Reinsurance

Swiss Re today proclaimed 2005 "the costliest year ever for insurers" with estimated insured losses of $80 billion and 112,000 deaths worldwide.The Zurich-based reinsurer, ...

The Reinsurance Association of America said it has formed the Institute for Reinsurance Education to offer a core reinsurance curriculum as well as elective ...

Ariel Reinsurance Ltd. has joined the list of start-up reinsurers hoping to capitalize on higher post-Katrina property rates.The Bermuda-based company announced it began operations ...

XL Capital Ltd. plans to raise an estimated $2.8 billion in new capital through two equity offerings.The Bermuda-based property-casualty insurer and reinsurer will sell ...

Converium Holding Ltd., based in Zug, Switzerland, said it has appointed Inga Kristine Beale as new chief executive officer for the company that has ...

Is the reinsurance price-hiking party over before it even began?In advance of Jan. 1 renewals, reinsurers are already toning down previously optimistic comments about ...

J K Buckenham, a Lloyd's reinsurance broker, said it has formed a new U.S. operation known as JKB USA, to be based in ...

Standard & Poor's Ratings Services said today it will maintain its negative outlook for the global reinsurance sector due to the catastrophic hurricanes of ...