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Oil & Gas Industry Insurance & Risk Management Conference to be Held in Houston

Jan 20 2005 // Strategic Research Institute announced it will hold the 2nd Annual Insurance & Risk Management for the Oil & Gas Industry conference Feb. 28-March 1, 2005, at the Renaissance Houston in Houston, Texas. What are...

S&P: OIL’s $1.2 Billion Loss Will Not Affect Ratings

Jan 11 2005 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has issued a bulletin indicating that the recently announced $1.2 billion of incurred losses in 2004 for Oil Insurance Ltd. – currently rated “A+”/Negative;...

Powering the World

Oct 11 2004 // It’s too bad we can’t harness the energy of Washington’s Mt. St. Helens. It’s been belching great plumes of steam and ash of late, propelling long buried energy some 10,000 feet into the air. So far...

sEnergy Posts $11.9 Million Net Operating Income for FY 2004; Triplette Named Board Chairman

Sep 23 2004 // Bermuda-based sEnergy Insurance, Ltd., a member of the OIL Group of mutual insurers (see related article), announced that underwriting income was $38.4 million and net operating income was $11.9 million. for the Fiscal...

Wesley to Retire as CEO of OIL Group of Companies

Sep 23 2004 // Jack Wesley, President and CEO of the Bermuda-based OIL Group of Companies, announced that he plans to retire in mid-2005, after almost ten years of service with the energy industry’s mutual insurance group. The...

Web Site Advises Homeowners on Oil Tank Safety

Aug 27 2004 // A new Internet Web site aims to help homeowners avoid potentially costly home oil tank spills and damage to the environment. Tankhealth.com informs provides web-based risk analysis program that helps homeowners identify if...

S&P Lowers Oil Casualty to ‘A-‘

Aug 12 2004 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that it has lowered its counterparty credit and financial strength ratings on Oil Casualty Insurance Ltd. (OCIL) to ‘A-‘ from ‘A’, while...

OIL Posts Strong 2003 Earnings, $420 Million Net

Mar 22 2004 // Bermuda-based Oil Insurance Limited announced that its overall 2003 performance was strong, both in terms of underwriting and investment results. The Company reported net income of $420 million. “Prior to general and...

France’s EDF Joins OIL

Feb 6 2004 // Electricité de France (EDF), the government owned-electric utility, has joined the Bermuda-based mutual energy insurance group Oil Insurance Limited (OIL) effective Jan.31, 2004. The EDF, which supplies electricity,...

S&P Affirms Oil Insurance ‘A+’ Ratings

Oct 16 2003 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that it has affirmed its ‘A+’ long-term counterparty credit and financial strength ratings and its ‘A-‘ subordinated debt rating on Oil...

Chubb Exec. to Open Oil & Gas Conference

Oct 9 2003 // The Strategic Research Institute announced that its Insurance & Risk Management in the Oil & Gas Industry conference, to be held Oct. 27, 2003 at the Crowne Plaza Houston in Houston, Texas, will feature an inside...

OCT. OIL & GAS SEMINAR

Sep 22 2003 // The Strategic Research Institute will hold a one-day seminar on “Insurance & Risk Management in the Oil & Gas Industry” in Houston on Oct. 27. Specific areas to be covered are: Making your company...

Oil & Gas Seminar Slated for Oct. 27 in Houston

Sep 12 2003 // The Strategic Research Institute announced it will hold a one-day intensive seminar on “Insurance & Risk Management in the Oil & Gas Industry” in Houston on Oct. 27. The seminar addresses the problems...

S&P affirms Oil Insurance Ltd., ‘A+’ Ratings

Aug 13 2003 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that it has affirmed its ‘A+’ counterparty credit and financial strength ratings on Oil Insurance Ltd. (OIL) with a negative outlook, and has removed them...

Working with Blowouts, Knock-for-Knocks and Other Oil Patch Oddities

Jun 9 2003 // One of the big issues facing small- to mid-size oil and gas operators and contractors these days is the need to determine how much risk they are willing to carry themselves and how much they want to transfer to an insuring...

Working with Blowouts, Knock-for-Knocks and Other Oil Patch Oddities

Jun 9 2003 // One of the big issues facing small- to mid-size oil and gas operators and contractors these days is the need to determine how much risk they are willing to carry themselves and how much they want to transfer to an insuring...

AAI Says Mass. Bill Mandating Fuel Spill Coverage Would Upset Homeowners Mkt.

Apr 16 2003 // The Alliance of American Insurers (AAI) is opposing passage of a bill heard Tuesday by a Massachusetts legislative panel that would add fuel spill coverage to the standard homeowners insurance policy. HB 1961 mandates that...

Houston Oil & Gas Conference to Focus on Risk Strategies

Mar 19 2003 // Insurance issues will be at the forefront of topics at the 8th Annual Conference on Contract Risk Management for the Oil & Gas Industry to be held in Houston Apr. 28 & 29. According to the Strategic Research...

London Insurer Posts $3.24 Million Bail for Prestige Captain

Feb 7 2003 // A. Bilbrough & Co., the managing agents of the London Protection and Indemnity Club, the marine insurers that issued coverage for the oil tanker Prestige, have posted a 3 million Euro ($3.24 million) bond for the...

SunCor to Join sEnergy Mutual Group

Dec 13 2002 // sEnergy Insurance Ltd., a mutual insurance company established in Bermuda in May 2002 by a group of twelve international energy companies to provide large limits of coverage for business interruption and excess physical...