Europe/Mideast Marketing
- Ratings Roundup: Argonaut, Mitsui (China)
- U.S. Business Lobbyists Launch WTO Offensive
- U.S. Criticizes Chinese Insurers, Other Firms for Avoiding Competition
- Swiss Re to Establish China Medical Consulting Service
- Thalidomide Victims Seek $6.3 Billion
- RMS Assesses UK Flood Review
- Australia’s Rudd Sees Urgent Need for WTO Doha Deal
- Lloyd’s 2007 Results; +$7.6 Billion
- Argo Makes Offer for Lloyd’s Heritage; Conference Today; Best Comments
- Willis Re Hosts Bulgarian Risk Management Seminar
- Blumer to Replace Ferguson as Swiss Re Finance Chief
- ACE Completes Purchase of Combined from Aon
- Marsh Warns Companies of Risks in Japan’s ‘Sarbanes-Oxley’ Legislation
- Willis Re Releases April Renewal Report
- Canada Must Adapt to Climate Impact on Forests
- Royal & Sun Acquires Ireland’s Sertus
- Disaster Derivatives Set to Grow in 2008
- Zurich Closes Turkish Deal; To Acquire 50% Stake in Spain’s Can Soluciones
- Bermuda Monetary Authority Launches New Web Site for Regulations
- Marsh’s ‘Business Continuity Management’ Survey Finds Firms ‘Over-optimistic’
- Menu Foods Reaches Deal to Settle Pet Food Suits
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